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Spyro Gyra performs at Suffolk Theater on August 4. COURTESY SUFFOLK THEATER
Spyro Gyra has long been known to its peers in the contemporary jazz world as a “well-oiled road machine” due to its relentless schedule of 50 years of performing. To date, the group has logged more than 10,000 shows on six continents and released 35 albums, garnering platinum and gold records along the way.
On Friday, August 4, at 8 p.m. Spyro Gyra adds another performance to the tally when it performs at Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.
Spyro Gyra rose from humble beginnings in Buffalo, New York, in 1974 to current international prominence in the jazz world — known for a unique combination of jazz, R&B, funk and pop music.
“When we first started, a lot of the jazz purists got on our case about calling what we did jazz and now it’s funny to hear us getting respect from the same people,” bandleader Jay Beckenstein recalls. “Like, wow, what you guys did was so much more intriguing than some of the stuff they hear today … Art manifests itself in a multitude of styles and contexts. Isn’t that why we started to play in the first place?”
Tickets are $45 to $80 at thesuffolk.org. Suffolk Theater is at 118 East Main Street, Riverhead.
Staff Writer on Jul 7, 2023