On 24th of April Nordea Concert Hall hosted a quintessential American jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra. The sheer quality of their professionalism was hypnotising and they made it look so easy. Spyro Gyra meticulously combined jazz with elements of R&B, funk and pop, performing songs from each genre, showing excellence from the beginning until the end.
In-between songs each member got to prove their skills by performing solos, one crazier than the other. The solos had a common denominator of speeding up whilst getting more intricate; in short they owned their instruments. It was apparent that they were on top of their game, since there is not much further you can go. With their instruments they created an aura, a transcending ambience that made you forget being in a concert hall, that made you travel way in the depths of their rhythms and melodies, far away.
SPYRO GYRA (USA)
24th of April, Nordea Kontserdimaja, Tallinn
Members:
Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
Tom Schuman – keyboard
Julio Fernandez – guitars
Scott Ambush – bass
Lionel Cordew – drums