Spyro Gyra – Access All Areas

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Access All Areas is the first live album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1984 on double-LP vinyl, cassette tape, and CD. It reached No. 77 on the Top 200 album chart at Billboard magazine and No. 1 on that magazine’s Jazz Albums chart.

“An excellent live double album, it includes live versions of songs from early albums.”- Paul Kohler/AllMusic.

Track listing:
1. “Old San Juan” Jay Beckenstein 8:20
2. “Shaker Song” Jay Beckenstein 7:14
3. “Serpent in Paradise” Jay Beckenstein 5:56
4. “Heliopolis” Jay Beckenstein 11:49
5. “Harbor Nights” Jay Beckenstein 7:04
6. “Conversations” Tom Schuman 8:30
7. “Schu’s Blues” Tom Schuman 4:46
8. “Morning Dance” Jay Beckenstein 5:37
9. “Islands in the Sky” Jeremy Wall 6:29
10. “Sea Biscuit” Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman, Chet Catallo, Eli Konikoff, Gerardo Velez, David Wofford 6:03
11. “Latin Streets” Jorge D’Alto, Gerardo Velez 8:24

Personnel:
Jay Beckenstein – alto and soprano saxophones
Tom Schuman – Yamaha CP-70, Yamaha GS2, Dyno Rhodes, Prophet-5, Memorymoog, Multimoog, Moog Liberation
Chet Catallo – electric guitars, classical guitar
Kim Stone – bass guitars, acoustic bass
Eli Konikoff – drums
Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba
Gerardo Velez – congas, percussion, timbales

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Released: June 1984
Recorded: November 17–19, 1983
Venue: Florida
Length: 85:09 / 76:49 (Digital)
Label: MCA
Producer: Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra