Collection is the fifteenth and debut compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the genre...

, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music

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). The album cover showed a couple of fairies above a city with flowers.

Track listing and personnel

1. "You Can Count On Me" (Tom Schuman) - 3:27

• Jay Beckenstein
  Jay Beckenstein
  Jay B. Beckenstein is a saxophone player, smooth jazz artist and together with Jeremy Wall founded Spyro Gyra...
  
  : Saxophone, Wind Synthesizer
• Tom Schuman: Keyboards
• Dave Samuels
  Dave Samuels
  Dave Samuels is an American vibraphone player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group...
  
  : Vibes, marimba
• Julio Fernandez
  Julio Fernandez
  Julio Fernández may refer to:*Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer who hypothesised the existence of what became known as the Kuiper belt*Julio M...
  
  : Guitars
• Oscar Cartaya: Bass
• Joel Rosenblatt: Drums
• Marc Quinones
  Marc Quiñones
  Marc Quiñones is an Puerto Rican American percussionist, a longtime player in salsa music, and a member of the Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band....
  
  : Percussion

2. "What Exit" (Julio Fernandez) - 3:40

• Jay Beckenstein: Saxophones
• Tom Schuman: Keyboards
• Dave Samuels: Marimba
• Julio Fernandez: Guitars
• Oscar Cartaya: Bass
• Joel Rosenblatt: Drums
• Marc Quinones: Percussion

No Sweat Horns

• Barry Danelian: Trumpet, flugelhorn, horn section arrangement
• Randy Andos: Trombone
• Scott Kreitzer: Tenor Saxophone

3. "Nu Sungo" (Manolo Badrena) - 4:10

• Jay Beckenstein: Saxophones
• Tom Schuman: Keyboards
• Dave Samuels: Vibes, Marimba
• Julio Fernandez: Guitar
• Richie Morales: Drums
• Roberto Vally: Bass
• Manolo Badrena
  Manolo Badrena
  Manolo Badrena is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music...
  
  : Percussion

4. "The Unknown Soldier" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:16

• Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone
• Tom Schuman: Keyboards
• Dave Samuels: Vibes, marimba, timpani
• Richie Morales: Drums
• Oscar Cartaya: Bass

5. "Morning Dance" (Jay Beckenstein) - 3:57

• Jay Beckenstein: Saxophones
• Jeremy Wall
  Jeremy Wall
  Jeremy Wall is a musician, and along with Jay Beckenstein, he was a founding member of the jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. He contributed to the group as a pianist, producer, and composer. He is currently an assistant professor in the Music Industry department at SUNY Oneonta.-Background:Wall formed...
  
  : Electric piano
• Dave Samuels: Marimba,steel drums
• John Tropea
  John Tropea
  John Tropea is a guitarist with extensive experience in the rock, pop, and jazz genres. Tropea has written for and played with major recording artists from around the world...
  
  : Guitars
• Jim Kurzdorfer: Bass
• Ted Reinhardt: Drums
• Rubens Bassini
  Rubens Bassini
  Rubens Bassini was a percussionist who played bongos and congas above all. He played together with the band Os Ipanemas: Astor Silva Marinho Wilson das Neves and Neco ....
  
  : Percussion

6. "Old San Juan" (Jay Beckenstein) - 6:41

• Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone, whistle, percussion
• Dave Samuels - Marimba
• Jorge Dalto
  Jorge Dalto
  Jorge Dalto was a pop, jazz and Afro-Latin pianist and the former musical director for George Benson. He also performed with Tito Puente, Grover Washington, Fuse One, Gato Barbieri, Willie Colon and others...
  
   - Piano
• Rob Mounsey
  Rob Mounsey
  Rob Mounsey is an award-winning composer, music producer, and musician. He was born in Berea, Ohio and grew up in Seattle, Washington and several Ohio towns. At the age of 17, he was awarded a BMI Student Composer's Award in New York. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1971 to 1975...
  
   and Tom Schuman - Synthesizers
• Steve Love - Guitars
• Marcus Miller
  Marcus Miller
  Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
  
   - Bass
• Steve Gadd
  Steve Gadd
  Steve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...
  
