Heart of the Night

Heart of the Night is the nineteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 by GRP Records.[1]

For the Poco song, see Heart of the Night (song).

Heart of the Night
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	April 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Jazz, smooth jazz
Length	53:24
Label	GRP
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
Love and Other Obsessions (1995) Heart of the Night (1996) 20/20 (1997)

Track listing

1. "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:34
2. "De La Luz" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:14
3. "Westwood Moon" (Tom Schuman) – 4:56
4. "Midnight" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:26
5. "Playtime" (Beckenstein) – 4:34
6. "Surrender" (Beckenstein) – 4:47
7. "Valentino's" (Schuman) – 4:56
8. "Believe" (Fernandez) – 5:11
9. "As We Sleep" (Scott Ambush) – 4:58
10. "When Evening Falls" (Beckenstein) – 4:59
11. "J Squared" (Beckenstein, Joel Rosenblatt) – 4:49
12. "Best Thing" (Beckenstein) – 4:34

Personnel

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophone
• No Sweat Horns – brass
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernandez – guitar; vocals (track 2)
• Scott Ambush – bass guitar
• Joel Rosenblatt – drums
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion

Additional personnel

• Porter Carroll – vocals (track 1)
• Vaneese Thomas – vocals (track 1)
• Steve Skinner – drum programming (track 1)
• Dave Samuels – marimba (tracks 2, 7, 9, 10)
• Eugene Moye – cello (tracks 2, 9)
• Jesse Levy – cello (tracks 2, 9)
• The No Sweat Horns – ensemble (tracks 3, 5)
  • Scott Kreitzer – saxophone, flute
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet
  • Randy Andos – trombone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (track 4)

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Heart of the Night – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

External links

• Spyro Gyra official web site