Spyro Gyra News

East Tennessee State University is having a "Fall Fun Fest" Homecoming for 2009, with plenty to celebrate for students, alumni and the community from Nov.

After more than three decades of performing, improvising is still as inspiring to jazz stalwarts Spyro Gyra as it was in its earliest days playing clubs in Buffalo, N.Y. 'We are incredibly fortunate,' says leader and saxophone player Jay Beckenstein.

Veteran jazz ensemble Spyro Gyra plays at 7:30 tonight at the new Diana venue at the Biltmore Estate.

ETSU's Big Fall Show keeps getting bigger. This year's performances, Friday, Oct.

Biltmore Estate is bustling this month as it opens its new Diana event venue with a Friday concert by famed jazz band Spyro Gyra, then a week later begins its holiday festivities.

Track Scary Americans Artist/Band Steve Shapiro & Pat Bergeson with Annie Sellick Duration 5:08 Album Backward Compatible Record Label Vibraphonic/Apria Records Description Respected studio musicians from New York and Nashville, Steve Shapiro & Pat Bergeson have worked with artists such as: Alison Krauss, Steely Dan, Bill Frisell, Lyle Lovett, Bill ...

Vibraphonist and composer Steve Shapiro has recorded with such diverse artists as Steely Dan, Ornette Coleman, Phil Collins, Spyro Gyra, Regina Belle and They Might Be Giants.

The third annual Metropolitan International Jazz Festival comes to National Harbor for a one-day jazz spectacular on October 10th.

Thornton Winery in Temecula is combining two great pleasures -- champagne and jazz -- for its 21st annual Champagne Jazz Concert Series.

Julio Fernandez performs at the 2006 Hoboken Arts & Music Festival. From left: Rob Focht on keys, Fernandez on guitar and Gary Frazier on bass.

Julio Fernandez performs at the 2006 Hoboken Arts & Music Festival. From left: Rob Focht on keys, Fernandez on guitar and Gary Frazier on bass.

Dave Samuels' gift for evocative melody and his rhythmic versatility make him one of the leading mallet players of his generation.

Rita Coolidge will perform on August 24, 2008 at the Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival.

Founded in 1974 by saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra have consistently been one of the commercially successfully pop-jazz groups of the past 30 years.

On October 16-18, 2009 the second international jazz festival will take place in Kyiv.

For more than 40 years, Tower of Power has been thrilling audiences with its brassy sound.

Kenny G drew massive crowd to OCC at 27th annual Syracuse Jazz Fest There's something undeniably fetching about a Kenny G performance.

Blur, "Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur" . If you've ever been curious about the Brit-Pop movement of the '90s - the one that every record store clerk and most music critics in the world insist was as important an event to rock history as was the Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" - this collection of Blur's work might clue you ...

Onondaga Community College will be filled with music this weekend, courtesy of some of the best jazz artists in the country.

Some passing showers in the afternoon Friday may have kept some people away from the opening night of the Syracuse Jazz Fest, said festival director Frank Malfitano.