Fast Forward (Spyro Gyra album)

1990 studio album by Spyro Gyra

Fast Forward

Studio album by

Spyro Gyra

Released| April 25, 1990 (1990-4-25)
Recorded| 1990
Studio| BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre| Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length| 48:35
Label| GRP
Producer| Jay Beckenstein
Spyro Gyra chronology
| Point of View
(1989)  | Fast Forward
(1990)  | Three Wishes
(1992)

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Allmusic| [1]

Fast Forward is the fourteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1990 by GRP Records. On this album only, the band was billed on the album cover as "Spyro Gyra featuring Jay Beckenstein". At Billboard magazine, the album peaked at No. 117 on the Top 200 Albums chart.[2]

## Track listing

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1. "Bright Lights" (Dave Samuels) – 5:20
2. "Para Ti Latino" (Oskar Cartaya) – 4:17
3. "Alexandra" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:43
4. "Ocean Parkway" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:30
5. "Speak Easy" (Jeff Beal) – 5:02
6. "Futurephobia" (Tom Schuman) – 4:24
7. "4MD" (Wall) – 4:36
8. "Shadow Play" (Beckenstein) – 5:09
9. "Escape Hatch" (Schuman) – 5:11
10. "Tower of Babel" (Beckenstein) – 5:28

## Personnel

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Spyro Gyra

* Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
* Tom Schuman – keyboards
* Jay Azzolina – guitars
* Oskar Cartaya – bass
* Richie Morales – drums
* Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, mallet synthesizer
* Marc Quiñones – percussion

Additional Personnel

* Jeff Beal – trumpet solos, arrangements (5)
* David Broza – vocals (10)

No Sweat Horns

* Scott Kreitzer – tenor saxophone
* Randy Andos – trombone, bass trombone
* Barry Danielian – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements

### Production

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* Jay Beckenstein – producer
* Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
* Larry Swist – recording, engineer, mixing
* Chris Bubacz – additional recording
* Doug Rose – assistant engineer
* Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
* Andy Baltimore – creative director
* Jeff Adamoff – art direction
* David Gibb – graphic design
* Jacki McCarthy – graphic design
* Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
* Dan Serrano – graphic design
* Ted Glazer – illustration
* Paul D'Innocenzo – photography

## References

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1. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Fast Forward". Allmusic. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
2. ^ "Spyro Gyra – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

## External links

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* Spyro Gyra official web site

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Spyro Gyra

Studio albums|

* Spyro Gyra
* Morning Dance
* Catching the Sun
* Carnaval
* Freetime
* Incognito
* City Kids
* Alternating Currents
* Breakout
* Stories Without Words
* Rites of Summer
* Point of View
* Fast Forward
* Three Wishes
* Dreams Beyond Control
* Love & Other Obsessions
* Heart of the Night
* 20/20
* Got the Magic
* In Modern Times
* Original Cinema
* The Deep End
* Wrapped in a Dream
* Good to Go-Go
* A Night Before Christmas
* Down the Wire
* A Foreign Affair
* The Rhinebeck Sessions

Live albums|

* Access All Areas
* Road Scholars

Compilations|

* Collection
* 1977-1987
* The Best of the First Ten Years
* The Very Best of Spyro Gyra

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* MusicBrainz release group

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