Spyro Gyra may have formed in the mid-1970s, but they don?t live in the past. Instead, the band has continually reinvented itself and seen second- and perhaps even third-generation fans grow along ...

1. Caribe; 2. Khuda; 3. Sweet Ole Thang'; 4. Falling Walls; 5. Shinjuku; 6. Chileno Boys; 7. Samba for Two; 8. Canção de Ninar; 9. Antigua; 10. Last Call; 11 ...

It's hard to imagine today, but there was a time not very long ago when the phrase "jazz fusion" would have been met with uncomprehending stares among even the most avid music lovers. Today, of course ...

Pressured into picking a name for his band, Jay Beckenstein chose the first thing that came to his mind: spirogyra. “I studied microbiology in college,” said Beckenstein, founder and saxophonist for ...

Status: Jazz artist. Founding member of the group Spyro Gyra. DOB: May 14, 1951 In: Brooklyn, N.Y. First Jazz Memory: "I met Cannonball Adderley when I was 12. He did a school performance around where ...

Spyro Gyra was born 35 years ago in a Buffalo nightclub. Soon enough, explains saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, the borders of the region seemed to expand east and west. "I think that western New York ...

Just talking about tonight's Spyro Gyra concert at Cain Park's Evans Amphitheater gets Jay Beckenstein, the group's founder and saxophonist, a little misty-eyed. "Cleveland was our very first road ...

Spyro Gyra sounds like something you might pick up at a Greekdeli — spicy, crisp, mixed ingredients and immensely popular. Though the description fits, Spyro Gyra isn’t a deli delight.It’s a jazz band ...

The character of “Three Wishes,” the new record by pop-jazz band Spyro Gyra, began to take shape well before the first song was written, according to band founder, saxophonist and songwriter Jay ...

Spyro Grya got its curious name playing at a club called Jack Daniel's in New York. The club owner's business antenna perked up at the fact that they had a fan following and insisted they name ...