Back in the day(look at me, using one of the `old hat cliches` that bugs the heck out of me)-ok,ok-when some of us first got "LOST" here in the heaven that is Magic Island- I started threads asking posters to list their five favorites by Tom Schuman, Jay Beckenstein, Juilo Fernandez, and Dave Samuels. I don`t recall doing this with the great Jeremy Wall, who contributes compositions to Spyro Gyra records even till today. I thought it might be fun to do it for Wall in a different way--in sort of a bracket elimination. HENCE--Breakout vs Breezeway! I like both songs, but one has the edge. Since I started the thread. I will hold off listing my winner for a few days or weeks. LET THE CONTEST BEGIN!

Wow....that's a tough one!! I'll go with Breakout. I has a Rock/Swing mix that makes it very different from all the other songs.

Joy Ride is one if not my favorite song from Jeremy!!!

"Breezeway"


Honorable Mention - "Ariana" & "Inside your Love"

Breakout, hands down. Breezeway is cool, but is a bit too mellow and smooth to be fairly considered in a competition against Breakout. Breakout jams from the opening note until the fade, with solid solos by Tom, Dave, Jay and Julio's guitar rocks. Awesome bass line by Kim, too.

Breakout, absolutely

PS. also Yosemite, which simply must be one of my all time favourites (although it gets complicated because I have at least 30 all time favourite Spyro Gyra songs ). I love Joy ride , very 80s ! Starburst, Heartbeat , Midnight, Islands in the sky, Oasis...

Maybe I should have made it Joyride vs Breakout--would that have been a tougher call-with Oasis waiting at ringside? That`s like Aii vs Louis vs Marciano-and we are leaving some greats out huh?

Ah, Joyride. Or No Man's Land.

Ohhhh....Islands In The Sky!!! Love Tom's approach on that song!!

Captain Karma

guess my fav...

Peace

Spyro1

That great song is a Schuuuuu composition(and due to make it back into the Spyro setlist one of these days)--but this thread is asking 4 yer fave by Jeremy Wall. Let`s hear yours!

Jazzwriter, leave it to you to remind us of BOOM- "NO MAN`S LAND" Great one! I remember the band played it in 1996 on the Heart Of The Night Tour. Scottie and Tom did a 20-30 second quote from a Miles Davis tune--title escapes me-but it`ll come to me cuz the riff is in my head right now!

Captain Karma is from Tom!!!

Get him, Eril! lol

Paul-coughs, clears throat-AHEM-AHEM- Paul-The Ultimate One- as A Khalis Pride used to refer to him-ALREADY pointed out that CKarma is Schuuu penned! ALSO- correcting myself, the band did not play No Mans Land in 1996,rather it was Futurephobia where they quoted Miles.

lol

All of them are great songs. I love Islands in the sky, No Man's Land is sick, but Breezway Vs. Breakout (two very good songs) but I'm saying Breakout! It's so much fun to play!

But personally, I think Shakedown's better than Breakout, that's a fun song to play as well!

Shakedown - great Spyro song.

Shakedown. Ahhhh.

Shakedown? Ouch! Another one of my Wall faves. And it is lead track on the record where Jay and Richard used the touring band the band that did the work in the studio, with guest augmentation.That, as Jay has said, proved to be the way to go! Before that SPYRO and Steely Dan would use a different band on nearly every track, with the bands trading studio musicians. Shakedown! Great live track! They did that one on Carson`s Tonight Show, right? BREAKOUT VS SHAKEDOWN? BREAKOUT BY SPLIT DECISION!

Did Alternating Currents have guests? I never saw any credits for anybody but Jay, Tom, Julio, Richie, Kim, Dave and Gerardo.
lol @ split decision. Man, that would be a tough call, head to head.

I'm kinda bummed that I wasn't around to thee Spyro in the 80's or 90's even. Shakedown and those older songs would have been awesome to hear. My first concert they played a lot of older tunes like Morning Dance, and Shaker Song. But their still awesome

I missed most of the '90s, although I did get to see them shortly after Three Wishes was released. From that, they played Breathless, Real Time, Jennifer's Lullaby and Nothing to Lose.
From their '80s material, I got to hear in two late-decade shows Cashaca, Bittersweet, Sweet and Savvy, Freetime, Old San Juan, Serpent in Paradise, Shakedown, Cayo Hueso, Serpentine Shelly, Del Corazon, Daddy's Got a New Girl Now, Limeight, Shanghai Gumbo, Innocent Soul and Captain Karma.

I love all of those songs and I haven't gotten to hear them. I may or may not I guess. Eh. My top faves are Cayo Hueso, Islands in the Sky, Daddy's Got a New Girl Now, Bittersweet and Sweet and Savvy. I think I've heard Cashaca but I'm not sure what else.

Cachaca is on the same album as Sweet and Savvy and Bittersweet (Carnaval).

To clarify-in reguard to the change in approach in the recording process: I didn`t intend this specifically to Alternating Currents, but to the records in general from 1985 on. 1977-1984 approach featured slightly to radically different bands song to studio song(resulting in 15-20 players on some early records). 1985 began a different approach with the touring ensemble recording the whole record, The players band has indeed been augmented by guest musicians since then. Cellist on De La Luz, No Sweat Horns, Gerardo coming back to the family to contribute to Down the Wire, Marc Quinones reappering from time to time, Dave Samuels as well, and so on. I am blessed to have attended 44 Spyro Gyra concerts starting Nov 8 1985, so I have seem many early classics, including Mardi Gras and all the others listed by Jazz and Incog!