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Down the Wire

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Down the Wire
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 28, 2009 (2009-04-28)
Studio
  • Inner Machine Studios (Buffalo, New York)
  • Big Time Audio (Jonesborough, Tennessee)
GenreJazz fusion
Length65:14
LabelHeads Up
Producer
  • Jay Beckenstein
  • Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra chronology
A Night Before Christmas
(2008)
Down the Wire
(2009)
A Foreign Affair
(2011)

Down the Wire is the thirty-first album by Spyro Gyra, released on April 28, 2009. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album in 2010.[1] Down the Wire peaked at No. 9 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Down the Wire"Scott Ambush5:57
2."Unspoken"Julio Fernandez5:51
3."Not for Nothin'"Tom Schuman5:02
4."Island Pond"Jay Beckenstein6:00
5."The Tippin' Point"Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman5:24
6."Ice Mountain"Bonny Bonaparte6:58
7."A Flower for Annie Jeanette"Scott Ambush7:05
8."La Zona Rosa"Jay Beckenstein6:22
9."What It Is"Julio Fernandez6:23
10."A Distant Memory"Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman4:42
11."Make It Mine"Bonny Bonaparte5:30

Personnel

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Spyro Gyra

Additional musicians

  • Gerardo Velez – percussion (2, 7), horn (8)
  • Marc Quiñones – percussion (8)
  • Bill Harris – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Ozzie Melendez – trombone
  • Don Harris – trumpet

Production

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  • Dave Love – executive producer
  • Jay Beckenstein – producer
  • Scott Ambush – co-producer (1, 7)
  • Julio Fernández – co-producer (2, 9)
  • Tom Schuman – co-producer (3, 5, 6, 10, 11)
  • Bonny Bonaparte – co-producer (6, 11)
  • Mike Brylinsky – engineer
  • Justin Rose – engineer
  • Martin Walters – mixing, mastering
  • Natalie Singer – product manager
  • Phil Brennan – cover artwork, management
  • Robert Hoffman – design, photography
  • Sean Gladwell – individual images
  • Chris Harvey – individual images

References

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  1. ^ "Complete list of Grammy nominations – East Bay Times". East Bay Times. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Spyro Gyra - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2017.