Love and Other Obsessions
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Love and Other Obsessions is the eighteenth album by Spyro Gyra
, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music
). The album cover showed a bunch of people dancing (or floating) in the cloudy sky.
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 1995 (see 1995 in music
1995 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....
). The album cover showed a bunch of people dancing (or floating) in the cloudy sky.
Track listing
- "Lost and Found" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:09
- "Ariana" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:07
- "Serengeti" (Dave Samuels) – 4:54
- "Fine Time to Explain" (Scott Kreitzer) – 4:40
- "Thid Street" (Beckenstein) – 4:48
- "Group Therapy" (All Members) – 5:45
- "Horizon's Edge" (Beckenstein) – 5:01
- "Let's Say Goodbye" (Scott Kreitzer, Anthony Pompa) – 4:32
- "On Liberty Road (for South Africa)" (Scott Ambush) – 5:52
- "Rockin' a Heart Place" (Beckenstein, Joel Rosenblatt) – 5:23
- "Baby Dreams" (Tom Schuman) – 4:43
Personnel
- Jay BeckensteinJay BeckensteinJay B. Beckenstein is a saxophone player, smooth jazz artist and together with Jeremy Wall founded Spyro Gyra...
: Saxophones - Tom Schuman: Keyboards
- Julio FernandezJulio FernandezJulio Fernández may refer to:*Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer who hypothesised the existence of what became known as the Kuiper belt*Julio M...
: Guitars - Joel Rosenblatt: Drums
- Scott AmbushScott AmbushScott Ambush is an American musician, best known as the bass player of jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra.-Biography:He was born April 28, 1960 in Frederick, Maryland to Webster and Jeanette Lofton Ambush. He attended Urbana Elementary School in Urbana, Maryland, West Frederick Middle, and Frederick High...
: Bass - Dave SamuelsDave SamuelsDave 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...
: Vibraphone, marimba, mallet Synthesizer, marching drums
Additional Musicians
- Bashiri Johnson: Percussion
- Russell Ferrante: Keyboards on "Serengeti"
- Sammy Merendino: Drum programming on "Third Street"
- Steve Skinner: Drum programming on "Ariana"
- Barrington "Bo" Henderson and Deniece WilliamsDeniece WilliamsJune Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s...
: Lead vocals on "Let's Say Goodbye" - Jesse Levy, Eugene J. Moye Jr.: Cellos on "Ariana" and "On Liberty Road (for South Africa)"
- Billy Cliff: Lead vocals on "Serengeti" and "Fine Time to Explain", backing vocal on "Let's Say Goodbye
- Vanesse Thomas: Vocals on "Ariana"
- Wondress Hutchinson, Anthony Micheal Pompa, Jana Jillis, Keith Fluitt: Backing vocals on "Fine Time to Explain" and "Let's Say Goodbye"
No Sweat Horns
- Scott Kreitzer: Saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
- Barry Danielian: Trumpet, flegelhorn
- Randy Andos: Trombone, bass trombone