Alternating Currents (album)

Alternating Currents
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	June 15, 1985
Studio	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Access All Areas (1984) Alternating Currents (1985) Breakout (1986)

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Alternating Currents is the ninth album by jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra, released in 1985. At Billboard magazine, it reached No. 66 on the Top 200 Albums chart, No. 41 on the R&B Albums chart, and No. 3 on the Jazz Albums chart.^[2][3][4]

Track listing

1. "Shakedown" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:22
2. "Alternating Currents" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:28
3. "Taking the Plunge (for Jennifer)" (Beckenstein) – 4:48
4. "Binky Dream No. 6" (Beckenstein, Fernández, Morales, Schuman, Stone, Velez) – 4:13
5. "PG" (Beckenstein) – 4:15
6. "Heartbeat" (Wall) – 4:48
7. "Mardi Gras" (Dave Samuels) – 6:04
8. "I Believe in You" (Tom Schuman) – 5:31
9. "Sunflurry" (Schuman) – 5:01

Personnel

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, Lyricon
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars
• Kim Stone – bass guitar, double bass
• Richie Morales – drums
• Gerardo Velez – percussion
• Dave Samuels – marimba, vibraphone

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Jeremy Wall – co-producer
• Larry Swist – engineer
• Rick Begin – assistant engineer
• John Penzotti – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York).
• Jeff Adamoff – art direction
• Steele Works – design
• William Coupon – band photography
• NASA – courtesy front cover photography

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