Three Wishes (Spyro Gyra album)
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Three Wishes is the sixteenth album by Spyro Gyra
, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music
). The album cover shows a kaleidoscope
with a magic lamp in between.
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 1992 (see 1992 in music
1992 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....
). The album cover shows a kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
A kaleidoscope is a circle of mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other end creates a colorful pattern, due to the reflection off the mirrors...
with a magic lamp in between.
Track listing
- "Jennifer's Lullaby" was dedicated to the memory of Stan GetzStan GetzStanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...
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- "Pipo's Song" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:53
- "Introduction to Breathless" (Jay Beckenstein) – 1:05
- "Breathless" (Beckenstein) – 5:19
- "Introduction to Real Time" (Dave Samuels)
- "Real Time" (Samuels) – 3:56
- "Jennifer's Lullaby"* (Beckenstein) – 5:40
- "Whitewater" (Beckenstein) – 6:12
- "Inside Your Love" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:07
- "Nothing to Lose" (Beckenstein, Fernandez) – 5:03
- "Three Wishes" (Beckenstein) – 4:47
- "Gliding" (Beckenstein, Samuels) – 4:50
- "Cabana Carioca" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:18
- "Rollercoster" (Tom Schuman) – 4:29
- "Three Wishes (reprise)" (Beckenstein) – 1:41
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
Horn Section
- Jerry Hey: Trumpet and horn section arrangements
- Gary Grant: Trumpet
- Bill Reichenbach: Trombone, bass trumpet
- Larry Williams: Saxophone