The Deep End (Spyro Gyra album)

The Deep End is the twenty-seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released on May 25, 2004. The album peaked at No. 3 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.[1]

The Deep End
Studio album by
Spyro Gyra
ReleasedMay 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
StudioBearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York
GenreJazz, jazz pop
Length64:47
LabelHeads Up
ProducerSpyro Gyra Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
Original Cinema
(2003)		 The Deep End
(2004)		 Wrapped in a Dream
(2006)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Tom HullB−[3]

Tom Hull dismissed the album as a "dud" in his "Jazz Consumer Guide" for The Village Voice in September 2004.[4] In a commentary published on his website, he explained, "Spry funk, thick layers of guitar-keyb-sax that never let up, occasional tidbits of exotica, they don't aim for pablum, but they don't take risks either, so in the end they're as predictable as formula."[3]

Track listing
  1. "Summer Fling" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:58
  2. "Eastlake Shuffle" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:02
  3. "Monsoon" (Jay Beckenstein) – 7:00
  4. "As You Wish" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
  5. "Joburg Jam" (Beckenstein) – 6:10
  6. "The Crossing" (Fernandez) – 7:17
  7. "Wiggle Room" (Scott Ambush) – 6:48
  8. "Wind Warriors" (Tom Schuman) – 6:15
  9. "In Your Arms" (Schuman) – 4:46
  10. "Chippewa Street" (Beckenstein) – 5:46
  11. "Beyond the Rain" (Ambush) – 6:09

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

Guest musicians

  • Billy Kilson – drums (1, 4, 10)
  • Joel Rosenblatt – drums (2, 3, 6–9, 11)
  • Ludwig Afonso – drums (5)
  • Cyro Baptista – percussion (1, 3, 6)
  • Daniel Sadownick – percussion (1-4, 7, 10, 11)
  • Dave Samuels – vibraphone (4, 5, 7, 11)
  • David Charles – percussion (8, 9)
  • Don Harris – trumpet (1, 10)

[5]

Production
  • Jay Beckenstein – producer
  • Jeremy Wall – producer (1)
  • Julio Fernández – producer (2, 6)
  • Scott Ambush – producer (7, 11)
  • Tom Schuman – producer (8, 9)
  • Doug Oberkircher – recording, mixing
  • Eric Carlinsky – recording, assistant engineer
  • Scott Hull – mastering at The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)
  • Paul Blakemore – 5.1 surround sound mastering
  • Colin Anderson – cover image
  • Robert Hoffman – design
  • Phil Brennan – management

References
  1. Billboard magazine, June 26, 2004, p. 84
  2. Widran, Jonathan. "The Deep End". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  3. Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "September 2004 Notebook". tomhull.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  4. Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  5. "The Deep End - Spyro Gyra | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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