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Morning Dance

Morning Dance
Artwork by David Heffernan
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	March 9, 1979
Recorded	1978
Genre	Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length	39:36
Label	Infinity Records, MCA, Amherst
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Spyro Gyra (1978) Morning Dance (1979) Catching the Sun (1980)
Singles from Morning Dance
"Morning Dance" Released: May 1979

Morning Dance is the second album by the jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra.^[1][2] The album was released in March 9, 1979 and was certified gold by the RIAA on September 19, 1979, and was certified platinum on June 1, 1987.^[3]

AtBillboard magazine, the album reached No. 27 on the Top 200 albums chart, while the song "Morning Dance" reached No. 24 on the Hot 100 songs chart and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary songs chart.^[4] In Canada, the album reached No. 47 in its 10th week,^[5] and returned to No. 49 in its 20th week of 25 in the top 100.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Morning Dance is too heavily produced and too tightly arranged to be a very impressive jazz record."^[8]

Track listing and personnel[edit]

Additional Personnel Credits

• Larry Fast – synthesizer programming
• Jeremy Wall – string arrangements and conductor, horn arrangements and conductor (1-5, 7, 8, 9)
• Jay Beckenstein – horn arrangements and conductor (6)

Horn section

• Lew Del Gatto – flutes
• Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Tom Malone – trombone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet

Strings

• Charles McCracken – cello
• Alfred Brown – viola
• Harry Cykman – violin
• Charles Libove – violin
• Harry Lookofsky – violin, concertmaster
• Matthew Raimondi – violin

Charts[edit]

Production[edit]

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Michael Barry – recording, mixing
• Jack Malken – recording, mixing
• Charlie Conrad – recording
• Mick Guzauski – recording
• Larry Swist – recording
• Jason Corsaro – assistant engineer
• Darroll Gustamachio – assistant engineer
• Candice Munson – assistant engineer
• Rick Rowe – editing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Peter Corriston – art direction, design
• Julie Heffernan – illustration

Studios

• Recorded at Secret Sound (New York, NY); PCI Studios (Rochester, NY); Trackmaster Audio (Buffalo, NY); House of Music (West Orange, NJ).
• Mixed and Edited at Secret Sound
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York, NY).

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