Stories Without Words

Stories Without Words is the eleventh album by American jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra, released in 1987. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 84 on the Top 200 Albums chart and No. 67 on the R&B Albums chart.^[2][3][4]

Stories Without Words
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	August 10, 1987
Recorded	1986
Studio	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	40:32
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
Breakout (1986) Stories Without Words (1987) Rites of Summer (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Cayo Hueso" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:29
2. "Serpentine Shelly" (Tom Schuman) – 4:33
3. "Del Corazon" (Julio Fernandez) – 6:25
4. "Early Light" (Beckenstein) – 4:23
5. "Nu Sungo" (Manolo Badrena) – 4:10
6. "Chrysalis" (Dave Samuels) – 4:12
7. "Joy Ride" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:55
8. "Pyramid" (Wall) – 6:25

Personnel

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, Lyricon
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars
• Roberto Vally – bass, vocals
• Richie Morales – drums
• Manolo Badrena – percussion
• Dave Samuels – marimba, vibraphone

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Larry Swist – engineer
• Chris Bubacz – assistant engineer
• Doug Rose – assistant engineer
• Doug Oberkircher – technical assistance
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• Kathleen Covert – art direction, design
• Ted Glazer – front cover illustration
• Timothy White – back cover photography

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r69151
2. Kohler, Paul. "Stories Without Words – Spyro Gyra". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. "Spyro Gyra – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. "Spyro Gyra – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2017.