Morning Dance
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Morning Dance is Spyro Gyra's most commercially successful album,[citation needed] released in summer 1979. The song "Morning Dance" was a major hit (Billboard #24 pop, #1 adult contemporary) in summer 1979.[citation needed] The album cover of Morning Dance had concept origination, design and art direction by Peter Corriston.Illustration by David Heffernan. The package design was nominated for a Grammy award.
Track listing and personnel
- "Morning Dance" (Jay Beckenstein) - 4:11
- "Jubilee" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:31
- "Rasul" (Jeremy Wall) - 3:57
- "Song for Lorraine" (Jay Beckenstein) - 3:59
- "Starburst" (Jeremy Wall) - 4:50
- "Heliopolis" (Jay Beckenstein) - 5:34
- "It Doesn't Matter" (Chet Catallo) - 4:27
- "Little Linda" (Jeremy Wall) - (4:27)
- "End of Romanticism" (Rick Strauss) - 5:00
Personnel
- Jay Beckenstein - tenor, alto and soprano saxophones
- Jeremy Wall - electric piano, synethesizers on all except "It Doesn't Matter" and "Song for Lorraine", percussion on "Little Linda"
- Tom Schuman - keyboards on all except "It Doesn't Matter" and "Song for Lorraine", rhodes solo on "Helipolis"
- John Tropea - electric and acoustic guitar on "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Morning Dance"
- Chet Catallo - guitar on "It Doesn't Matter" and "Song for Lorraine"
- Jim Kurzdorfer - bass on all except "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Heliopolis"
- Will Lee - bass on "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Heliopolis"
- Ted Reinhardt - drums on all except "Jubilee", "Starburst", "Heliopolis" and "It Doesn't Matter"
- Rubens Bassini - congas and percussion on all except "Rasul", "Song for Lorraine", "It Doesn't Matter" and "End of Romanticism"
- Dave Samuels - marimba and steel drum on all except "It Doesn't Matter", "Starburst" and "Song for Lorraine"
- Gerardo Velez - percussion on "Song for Lorraine" and congas on "It Doesn't Matter"
- Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone solo on "Starburst"
- Randy Brecker - trumpet solo on "Jubilee"
- Tom Malone - trombone
- Lewis del Gatto - flutes
- John Clark - French horn on "End of Romanticism" and "Rasul"
- Lani Groves, Diva Grey, Gordon Grody - vocalists on "Song for Lorraine"
- Rick Strauss - electric and 12-string guitar on "End of Romanticism", "Rasul" and "Little Linda"
- Suzanne Ciani - synthesizers on "Song for Lorraine" and "It Doesn't Matter"
- Steve Jordan - drums on "Jubilee", "Starburst" and "Heliopolis"
Horns arranged and conducted by Jeremy Wall except "Heliopolis" by Jay Beckenstein
Strings
- Harry Lookofsky - violin (Concertmaster)
- Matthew Raimondi - violin
- Harry Cykman - violin
- Charles LiBove - violin
- Alfred Brown - viola
- Charles McCracken - cello
Strings arranged and conducted by Jeremy Wall