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Spyro Gyra's first album for MCA after their longtime label, GRP-Crescendo, was absorbed into its corporate parent, 1990's Fast Forward carries the curious band subtitle "featuring Jay Beckenstein." Saxophonist Beckenstein has certainly always been the band's leader, writing a good chunk of the material and producing the albums, but given that the lineup is basically unchanged from the previous few Spyro Gyra albums, the new nomenclature is puzzling. It also goes against Spyro Gyra's entire musical aesthetic, as the group's unabashedly commercial and melodic style works against the traditional jazz concept of soloists and sidemen. Everyone on Fast Forward plays the melody, the whole melody, and nothing but the melody, with no improvisations or sidebars. The resulting tunes are unfailingly pleasant -- there's nothing here that would cause anyone to leap immediately to the forward skip button on their CD player -- but this relentlessly safe smooth jazz is unfortunately deficient on memorable songs, expressive playing, or foot-tapping tunes. It doesn't really "feature" anyone in particular.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Jay Beckenstein, Producer - Dave Samuels, Composer - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist - Jeff Beckenstein, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Beckenstein, Producer - Oscar Cartaya, ComposerLyricist - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Beckenstein, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeremy Wall, ComposerLyricist - Jay Beckenstein, Producer - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Beckenstein, Producer - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Beckenstein, Producer - Tom Schuman, ComposerLyricist - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jeremy Wall, ComposerLyricist - Jay Beckenstein, Producer - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Beckenstein, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Beckenstein, Producer - Tom Schuman, ComposerLyricist - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Beckenstein, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Spyro Gyra, MainArtist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Spyro Gyra's first album for MCA after their longtime label, GRP-Crescendo, was absorbed into its corporate parent, 1990's Fast Forward carries the curious band subtitle "featuring Jay Beckenstein." Saxophonist Beckenstein has certainly always been the band's leader, writing a good chunk of the material and producing the albums, but given that the lineup is basically unchanged from the previous few Spyro Gyra albums, the new nomenclature is puzzling. It also goes against Spyro Gyra's entire musical aesthetic, as the group's unabashedly commercial and melodic style works against the traditional jazz concept of soloists and sidemen. Everyone on Fast Forward plays the melody, the whole melody, and nothing but the melody, with no improvisations or sidebars. The resulting tunes are unfailingly pleasant -- there's nothing here that would cause anyone to leap immediately to the forward skip button on their CD player -- but this relentlessly safe smooth jazz is unfortunately deficient on memorable songs, expressive playing, or foot-tapping tunes. It doesn't really "feature" anyone in particular.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:32
- Main artists: Spyro Gyra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 1990 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1990 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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