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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 48 years of performing. To date, they have logged more than 10,000 shows on six continents and released 35 albums, garnering platinum and gold records along the way. Spyro Gyra rose from humble beginnings in Buffalo, New York in 1974 to their current international prominence in the jazz world. Every year, they continue to exhibit how to remain among a relative handful of artists who will be able to say that they have worked constantly in their 50 year career in the year 2024. Their energy and joy in concert match their unmatched musicality.
Born in Brooklyn, bandleader Jay Beckenstein grew up listening to the music of Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Dizzy Gillespie, and started playing the saxophone at age seven. Beckenstein attended the University at Buffalo, starting out as a biology major before changing to music performance (read classical and avant garde). During summer breaks, he and an old high school friend, keyboardist Jeremy Wall, played gigs together back on Long Island. Wall attended college in California, and after both graduated, Beckenstein stayed in Buffalo’s thriving music scene, where Wall eventually joined him.
In 2014, the band did an extended Morning Dance tour, playing their landmark breakthrough album on its 35th anniversary which was also their 40th anniversary as a band. After that look backward, they then released a text of their work in the 2000’s, The Best Of The Heads Up Years. Now, 2019 brings up the long anticipated release of Vinyl Tap, in which they once again challenge themselves with something new, an album of all covers from the classic rock era.
Keswick Theatre is at 291 N. Keswick Ave, Glenside PA 19038, Glenside.
The Doo Wop Project (5/4/24-5/4/24)
An Evening with Judge Reinhold and screening of Fast Times at Ridgemont High (3/16/24-3/16/24)
An Evening with William H. Macy and screening of Fargo (3/15/24-3/15/24)
Spyro Gyra with special guest The Jeff Lorber Fusion (3/9/24-3/9/24)
An Evening with Mira Sorvino and Screening of 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion' (3/3/24-3/3/24)
The Irish Tenors (3/2/24-3/2/24)
The Princess Bride - An Inconceivable evening with Cary Elwes (2/24/24-2/24/24)
A Conversation with Hayden Panettiere (2/22/24-2/22/24)
A Live Conversation with John Cusack following a screening of High Fidelity (2/4/24-2/4/24)
Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute (2/2/24-2/2/24)
Peabo Bryson (1/14/24-1/14/24)
Videos
Philly GRIT: a Pirate, a School Girl and a Good Person
Theatre Exile (5/8 - 5/19) | ||
William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Lantern Theater Company (5/16 - 6/16) BUY NOW & SAVE COMEDY | ||
Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
State Theatre Center for the Arts (6/12 - 6/13) | ||
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
Kimmel Center [Merriam Theater] (5/9 - 5/11) | ||
Matt Donnelly ♦ The Mind Noodler
Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater (6/22 - 6/22) | ||
The Skriker
PCS Theater (5/10 - 5/25) | ||
So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience
Bristol Riverside Theatre (8/7 - 8/11) | ||
Once on This Island
Arden Theatre (5/16 - 6/16) | ||
Les Miserables
Ensemble Arts [Academy Of Music] (8/27 - 9/8) | ||
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