City Kids (album)

City Kids
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	1983 (1983)
Genre	Jazz, fusion
Length	42:03
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Incognito (1982) City Kids (1983) Access All Areas (1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

City Kids is the seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1983. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart^[2], and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "City Kids" (Tom Schuman) – 5:11
2. "Serpent in Paradise" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:45
3. "A Ballad" (Beckenstein) – 5:42
4. "Nightlife" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:32
5. "Islands in the Sky" (Wall) – 6:44
6. "Conversations" (Schuman) – 5:34
7. "Silver Linings" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
8. "Haverstraw Road" (Beckenstein) – 5:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[3]

Band

• Jay Beckenstein – alto sax, soprano sax, saxophone, Lyricon, percussion
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Jeremy Wall – keyboards, percussion
• Dave Samuels – marimba, vibraphone
• Chet Catallo – guitar
• Eli Konikoff – drums
• Kim Stone – bass
• Gerardo Velez – percussion

Guests

• Alan Rubin – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Lew Soloff – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Dave Bargeron – trombone
• Lou Marini – tenor sax
• Richard Tee – piano, electric piano
• Jorge Dalto – piano
• Rob Zantay – Lyricon, programming
• Eddie Gómez – double bass
• Will Lee – bass guitar
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar
• Hiram Bullock – guitar
• Steve Love – guitar
• Steve Gadd – drums, percussion
• Steve Jordan – drums
• Manolo Badrena – congas, percussion

References