Three Wishes is an album by the American jazz band Spyro Gyra, released in 1992 by GRP Records.[1][2]
| Three Wishes | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 57:43 | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Jay Beckenstein | |||
| Spyro Gyra chronology | ||||
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Production edit
The album was produced by Jay Beckenstein.[3] The band recorded the songs in less than a week, but spent two months in total working on Three Wishes.[4][5] There was more of an effort to record live in studio, after Beckenstein heard comments praising the band's live show over its albums.[6] Beckenstein also considered the songs on Three Wishes to be more thematically linked to each other rather than merely a collection of whatever songs the band had worked up.[7] "Jennifer's Lullaby" is dedicated to Stan Getz.[8]
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| The Indianapolis Star |  [10] |
The Washington Post deemed the album "a good deal less predictable and glossy than usual."[11] The Toronto Star wrote that "the veteran group is inoffensively competent, swings lightly despite the ugly rock 'n' roll drumming but contains about as much inspiration as a night watching Valium-powered TV soaps."[12] The Indianapolis Star determined that Three Wishes "is far more orchestrated than improvised, yet that keeps and perhaps deepens its entertainment edge."[10]
Track listing edit
- "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" (Wall) – 5:18
- "Rollercoaster" (Tom Schuman) – 4:29
- "Three Wishes (reprise)" (Beckenstein) – 1:41
Personnel edit
Spyro Gyra
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
- Tom Schuman – keyboards
- Julio Fernández – guitars
- Scott Ambush – bass guitar
- Joel Rosenblatt – drums
- Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba
Additional Personnel
- Sammy Figueroa – percussion
- Larry Williams – saxophones
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone, bass trumpet
- Gary Grant – trumpet
- Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements
Production edit
- Jay Beckenstein – producer
- Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
- Dave Grusin – executive producer
- Larry Rosen – executive producer
- Larry Swist – recording, engineer, mixing
- Kevin Becka – assistant engineer
- Tom Bender – assistant engineer
- Doug Rose – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Michael Pollard – production coordinator
- Andy Baltimore – creative director
- David Gibb – graphic design
- Scott Johnson – graphic design
- Sonny Mediana – graphic design
- Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
- Dan Serrano – graphic design
- Michael Cobb – illustrations
- Frank Linder – photography
Studios
- Recorded at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York); Carriage House Studios (Stamford, CT); Lighthouse Studios (Los Angeles, California).
- Mixed at BearTracks Studios and Lighthouse Studios.
- Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City, New York).
References edit
- ^ Persall, Steve (29 May 1992). "Reaching a turning point". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 27.
- ^ Doruyter, Renee (17 July 1992). "Spyro Gyra wants to play". The Province. p. C9.
- ^ "Three Wishes by Spyro Gyra". Billboard. 104 (23): 45. Jun 6, 1992.
- ^ Ryan, Shawn (July 4, 1992). "Spyro Gyra Livens Up Newest Album". The Plain Dealer. Newhouse News Service. p. 6C.
- ^ Gillespie, Annette (May 29, 1992). "Spyro Gyra to Play at Van Wezel". The Bradenton Herald. p. W13.
- ^ Sculley, Alan (23 Aug 1992). "Wishes Come True for Spyro Gyra's Beckenstein". The Morning Call. p. F2.
- ^ Lloyd, Jack (28 Aug 1992). "Spyro Gyra: Steady Flow of Change". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 30.
- ^ McCarty, Patrick (July 2, 1992). "With a romantic melodic vision fused...". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. C31.
- ^ "Three Wishes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ a b Sharp, Jo Ellen Meyers (2 Nov 1992). "Spyro Gyra 'Three Wishes'". The Indianapolis Star. p. C5.
- ^ Joyce, Mike (26 June 1992). "Leaner, Livelier Spyro Gyra". The Washington Post. p. N16.
- ^ Chapman, Geoff (22 Aug 1992). "The gently funky sounds...". Toronto Star. p. H10.