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Incognito is the sixth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1982. At Billboard it reached No. 46 on the Top 200 Albums chart, and No. 2 on that magazine’s Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing:
All tracks are written by Jay Beckenstein except where noted

1. “Last Exit” Tom Schuman 4:17
2. “Old San Juan” 6:41
3. “Harbor Nights” 4:22
4. “Stripes” 4:01
5. “Oasis” Jeremy Wall 5:39
6. “Incognito” Tom Schuman 5:56
7. “Sueño” Jeremy Wall 4:05
8. “Soho Mojo” 3:47

Personnel:
Spyro Gyra:

Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, whistle (2), percussion (2)
Tom Schuman – Yamaha GS-1 (1), synthesizers (1, 2, 5, 6), electric piano (3, 5, 6, 8), acoustic piano (6)
Jeremy Wall – electric piano (7)
Chet Catallo – guitar textures (3), guitars (4, 8)
John Tropea – guitar textures (3), slide guitar (4), guitars (5, 7)
Gerardo Velez – percussion (1, 2, 4, 8)
Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 6, 7), vibraphone (3, 7, 8)

Additional musicians:

Jorge Dalto – acoustic piano (2)
Rob Mounsey – synthesizers (2, 5–7), vocoder (3, 6, 7)
Richard Tee – acoustic piano (4, 8), organ (4)
Hiram Bullock – guitar solo (1), guitars (6)
Steve Love – guitars (1, 3–8), acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
Will Lee – bass (1)
Marcus Miller – bass (2–8)
Steve Gadd – drums
Manolo Badrena – congas (1), percussion (2, 5–7)
Crusher Bennett – congas (5, 7)
Toots Thielemans – harmonica (4)
Tom Scott – Lyricon (5)

Horn Section:

Tom Scott – flute, saxophones
Larry Williams – flute, saxophones
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
Gary Grant – flugelhorn, trumpet
Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, trumpet, horn arrangements (1–4, 6–8)
Jeremy Wall – horn arrangements (5)

String Section:

Jeremy Wall – string arrangements and conductor
Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
Jonathan Abramowitz and Jesse Levy – cello
Frederick Buldrini, Peter Dimirtiades, Lewis Eley, Regis Iandiorio, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi and Richard Young – violin

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Released: September 1982
Studio:
Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
Secret Sound (New York City, New York)
Bear Tracks Studios (Suffern, New York)
Length: 38:48
Label: MCA
Producer: Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra