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The Deep End
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
Studio	BearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York
Genre	Jazz, jazz pop
Length	64:47
Label	Heads Up
Producer	Spyro Gyra Jeremy Wall
Spyro Gyra chronology
Original Cinema (2003) The Deep End (2004) Wrapped in a Dream (2006)

The Deep End is the twenty-seventh album by Spyro Gyra, released on May 25, 2004. The album peaked at No. 3 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Tom Hull	B−

Tom Hull dismissed the album as a "dud" in his "Jazz Consumer Guide" for The Village Voice in September 2004. In a commentary published on his website, he explained, "Spry funk, thick layers of guitar-keyb-sax that never let up, occasional tidbits of exotica, they don't aim for pablum, but they don't take risks either, so in the end they're as predictable as formula."

Track listing

1. "Summer Fling" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:58
2. "Eastlake Shuffle" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:02
3. "Monsoon" (Jay Beckenstein) – 7:00
4. "As You Wish" (Beckenstein) – 4:36
5. "Joburg Jam" (Beckenstein) – 6:10
6. "The Crossing" (Fernandez) – 7:17
7. "Wiggle Room" (Scott Ambush) – 6:48
8. "Wind Warriors" (Tom Schuman) – 6:15
9. "In Your Arms" (Schuman) – 4:46
10. "Chippewa Street" (Beckenstein) – 5:46
11. "Beyond the Rain" (Ambush) – 6:09

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars, vocals (6)
• Scott Ambush – bass guitar

Guest musicians

• Billy Kilson – drums (1, 4, 10)
• Joel Rosenblatt – drums (2, 3, 6–9, 11)
• Ludwig Afonso – drums (5)
• Cyro Baptista – percussion (1, 3, 6)
• Daniel Sadownick – percussion (1–4, 7, 10, 11)
• Dave Samuels – vibraphone (4, 5, 7, 11)
• David Charles – percussion (8, 9)
• Don Harris – trumpet (1, 10)

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – producer (1)
• Julio Fernández – producer (2, 6)
• Scott Ambush – producer (7, 11)
• Tom Schuman – producer (8, 9)
• Doug Oberkircher – recording, mixing
• Eric Carlinsky – recording, assistant engineer
• Scott Hull – mastering at The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)
• Paul Blakemore – 5.1 surround sound mastering
• Colin Anderson – cover image
• Robert Hoffman – design
• Phil Brennan – management

References

1. Billboard magazine, June 26, 2004, p. 84
2. Widran, Jonathan. "The Deep End". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
3. ^ Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "September 2004 Notebook". tomhull.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
4. Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
5. "The Deep End - Spyro Gyra | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

• 2004 albums
• Spyro Gyra albums
• Heads Up International albums