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Got the Magic is the 21st studio album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra. It was released in 1999 by Windham Hill Records.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and wrote that “mid- to up-tempo concoctions like ‘Silk and Satin’ and ‘Havana Moonlight’ make for some very pleasant listening, and the addition of old bandmate Dave Samuels’ vibes on ‘Breezeway’ and ‘Sierra’ brings back the sound that attracted the group’s audience in the first place.”

Track listing
“Silk and Satin” (Chuck Loeb) – 5:31
“Breezeway” (Jeremy Wall) – 4:49
“Havana Moonlight” (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:54
“Springtime Laughter” (Jeff Beal, Joan Beal) – 4:51
“If You Will” (Beckenstein, Loeb) – 5:16
“Got the Magic” (Julio Fernandez) – 4:26
“Teardrops” (Beckenstein, Jason Miles) – 5:28
“Pure Mood” (Loeb) – 5:58
“Sierra” (Beckenstein) – 5:08
“Love Comes” (Tom Schuman, Fernandez) – 4:47
“R.S.V.P.” (Scott Kreitzer, Randy Andos) – 4:27

Personnel
Spyro Gyra:

Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
Tom Schuman – keyboards
Julio Fernandez – guitars, backing vocals (8, 9, 10), vocal arrangements (6, 10), scat vocal (9)
Scott Ambush – bass
Joel Rosenblatt – drums

Additional musicians:

Jeff Beal – keyboards (4), vocal arrangements (4)
Mike Ricchiuti – additional keyboards (11)
Dave Charles – percussion
Dave Samuels – vibraphone (2, 9), marimba (2, 9)
Jason Miles – drum programming (7)
Scott Kreitzer – flute (1, 3, 6)
Basia Trzetrzelewska – all vocals (4), vocal arrangements (4)
Billy Clif – backing vocals (6, 10)
Andrika Hall – backing vocals (6, 10)
Carmen Cuesta – backing vocals (8, 9)
Philip Hamilton – backing vocals (8, 9)
Kay Gile – backing vocals (10)

No Sweat Horns:

Scott Kreitzer – saxophones, horn arrangements (11)
Randy Andros – trombone, horn arrangements (11)
Barry Danielian – trumpet, horn arrangements

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Released: 1999
Recorded: 1999
Studios:
BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York)
Length: 55:35
Label: Windham Hill Jazz
Producers:
Jay Beckenstein, Jeff Beal, Chuck Loeb, Julio Fernández, Jason Miles, Tom Schuman, Jeremy Wall