Stories Without Words

1987 studio album by Spyro Gyra

Stories Without Words

Studio album by

Spyro Gyra

Released| August 10, 1987
Recorded| 1986
Studio|

* BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York)

Genre| Jazz, jazz fusion
Length| 40:32
Label| MCA
Producer|

* Jay Beckenstein
* Jeremy Wall

Spyro Gyra chronology
| Breakout
(1986)  | Stories Without Words
(1987)  | Rites of Summer
(1988)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

Stories Without Words is the eleventh album by American jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra, released in 1987. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 84 on the Top 200 Albums chart and No. 67 on the R&B Albums chart.[2][3][4]

## Track listing

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1. "Cayo Hueso" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:29
2. "Serpentine Shelly" (Tom Schuman) – 4:33
3. "Del Corazon" (Julio Fernandez) – 6:25
4. "Early Light" (Beckenstein) – 4:23
5. "Nu Sungo" (Manolo Badrena) – 4:10
6. "Chrysalis" (Dave Samuels) – 4:12
7. "Joy Ride" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:55
8. "Pyramid" (Wall) – 6:25

## Personnel

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Spyro Gyra

* Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
* Tom Schuman – keyboards
* Julio Fernández – guitars
* Roberto Vally – bass
* Richie Morales – drums
* Manolo Badrena – percussion
* Dave Samuels – marimba, vibraphone

### Production

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* Jay Beckenstein – producer
* Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
* Larry Swist – engineer
* Chris Bubacz – assistant engineer
* Doug Rose – assistant engineer
* Doug Oberkircher – technical assistance
* Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
* Kathleen Covert – art direction, design
* Ted Glazer – front cover illustration
* Timothy White |– back cover photography
* Phil Brennan – management

## References

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1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r69151
2. ^ Kohler, Paul. "Stories Without Words – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. ^ "Spyro Gyra – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. ^ "Spyro Gyra – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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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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