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The Deep End (Spyro Gyra album) 
Summary
The Deep End is the twenty-seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released on May 25, 2004. The album peaked at No. 3 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.[1]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 25, 2004 | |||
| Studio | BearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz, jazz pop | |||
| Length | 64:47 | |||
| Label | Heads Up | |||
| Producer | Spyro Gyra Jeremy Wall | |||
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Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Tom Hull | B−[3] |
Tom Hull dismissed the album as a "dud" in his "Jazz Consumer Guide" for The Village Voice in September 2004.[4] In a commentary published on his website, he explained, "Spry funk, thick layers of guitar-keyb-sax that never let up, occasional tidbits of exotica, they don't aim for pablum, but they don't take risks either, so in the end they're as predictable as formula."[3]
Track listing edit
- "Summer Fling" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:58
- "Eastlake Shuffle" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:02
- "Monsoon" (Jay Beckenstein) – 7:00
- "As You Wish" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
- "Joburg Jam" (Beckenstein) – 6:10
- "The Crossing" (Fernandez) – 7:17
- "Wiggle Room" (Scott Ambush) – 6:48
- "Wind Warriors" (Tom Schuman) – 6:15
- "In Your Arms" (Schuman) – 4:46
- "Chippewa Street" (Beckenstein) – 5:46
- "Beyond the Rain" (Ambush) – 6:09
Personnel edit
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars, vocals (6)
- Scott Ambush – bass guitar
Guest musicians
- Billy Kilson – drums (1, 4, 10)
- Joel Rosenblatt – drums (2, 3, 6–9, 11)
- Ludwig Afonso – drums (5)
- Cyro Baptista – percussion (1, 3, 6)
- Daniel Sadownick – percussion (1-4, 7, 10, 11)
- Dave Samuels – vibraphone (4, 5, 7, 11)
- David Charles – percussion (8, 9)
- Don Harris – trumpet (1, 10)
Production edit
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Jeremy Wall – producer (1)
- Julio Fernández – producer (2, 6)
- Scott Ambush – producer (7, 11)
- Tom Schuman – producer (8, 9)
- Doug Oberkircher – recording, mixing
- Eric Carlinsky – recording, assistant engineer
- Scott Hull – mastering at The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)
- Paul Blakemore – 5.1 surround sound mastering
- Colin Anderson – cover image
- Robert Hoffman – design
- Phil Brennan – management
References edit
- ^ Billboard magazine, June 26, 2004, p. 84
- ^ Widran, Jonathan. "The Deep End". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ a b Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "September 2004 Notebook". tomhull.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
- ^ "The Deep End - Spyro Gyra | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2017.