Road Scholars
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{{Infobox album
| name = Road Scholars
| type = live
| artist = Spyro Gyra
| cover = Road_Scholars_Spyro_Gyra_1999_album.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 24, 1998
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz, smooth jazz
| length = 50:25
| label = GRP
| producer = Jay Beckenstein
| prev_title = 20/20
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Got the Magic
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last1=Henderson|first1=Alex|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/road-scholars-mw0000035284|title=Road Scholars|work=Allmusic|accessdate=2021-11-16}}}}
Road Scholars is the second live album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1998 by GRP Records on CD and cassette.{{cite magazine |editor-last1=Banan |editor-first1=Amy |editor-last2=Quellette |editor-first2=Dan |name-list-style=amp |date=Spring 2000 |title=Jazz |magazine=Schwann Spectrum |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781575980782/page/456/mode/1up |volume=9 |issue=2 |location=Woodland, CA |publisher=Schwann Publications |isbn=1575980789 |issn=1065-9161 |page=456 |via=Internet Archive}} The final track on the US release, "Best Friends", is a studio recording.{{cite AV media notes |date=1998 |title=Road Scholars |url=https://archive.org/details/cd_road-scholars_spyro-gyra/mode/1up |type=CD insert |publisher=GRP Records |id=GRP-9903 |location=New York |via=Internet Archive}} This is absent from the European release, which includes an additional live recording, "The Unwritten Letter", as the third track.{{cite AV media notes |date=1998 |title=Road Scholars |type=CD insert |publisher=GRP Records |id=GRP-99132 |location=New York}}
The live tracks were recorded between March 28 and September 12, 1997 in Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Track listing
=US release <small>(GRP-9903)</small><ref name="GRP-9903"/>=
- "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 6:43
- "Breakfast at Igor's" (Beckenstein) – 7:22
- "Morning Dance" (Beckenstein) – 4:16
- "Shaker Song" (Beckenstein) – 10:16
- "Shanghai Gumbo" (Julio Fernandez) – 6:29
- "Innocent Soul" (Tom Schuman) – 6:27
- "South American Sojourn" (Joel Rosenblatt) – 5:38
- "Ariana" (Jeremy Wall) – 6:09
- "De la Luz" (Fernandez) – 8:26
- "Daddy's Got a New Girl Now" (Beckenstein) – 6:00
- "Best Friends" (Scott Kreitzer, Randy Andos) – 4:04
=European release <small>(GRP-99132)</small><ref name="GRP-99132"/>=
Tracks 1–2 as above.
- "The Unwritten Letter" (Beckenstein) – 5:46
Tracks 4–11 as tracks 3–10 above.
Personnel
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars, vocals (9)
- Scott Ambush – 5-string bass, electric upright bass
- Joel Rosenblatt – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Jason Miles – drum programming (11)
= Production =
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Doug Oberkircher – recording (11), mixing (11)
- Ian Fraser – assistant engineer (11)
- Track 11 recorded and mixed at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, NY)
- Scott Hull – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Steve Byram – art direction, design
- Hollis King – art direction
- David Blankenship – boat landscape photography
- Alan Nahigian – band photography
Live personnel
- John Caron – production manager, lighting director
- Bill Heinzlmeir – monitor engineer, tape operator
- Al Oestreich – house sound engineer
- Dave Clarke – drum technician
References
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External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/Spyro-Gyra-Road-Scholars/release/1889332 Spyro Gyra-Road Scholars at Discogs]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/album/road-scholars-mw0000035284 Spyro Gyra-Road Scholars at AllMusic]
- [http://www.spyrogyra.com Spyro Gyra official web site]
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