I love the way the DVD doccuments the fact that for Spyro Gyra, for all the virtuoso playing, ultimately it is the compositions that are first and foremost.
Also, on the two "ballads"....tracks two and four, the band shows that that term, "ballad" does not have to mean wimpy, syrupy or boring.
Those two ballads are full of drama and energy....and showcase that for all the other times that the band loves great flurries of rapid fire notes, they have the other side covered as well:
The joy of "that one note".
Lastly, I love how each band member signals to the others that they are finsishing their improv's and letting the others know that they will be going back to the main theme.
Paul
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"Jazz-since it`s inception-has been fusion"-Jay Beckenstein