The Deep End (Spyro Gyra album)

The Deep End is the twenty-seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released on May 25, 2004. The album peaked at No. 3 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.[1]

The Deep End
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
Genre	Jazz, jazz pop
Length	64:47
Label	Heads Up
Producer	Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Original Cinema (2003) The Deep End (2004) Wrapped in a Dream (2006)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Tom Hull	B–[2]

Tom Hull dismissed the album as a "dud" in his "Jazz Consumer Guide" for The Village Voice in September 2004.[3] In a commentary published on his website, he explained, "Spry funk, thick layers of guitar-keyb-sax that never let up, occasional tidbits of exotica, they don't aim for pablum, but they don't take risks either, so in the end they're as predictable as formula."[2]

Track listing

1. "Summer Fling" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:58
2. "Eastlake Shuffle" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:02
3. "Monsoon" (Jay Beckenstein) – 7:00
4. "As You Wish" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
5. "Joburg Jam" (Beckenstein) – 6:10
6. "The Crossing" (Fernandez) – 7:17
7. "Wiggle Room" (Scott Ambush) – 6:48
8. "Wind Warriors" (Tom Schuman) – 6:15
9. "In Your Arms" (Schuman) – 4:46
10. "Chippewa Street" (Beckenstein) – 5:46
11. "Beyond the Rain" (Ambush) – 6:09

Personnel

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Scott Ambush – bass guitar
• Julio Fernandez – guitars, vocals on "The Crossing"

Guest musicians

• Dave Samuels – vibraphone on "As You Wish", "Joburg Jam", "Wiggle Room" and "Beyond the Rain"
• Don Harris – trumpet on "Summer Fling" and "Chippewa Street"
• Ludwig Afonso – drums on "Joburg Jam"
• Billy Kilson – drums on "Summer Fling", "As You Wish" and "Chippewa Street"
• Joel Rosenblatt – drums on "Eastlake Shuffle", "Monsoon", "The Crossing", "Wiggle Room", "Wind Warriors", "In Your Arms" and "Beyond the Rain"
• Cyro Baptista – percussion on "Summer Fling", "Monsoon" and "The Crossing"
• David Charles – percussion on "Wind Warriors" and "In Your Arms"
• Daniel Sadownick – percussion on "Summer Fling", "Eastlake Shuffle", "Monsoon", "As You Wish", "Wiggle Room", "Chippewa Street" and "Beyond the Rain"[4]

References

1. Billboard magazine, June 26, 2004, p. 84
2. Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "September 2004 Notebook". tomhull.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
3. Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
4. "The Deep End - Spyro Gyra | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2017.