{"id":4483,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/ro-gyra-good-to-go-go\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"ro-gyra-good-to-go-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=4483","title":{"rendered":"ro Gyra &#8211; Good To Go Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"stories\/..\/storypix\/GoodToGoGo.jpg\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"1\"\/><font size=\"3\" color=\"Blue\" face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:16px\"><strong>Spyro Gyra<\/strong><\/font>  <br \/><font size=\"2\" color=\"Blue\" face=\"Verdana\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:14px\"><strong>Good To Go Go<\/strong><\/font>    <font face=\"Verdana, Helvetica\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:11px\"><br \/>(Heads Up &#8211; 2007)<br \/> Staff<\/p>\n<p><\/font>    <font size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:13px\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica\">  The entity known as Spyro Gyra is a marathon runner in the arena of contemporary jazz. For more than three decades, moving across a musical landscape marked by increasingly challenging terrain and accelerated change, they have maintained the well-deserved reputation as a viable and highly versatile creative force. Since their earliest recordings in the mid 1970s, they have maintained a fresh approach to their craft by borrowing from a range of sources and distilling them into an unmistakable signature sound.  <\/p>\n<p>  The bouncy midtempo, &#8220;Simple Pleasures,&#8221; is tailor made for driving with the windows down on a warm summer evening, while the syncopated backbeat and subtle tonal shifts of uptempo &#8220;Get Busy&#8221; make for a challenging but fun melodic exercise.  <\/p>\n<p>  Other highlights further into the set include &#8220;Funkyard Dog,&#8221; a fast-paced romp wherein Bonny B sets up a tight groove yet allows plenty of room for Beckenstein and the rest of his bandmates to shine, and &#8220;Island Time,&#8221; an energetic calypso track guaranteed to transport even the most urban-rooted listener directly to the islands. &#8220;A Winter Tale,&#8221; although upbeat in tempo and overall tone, is a bit more introspective, with generous contributions from Schuman and Fernandez.  <\/p>\n<p>  The title track takes the album into the homestretch with a highly percussive drum\/bass groove that sets up a large but well-grounded space for plenty of sax, keys and more. The closer, &#8220;Newroses&#8221; ratchets up the tempo and energy even higher, with all parties trading licks from more than six minutes all told. It&#8217;s the ideal closing statement by a band that refuses to be anything but forward-thinking and forward-pushing.  <\/p>\n<p>  A new face in the Spyro Gyra lineup belongs to drummer\/percussionist Bonny B (short for Bonaparte). The Trinidad native had been touring with the band for several months before they went into the studio to record Good To Go-Go, and the energy he brought to the party served as the catalyst for some fine tuning in the group&#8217;s overall philosophy. Bonny B joins saxophonist and Spyro Gyra founder Jay Beckenstein, keyboardist Tom Schuman, guitarist Julio Fernandez and bassist Scott Ambush in the five-man lineup.  <\/p>\n<p>  Corny as it sounds, Spyro Gyra is Good To Go-Go.            <?php require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . \"_footer.htm\");   ??><cfinclude template=\"_back.inc\"><?php require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . \"_footer.htm\");   ??><\/cfinclude><\/font><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spyro Gyra Good To Go Go (Heads Up &#8211; 2007)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}