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.
Track listing
"Bright Lights" (Dave Samuels) – 5:20
"Para Ti Latino" (Oskar Cartaya) – 4:15
"Alexandra" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:43
"Ocean Parkway" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:30
"Speak Easy" (Jeff Beal) – 5:03
"Futurephobia" (Tom Schuman) – 4:22
"4MD" (Wall) – 4:36
"Shadow Play" (Beckenstein) – 5:05
"Escape Hatch" (Schuman) – 5:12
"Tower of Babel" (Beckenstein) – 5:29
Personnel
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
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