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Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra in Concert at the Devyn Events Center in Sarasota

| Sande Caplin |

Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York.  Members: Jay Beckenstein, Tom Schuman, Scott Ambush, Julio Fernandez, Lee Pearson.

Spyro Gyra is a jazz juggernaut who released their 30th album of new material The Rhinebeck Sessions in 2013, which JazzTimes called “inspired”. Travis Rogers of the Jazz Journalists Association picked it for Jazz Album Of The Year. Something Else Reviews called it “Their finest album since their early 80s heyday” and made it a TopTwenty pick for the year. George Harris of the Jazz Weekly enthused, “I gotta tell ya, these guys still sound GREAT.” Not bad for a band observing its 40th anniversary in 2014.

Theirs is an unlikely story of a group with humble beginnings in Buffalo, NY who has continued to reach an international audience over nearly forty years, resulting in sales of over 10 million albums and having played over five thousand shows on five continents.

The Devyn Events Center

They have accomplished this due to a forward looking approach combined with the work ethic of an underdog, always challenging themselves to do something new while never resting on past success. It has proven to be a recipe for longevity for this jazz group; 2014 marks forty years from their start in a Buffalo club where they were first known as “Tuesday Night – Jazz Jam.”

“My hope is that our music has the same effect on the audience that it does on me,” says group leader Jay Beckenstein. “I’ve always felt that music, and particularly instrumental music, has this non-literal quality that lets people travel to a place where there are no words. Whether it’s touching their emotions or connecting them to something that reminds them of something much bigger than themselves, there’s this beauty in music that’s not connected to sentences. It’s very transportive. I would hope that when people hear our music or come to see us, they’re able to share that with us.”

Don’t miss an incredible night of music with these musical legends.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2.  Doors open at 7pm.  Show starts at 7:30pm.

TICKETS ON LINE: www.blueplatepresents.com

The Devyn Events Center is located at 7113 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34231. Full bar available. Reserved Seating for the show.
Phone: (941) 497-6581

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