The inspiration for this thread came to me, at of all places, an Angel's baseball game.
Between innings, the organ player was pumping out the unmistakeable strains of "Shaker Song".
Anytime you hear Spyro music(other than where you expect to, i.e., a jazz radio station) list it here.
Last week when I was near-death with the flu(the REAL flu, not the type where you have a cold, but call it the flu to get out of work), I was channel surfing...I stopped to watch a bit of Gene Scott(man did I ever have cabin fever!). At the end of the program, during the closing credits, they treated the viewing audience with "Leticia", from the bands debut record.
So, wherever you stumble upon Spyro Gyra music, list it here. It might be during closing credits to a news broadcast, or during one of those new magazine programs, or one of those half hour "exotic getaway" programs that many local stations air.
Will be interested to see if this thread gets any bites.

Peace!
Paul

Paul,
This sounds like a great thread, but I can't think of any unexpected SG listenings. I do want to mention that it's a surprising pleasure to hear some sound bites of CJazz on CBS PGA golf broadcasts when they go into a break (I always thought Golf was cool). I believe I've heard bits of Acoustic Alchemy and Larry Carlton on occasion. Occasionally, in the supermarket, I'll hear a Muzak version of some CJazz...bleccchhhh!!!

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A few years ago, I heard "Morning Dance" used as a theme song for a local morning talk show.

And lurchtex, funny you mention PGA golf on CBS, because every time a certain George Benson song is played (can't remember the title at the moment), I think of golf! Not a fan of the sport, but watching it with my dad I thought it was cool to hear some jazz during the program.

I thought maybe we should allow this thread to expand, so that if you happen to hear an unexpected Spyro Gyra track(Morning Dance and Ariana do NOT qualify, unless they are the live versions!)anywhere...even if it is on the radio.

I say this, cuz I was pleasantly surprised to hear "Breezeway", from the new "Got The Magic" cd...on KSBR 88.5 FM. The only other time I've heard Spyro Gyra on this station was about a year ago when they spun the "Road Scholars" version of Morning Dance.

By the way, we got the entire version of "Breezeway", not the edit version that Shannon mentioned in another thread here on Magic Island.

Peace!
Paul

I heard "Silk and Satin" playing over the store speakers at a K-mart. One of the store clerks was really getting into it.

Also heard a song from their 20/20 cd playing at an amusement park in SLC, Utah. I have to admit I was surprised both times since the airplay SG receives is unfairly minimal.

I heard "Silk And Satin" in a local supermarket chain, "Albertsons" the other night.

And on 88.5 FM, I heard "Shaker Song" yesterday. Man that is still a great song. I hadn't heard the studio version in quite awhile, and it still sounds fresh and unique on the cookie-cutter stations.

Oh... a few days ago, I also heard "Morning Dance" on 97.5 FM out of San Diego. That jazz station always has a station banner up at the jazz concerts at Humphreys By The Bay, so maybe it was in prep for Spyro's visit there on August 24th.

It's nice to hear Spyro in any form...even if it's only the radio hits such as "Silk", "Ariana", "Morning" and "Shaker".

Peace!
Paul

Oh... a few months back, 88.5 FM threw me for a loop by spinning "Best Friends" from "Road Scholars".

It blew me away so much that it took me half the song to come up with the title!!

Minus: Julio's guitar solo was cut by the station going to top of the hour news! GRRRR!

Peace!
Paul

Paul,

Not too long ago, I was on a layover in Houston (I'm a pilot for Delta) and heard Silk and Satin playing in the lobby of the hotel.

Also, I've noticed that "Fox and Friends" on Fox News Channel is playing South American Sojourn as transition music to and from commercials quite a bit.

I'm based in Atlanta and have heard several Spyro tunes playing on the music system in Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport(ATL).

Rick

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Last Fall I had the opportunity to travel through much of Europe for business. While in Paris, we were at a place called Crazy Horse--A classy upscale Vegas revue type dance show. At the opening of one of the sets the curtains open up to a dozen dancing girls and the music of Para Ti Latino. Although they only played about a minute, it fit perfect and sounded great 4,000 miles from home.
The previous night walking down the Soho area of London we walked past a place called Ronnie Scotts where a line of about 80 people waited outside to see Chick Corea start his set at about 10:00pm Went in and sat at a table 3 feet from the stage. Pretty cool evening when at 9:00pm we had no idea what we were going to do. The strange thing is, it wasn't until I got back home that I realized what a famous place Ronnie Scotts was and the legends that have played there. That surprised me because I don't think it held more than 250 people and was kind of a dive place. Shows how much I know.

most of these are mentioned in another thread on the same subject, but here goes:
Rasul: (1983-84) Jay's climactic solo was played between the evening news and the next program on a closed-circuit TV station, run by crew members of the battleship New Jersey
Song for Lorraine: (early 1990s) during the showcase of a Price Is Right broadcast
Lovin' You: (early 1990s) on Eckerd radio, broadcast in one of the chain's stores
Freetime: (1984 or 85), played during an L.A. TV station's broadcast of "Eye on LA"
Last Exit: (1985), during a commercial break of a taping (which I attended) of the Merv Griffin Show
City Kids: (1987-88) introduction used to introduced jazz program on a Reno radio station that normally played rock
Shakedown, the video: (1985) saw it initially on a late-night video program in LA, then later on BET. How many have they done? Four? And each from a different album?
Heartbeat: (1986) drove past a Reno casino and heard a live band playing it. (1987-88) aforementioned radio program used Tom's solo to segue from commercial breaks. (By the way, David Sanborn hosted that program)
Sunflurry: (1986) the intro was used in a Hallman Chevrolet add on a Reno TV station
(Do you get the feeling that Reno media are well-acquainted with Spyro Gyra?)
Swept Away: (1986-88) of course, a Reno jewelry store ad on the same TV station used the intro.
I'll stop here and follow up with another posting.

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Woody