Spyro Gyra sounds like something you might pick up at a Greekdeli — spicy, crisp, mixed ingredients and immensely popular. Though the description fits, Spyro Gyra isn’t a deli delight.It’s a jazz band ...

Hoboken is home to a lot of famous people -- Gov. Jon Corzine, Giants quarterback Eli Manning, comedian Artie Lange-- and about 38,000 not-so-famous people. Somewhere in between is Julio Fernandez, ...

When saxophonist Jay Beckenstein started fusion jazz band Spyro Gyra 31 years ago, his goal was to play jazz punctuated with musical influences he grew up with. Little did he know that the band would ...

Pressured into picking a name for his band, Jay Beckenstein chose the first thing that came to his mind: spirogyra. “I studied microbiology in college,” said Beckenstein, founder and saxophonist for ...

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 ...

Spyro Gyra, the jazz-fusion band considered a forefather of the smooth jazz genre, plays the Phillips Center tonight. It certainly is not the band's first time in Gainesville; I saw them at the old ...

*“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 ...

At this point, saxophonist Jay Beckenstein hopes his band doesn't win a Grammy Award. Pop-jazz stars Spyro Gyra have been nominated a whopping 13 times for a golden gramophone. And they’ve not won ...

'Twas A Night Before Christmas, and all through the land, everyone was listening ... to a world-famous band. With apologies to Clement Moore, the title of Spyro Gyra's first all-out holiday release ...

Local jazz fans will be able to indulge in a smorgasbord of styles, from Count Basie Orchestra’s big band sound to the fusion of Spyro Gyra, at the 14th annual Weekend of Jazz. The festival, at ...

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Friday put tickets on sale for two actual (in-person) concerts set for 2021 that are sure to please fans of instrumental virtuosity, executed with ...