13x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated & Legendary Jazz Fusion Band SPYRO GYRA return to Jimmy’s! With over 30 acclaimed albums and over 10 million albums sold (including 1 Platinum & 2 Gold Albums), they’ve played over 10,000 concerts on six continents and have maintained a standard of excellence that has sustained them on the “A list” of live attractions in jazz. ALL ABOUT JAZZ states, “In a way, Spyro Gyra is the Steely Dan of jazz.” In 2014, the band did an extended ‘Morning Dance’ album tour, playing their landmark breakthrough album (which reached #27 on the Billboard 200 and went Certified Platinum), on its 35th anniversary. This was also their 40th anniversary as a band. In 2019, there was a long anticipated release of their acclaimed album ‘Vinyl Tap’, where they once again challenged themselves with something new, an album of all covers from the classic rock era. Spyro Gyra have 10 GRAMMY Award Nominated Albums and they have consistently topped the charts since 1979!
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In 2024, Jay Beckenstein and band started its observation of the 50th anniversary of the band. What started as a diversion, something that was just for fun (and twenty-five cents at the door) continues its evolution into 2025. It began inauspiciously when Beckenstein and a few musician friends in Buffalo NY organized a get together on their shared night off from working in bands that actually made money. It was a simple, humble idea with a name that was likewise simple and humble, “Tuesday Night – Jazz Jam”. Fast forward 50 years and this jazz super group has released over 30 albums, garnering gold and platinum along the way. They’ve played over 10,000 concerts on six continents. Spyro Gyra has maintained its standards of excellence and that has sustained them on the “A list” of live attractions in jazz for 50 years.
“Spyro Gyra have been around a long time and this is their 31st album, disproving any thought that the band was a one-hit wonder or lacked longevity,” says JAZZ JOURNAL (2020 Album Review of ‘Vinyl Tap’).
