*“Initially it was to try something different. Different for us is doing someone else’s music,” said saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, co-founder of the four-time Grammy nominated band Spyro Gyra, about ...

New York jazz-fusion band Spyro Gyra is embarking on its 50th anniversary tour with a stop in Tallahassee in September. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, May 17. Spyro Gyra has long been known to its ...

We attempted to give ourselves some cover by assuring one another that Spyro Gyra started out more in the vein of Weather Report than, say, David Sanborn. We really did. But, after pulling out the ...

Spyro Gyra has long been known to its peers in the contemporary jazz world as a “well oiled road machine” due to its relentless schedule of 48 years of performing. To date, they have logged more than ...

It’s not really album sales that propel a band into the annals of jazz history. No, it’s usually a steady fan base, good recordings, and a solid live show. It doesn’t really matter what kind of jazz ...

Savannah Jazz Festival is bringing fusion jazz legends Spyro Gyra to the Lucas Theatre as part of its exciting yearly concert series. With 35 albums under its belt, multiple platinum and gold selling ...

Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, ...

“The band’s been a band for 51 years,” says Jay Beckenstein, founder of Spyro Gyra, an American jazz band with a plethora of other genre influences. The group formed in Buffalo in 1974. Its music is a ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — I’m not a jazz fan, but Spyro Gyra’s concert Thursday night in Saratoga Springs converted me for the 90 minutes this five-piece combo held court. Nearly a full house turned out at ...

Spyro Gyra was born 35 years ago in a Buffalo nightclub. Soon enough, explains saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, the borders of the region seemed to expand east and west. "I think that western New York ...