City Kids
by Spyro Gyra
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 July 1983
- Label: MCA
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:03
- Community rating: 3.42/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Kim Stone, Manolo Badrena, Chet Catallo, Eli Konikoff, Will Lee, Gerardo Velez, Steve Gadd, Dave Bargeron, Alan Rubin, Marcus Miller, Richard Calandra, Eddie Gomez, Steve Jordan, Jay Beckenstein, Jorge Dalto, Hiram Bullock, Dave Samuels, Richard Tee, Lew Soloff, Lou Marini
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The highly successful instrumental ensemble delivers another pristine, impeccably produced collection of smooth, Caribbean-inflected jazz-pop. 'City Kids' relies on stunningly tight studio musicianship and relentlessly upbeat melodies, securing their dominance over the emerging adult contemporary jazz radio format.
Genres
Descriptors: Fusion, instrumental, improvisation, rhythmic, melodic
Tracklist
- City Kids (5:10)
- Serpent In Paradise (4:45)
- A Ballad (5:42)
- Nightlife (4:32)
- Islands In The Sky (6:44)
- Conversations (5:34)
- Silver Linings (4:36)
- Haverstraw Road (5:00)
Credits
- Spyro Gyra - primary artist
- Michael G. Cobb - illustration [cover illustration]
- Radiomayonnaise Productions - illustration [cover illustration]
- Robert Zantay - programmed by [lyricon programming]
- Lou Marini - tenor saxophone
- Dave Bargeron - trombone
- Alan Rubin - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn