Dreams Beyond Control

Dreams Beyond Control is the seventeenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1993 by GRP Records.[1]

Dreams Beyond Control
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	1993
Recorded	September 11, 1993 BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York); The Power Station (New York City, New York); Lighthouse Studios (Los Angeles, California).
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	54:01
Label	GRP
Producer	Jay Beckenstein
Spyro Gyra chronology
Three Wishes (1992) Dreams Beyond Control (1993) Love and Other Obsessions (1995)

Track listing

1. "Walk the Walk" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:20
2. "Patterns in the Rain" (Foster Paterson) – 4:38
3. "Breakfast at Igor's" (Jay Beckenstein, Scott Ambush) – 5:23
4. "Waltz for Isabel" (Beckenstein) – 4:43
5. "South Beach" (Fernandez) – 5:13
6. "Send Me One Line" (John Martyn) – 4:57
7. "Bahia" (Dave Samuels) – 5:08
8. "Kindred Spirit" (Tom Schuman) – 4:05
9. "Birks Law" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
10. "Same Difference" (Beckenstein, Fernandez) – 5:25
11. "The Delicate Prey" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:33

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophone
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars
• Scott Ambush – bass
• Joel Rosenblatt – drums
• Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, mallets

Additional Personnel

• Howard Levy – harmonica (3)
• Marc Quiñones – percussion (5, 7)
• Cyro Baptista – percussion (7, 11)
• Alex Ligertwood – vocals (2, 6)
• Lani Groves – backing vocals (6)
• Will Lee – backing vocals (6)
• Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (6)

Tower of Power Horns (Tracks 1 & 3)

• Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
• Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
• David Mann – tenor saxophone
• Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements
• Alan Chez – trumpet

No Sweat Horns (Tracks 5, 7 & 10)

• Scott Kreitzer – tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
• Randy Andos – trombone, bass trombone
• Barry Danielian – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Phil Brennan – assistant producer, management
• Larry Swist – assistant producer, recording, mixing
• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Kevin Becka – assistant engineer
• Steve Regina – assistant engineer
• Dann Wojner – assistant engineer
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Joseph Doughney – post-production technician
• Michael Landy – post-production technician
• Michael Pollard – production coordinator
• Diane Dragonette – assistant production coordinator
• Sonny Mediana – production director
• Sharon Franklin – assistant production director
• Andy Baltimore – creative director
• Scott Johnson – art direction
• Dan Serrano – art direction
• Alba Acevedo – graphic design
• Jackie Salway – graphic design
• Martin LaBorde – front cover illustration
• David A. Wagner – color photography

Additional Studios

• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).
• Post-Production at The Review Room (New York City, New York).

References

1. Yanow, Scott. "Dreams Beyond Control – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

External links

• Spyro Gyra official web site