Access All Areas

Access All Areas
Live album by Spyro Gyra
Released	1984 (1984)
Genre	Jazz, fusion
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
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Spyro Gyra chronology
City Kids (1983) Access All Areas (1984) Alternating Currents (1985)

Access All Areas is the eighth and first live album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). When originally released the album was, due to the length of content, in double-album format.

Track listing

1. "Shaker Song" (Jay Beckenstein) – 7:14
2. "Serpent In Paradise" (Beckenstein) – 5:56
3. "Helioplois" (Beckenstein) – 11:49
4. "Harbor Nights" (Beckenstein) – 7:04
5. "Conversations" (Tom Schuman) – 8:30
6. "Schu's Blues" (Schuman) – 4:46
7. "Morning Dance" (Beckenstein) – 5:37
8. "Islands in the Sky" (Jeremy Wall) – 6:29
9. "Sea Biscuit" (All Members) – 6:03
10. "Latin Streets" (Jorge Dalto, Gerardo Velez) – 8:24

The track "Old San Juan" as originally included on the vinyl double album, was not included on the CD due to lack of space.

Personnel

• Jay Beckenstein – Yamaha soprano, alto and tenor saxophones
• Tom Schuman – Yamaha CP-70, Memory Moog, Multi-Moog, Yamaha GS-2, ProphetV, Moog Liberation and DynaRhodes
• Chet Catallo – Gibson 335, Gibson 347, and a Gibson classical guitar
• Kim Stone – Fender Jazz Bass, an Aria electric bass and a 100 year old 3/4 scale acoustic bass
• Eli Konikoff – custom Yamaha drum kit with Zildjian cymbals
• Dave Samuels – Musser Pro 55 vibraphone and a custom Musser 250 marimba
• Gerardo Velez – Latin Percussion congas, timbales and hand-held percussion instruments