Freetime is the fifth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1981. At Billboard magazine, the album reached No. 41 on the Top 200 albums chart and No. 1 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Spyro Gyra
Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clay flute, percussion Tom Schuman – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers Jeremy Wall – acoustic piano, synthesizers Chet Catallo – guitar John Tropea – guitar Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba Eli Konikoff – drums Gerardo Velez – percussion
Guests
Rob Mounsey – synthesizers, backing vocals
Richard Tee – acoustic piano (7), Fender Rhodes (7) Steve Khan – guitar (3) Will Lee – bass, backing vocals Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion Richard Calandra – cymbal (4) Randy Brecker – trumpet (1) David Darling – cello (4) Kasey Cisyk – backing vocals Valerie Simpson – backing vocals
Production
Jay Beckenstein – producer
Richard Calandra – producer
Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
Michael Barry – recording, mixing
Steve Baldwin – recording assistant
Charles Conrad – mixing
Julian Robertson – mix assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
David Heffernan – artwork, design
Studios
Recorded at Secret Sound (New York, NY). Mixed at House of Music (West Orange, NJ). Mastered at Masterdisk (New York, NY).