Incognito (Spyro Gyra album)

Incognito is the sixth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1982. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 46 on the Top 200 Albums chart,^[2] and No. 2 on that magazine's Jazz Albums chart.

Incognito
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	September 1982
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	38:48
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein and Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Freetime (1981) Incognito (1982) City Kids (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Last Exit"	Tom Schuman	4:17
2.	"Old San Juan"		6:41
3.	"Harbor Nights"		4:22
4.	"Stripes"		4:01
5.	"Oasis"	Jeremy Wall	5:39
6.	"Incognito"	Tom Schuman	5:56
7.	"Sueño"	Jeremy Wall	4:05
8.	"Soho Mojo"		3:47

All tracks are written by Jay Beckenstein except where noted^[3]

Charts

U.S. Weekly charts

Chart	Position
Billboard 200[4]	46
Billboard Jazz Albums[5]	2
Billboard R&B Albums[6]	39
Cash Box Top 100 Albums[7]	61
Cash Box Top 30 Jazz Albums[8]	1
Radio & Records Jazz Albums[9]	1

U.S. Year End chart

Chart	Position
Billboard 1983 Jazz[10]	8

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, whistle (2)
• Tom Schuman – keyboards (1), synthesizers (1, 2, 5, 6), acoustic piano (3), electric piano (5, 6, 8)
• Jeremy Wall – electric piano (7)
• Chet Catallo – guitar textures (3), guitars (4, 8)
• John Tropea – guitar textures (3), slide guitar (4), guitars (5, 7)
• Gerardo Velez – percussion (1, 2, 4, 8)
• Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 6, 7), vibraphone (3, 7, 8)

Additional musicians

• Jorge Dalto – acoustic piano (2)
• Rob Mounsey – synthesizers (2, 5-7), vocoder (3, 6, 7)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (4, 8), organ (4)
• Hiram Bullock – guitars (1, 6)
• Steve Love – guitars (1, 3-8), acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
• Will Lee – bass (1)
• Marcus Miller – bass (2-8)
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Manolo Badrena – congas (1), percussion (2, 5-7)
• Crusher Bennett – congas (5, 7)
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica (4)

Horn Section

• Tom Scott – flute, saxophones, Lyricon (5)
• Larry Williams – flute, saxophones
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Gary Grant – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Jerry Hey – flugelhorn, trumpet, horn arrangements (1-4, 6, 7, 8)
• Jeremy Wall – horn arrangements (5)

String Section

• Jeremy Wall – string arrangements and conductor
• Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
• Jonathan Abramowitz and Jesse Levy – cello
• Frederick Buldrini, Peter Dimirtiades, Lewis Eley, Regis Iandiorio, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, Marvin Morgenstern, Matthew Raimondi and Richard Young – violin

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Michael Barry – engineer, mixing
• Steve Crimmel – assistant engineer
• Josiah Gluck – assistant engineer
• Debbie Rebhun – assistant engineer
• Nina Siff – assistant engineer
• Larry Swist – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• George Osaki – art direction, design
• Michael G. Cobb – cover illustration

Studios

• Recorded at Secret Sound (New York, NY) and Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA).
• Mixed at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, NY).
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York, NY).

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r148023
2. "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
3. "Incognito - Spyro Gyra | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
4. "Billboard Top LPs & Tape – November 20, 1982, p. 71" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2018.
5. "Billboard Top Selling Jazz LPs – January 8, 1983, p. 59" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2018.
6. "Billboard Black LPs – November 27, 1982, p. 56" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2018.
7. "Cash Box Top 100 Albums – December 4, 1982, p. 32" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2018.
8. "Cash Box Top 30 Jazz Albums – October 30, 1982, p. 11" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2018.
9. "Radio & Records Jazz Radio National Airplay – November 12, 1982, p. 52" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2018.
10. "Billboard Top Jazz Albums – December 24, 1983, p. TA-32" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2018.