   - Drums
• Gerardo Velez
  Gerardo Velez
  Gerardo "Jerry" Velez is a Puerto Rican musician. Best known for performing with American psychedelic rock musician Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock Festival in August 1969, Velez is a veteran percussionist and drummer who has performed with many artists covering a number of different genres of music...
  
   - Percussion
• Manolo Badrena - Percussion

Horn Section:

• Jerry Hey - Horn arrangement, trumpet, flugelhorn
• Gary Grant - Trumpet, flugelhorn
• Tom Scott - Saxophone, flute
• Larry Williams - Saxophone, flute
• Bill Reichenbach - Trombone

7. "Shakedown" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:22

• Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone
• Tom Schuman: Keyboards
• Dave Samuels: Vibes, marimba
• Julio Fernandez: Guitars
• Richie Morales: Drums
• Kim Stone: Bass
• Gerardo Velez: Percussion

8. "Mallet Ballet" (Jeremy Wall) - 6:15

• Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone
• Tom Schuman: Keyboards
• Chet Catallo: Guitar
• Eli Konikoff: Drums
• Jim Kurzdorfer: Bass
• Gerardo Velez: Percussion

9. "Catching the Sun" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:41

• Jay Beckenstein: Saxophone
• Tom Schuman: Electric piano, synthesizers
• Dave Samuels: Marimba,steel drums
• John Tropea - Guitar
• Hiram Bullock - Guitar
• Eli Konikoff - Drums
• Jim Kurzdorfer - Bass
• Jeremy Wall: Synthesizers
• Gerardo Velez - Percussion
• Rubens Bassini - Percussion
• Randy Brecker - Trumpet

10. "Para ti Latino" (Oscar Cartaya) - 4:15

• Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone
• Tom Schuman - Keyboards
• Dave Samuels - Vibes, marimba
• Jay Azzolina
  Jay Azzolina
  Jay Azzolina is a jazz-fusion style guitarist primarily known for his work with the Grammy-winning group Spyro Gyra. He has also performed and recorded with artists including Carly Simon, Donna Summer, The Manhattan Transfer, Herbie Mann, Rickie Lee Jones and Chuck Mangione.- Overview :Azzolina...
  
   - Guitar
• Richie Morales - Drums
• Oscar Cartaya - Bass

(Marc Quinones - Percussion

No Sweat Horns:

• Barry Danielian - Trumpet, flugelhorn, horn section arrangements
• Randy Andos - Trombone
• Scott Kreitzer - Tenor saxophone

11. "Incognito" (Tom Schuman) - 5:56

• Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone
• Tom Schuman - Keyboards
• Dave Samuels - Marimba
• Steve Love - Guitars
• Hiram Bullock - Guitars
• Rob Mounsey
  Rob Mounsey
  Rob Mounsey is an award-winning composer, music producer, and musician. He was born in Berea, Ohio and grew up in Seattle, Washington and several Ohio towns. At the age of 17, he was awarded a BMI Student Composer's Award in New York. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1971 to 1975...
  
  - Synthesizers,Vocorder
• Marcus Miller - Bass
• Steve Gadd - Drums
• Manolo Badrena - Percussion

12. "Harbor Nights" (Jay Beckenstein) - 6:52

• Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone
• Tom Schuman - Keyboards
• Dave Samuels - Vibes,marimba
• Eli Konikoff - Drums
• Kim Stone - Bass
• Chet Catallo - Guitar
• Gerardo Velez - Percussion

13. "Limelight" (Dave Samuels) - 4:27

• Jay Beckenstein - Saxophones
• Tom Schuman - Keyboards
• Dave Samuels - Vibes, Marimba
• Julio Fernandez - Guitars
• Richie Morales - Drums
• Oscar Cartaya - Bass

14. "Breakout: (Jeremy Wall) - 4:37

• Jay Beckenstein - Saxophone
• Tom Schuman - Keyboards
• Dave Samuels - Vibes,marimba
• Julio Fernandez - Guitar
• Richie Morales - Drums
• Kim Stone - Bass
• Manolo Badrena - Percussion