Spyro Gyra - The Voodooyoodoo
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SpyroGyra

Spyro Gyra - The Voodooyoodoo
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SpyroGyra

Spyro Gyra - The Voodooyoodoo
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SpyroGyra

Summer Fling 💔
#SpyroGyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMU3E3uhsfA

Spyro Gyra - The Voodooyoodoo
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #SpyroGyra

Summer Fling 🦩
#SpyroGyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMU3E3uhsfA

💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋🌺💜🎼 🎶 🎸 Spyro Gyra - Ariana - Very Best of 🛍️ 🌑 🔔 CD 44kHz Digital version 🎹 📚 📖 🎻🎻 🎼 🎶 ✨ 💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋

#NowPlaying #Music 🎶 #Retro #Jazz 💫#SpyroGyra #LegacyMusic #CD #Hz44100

Morning Dance 🩰
#SpyroGyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYIu9ibtLXk

1/2 I played the alto #Saxophone growing up. Originally it was about being in band where all my friends were. I chose sax because it they had one and it looked easier to carrier than everything else. I sucked for at least a year. To sit next to the second chair player (a cutie) I needed to be better: move up the ranks. #Mania helped a lot. Over the summer (leading to high school) I practiced all day (meaning at least eight hours, maybe more), everyday. I played from songbooks. I played to the radio. I just played. When placement for the high school bands rolled around I ended up first chair, ahead even of the seniors. She also ended up first chair … of the concert band. I was first chair of the symphonic band. We weren’t even in the same class. (I won’t go into sitting next to the first chair French horn player, who was kind enough not to notice my crush).

During this time I moved from playing just to manage where I was sitting to playing because I liked what I was making. The music and sound became more important to me than anything else. There were saxophone players I wanted to play like, but that’s not what I wanted to sound like. I wanted to sound like Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin, there are new names today. I wanted to sound like a French horn. But I did want to play like some of my saxophone heroes. Near the very top, if not the top, was #JayBeckenstein, the front man for #SpyroGyra. I was well under twenty but saw him at Blossom Music Center at least once, possibly more. My friend and I devoured their music. He made me want to play the saxophone.

1/3 Sad News Dept: Getting older is a beatch.Wisdom also contributes. Rambo mode gets harder to invoke no matter who’s waving the money. That’s not to say there are not volcanoes to jump into…
For Instance- Where is the boundary between #SmoothJazz and something else ? We could bore you to death with musicology related references. Thankfully there is a band that makes things slightly easier.
#Spyrogyra has clearly marked the line. Rhythmic inflection, harmonic complexity, extended composition…

Summer Fling 🌸
#SpyroGyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45maFHXDtuQ

Morning Dance 🩰
#SpyroGyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teB27JqWqFA

Morning Dance 👯
#SpyroGyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDZ5UY_oDw

Morning Dance 🩰
#SpyroGyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIq_co8f7yc

Spyro Gyra is celebrating the 50th anniversary of it's founding, and they're also our featured artist for October. Listen at smoothjazzndmore.com; or download the free radio app from TuneIn for your smartphone, tablet, smart speaker or any Roku player listening device.

#spyrogyra
#smoothjazz

Morning Dance
#SpyroGyra
https://youtu.be/Wqe-qGVspVI

Morning Dance
#SpyroGyra
https://youtu.be/bVDZ5UY_oDw

Summer Fling
#SpyroGyra
https://youtu.be/AMU3E3uhsfA

Listening to a live show of #jazz group #SpyroGyra that I listened to all the time in the 70s and 80s. New music is also very good. Bringing back memories. Maybe they will help me generate some new memories with my wife tonight!

#SaturdayVibes

This group is still good. Jay rocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYIu9ibtLXk

#spyrogyra #jazz

Note - Audio editing is great on this. That kick drum…..And Jay is just using an EV mic, no clip on….