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Produced by Jay Beckenstein, Living Colors is bound to appeal to Spyro Gyra audiences. Andy Narell’s contributions on “Pan Dance” and “New Math” lend a definite Caribbean influence and seem to be a preview of the Caribbean Jazz Project, which would eventually happen in the early ’90s. For the most part, Living Colors is a very nice album, however, Samuels tends not to be overly adventurous, making this well suited for smooth jazz radio (Ken Ketler/AllMusic).

Track listing:

A1 Living Colors 4:58
A2 Pan Dance 5:24
A3 Astaire’s Way 4:40
A4 Soundscape 4:45
B1 New Math 4:59
B2 Oslo 3:51
B3 The Outer Gate 4:30
B4 Snowfall 6:16

Personnel:

Vibes, KAT Midi Tigger, Marimba, Percussion – Dave Samuels
Acoustic Bass – Michael Formanek, Steve Rodby
Acoustic Guitar – Ross Traut
Drums – Tom Brechtlein
Keyboards, Piano, Roland D50, E-mu Emulator ll programming – Mitchel Forman, Steve Shapiro
Percussion – Roger Squitero
Steel Drums – Andy Narell

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Label: MCA Records – MCA-42144
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1988