Carnaval
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	September 29, 1980 (1980-09-29)
Recorded	1980
Studio	Secret Sound, New York City Power Station, New York City
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	33:02
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Catching the Sun (1980) Carnaval (1980) Freetime (1981)

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AllMusic	[1]

Carnaval is the fourth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1980. It was given gold record status on June 1, 1987.^[2]

At Billboard magazine, Carnaval reached No. 49 on the Top 200 Albums chart.^[3] The song "Cafe Amore" reached No. 77 on the Hot 100 singles chart^[4] and No. 14 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart.^[5]

1. "Cafe Amore" (Chet Catallo) – 5:02 (album version) 4:12 (single edit version)
2. "Dizzy" (Tom Schuman, Eli Konikoff) – 4:40
3. "Awakening" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:48
4. "Cachaca" (Beckenstein) – 4:18
5. "Fox Trot" (Beckenstein) – 4:40
6. "Sweet 'n' Savvy" (Schuman) – 5:12
7. "Bittersweet" (Beckenstein) – 4:28
8. "Carnaval" (Wall) – 5:26

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[6]

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, acoustic piano (4)
• Tom Schuman – keyboards (1, 2, 4–7)
• Jeremy Wall – keyboards (3, 8)
• Chet Catallo – guitars (1–7)
• Jim Kurzdorfer – bass (3)
• Eli Konikoff – drums (1–3, 5–7)
• Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 5–8), vibraphone (2, 5–8)
• Gerardo Velez – percussion (2–6, 8)

Guests

• Michael Brecker – flute (1)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (1, 2, 5, 8)
• Rob Mounsey – Polyphonic synthesizer (1–7)
• Hiram Bullock – guitars (2, 8), guitar solo (2)
• John Tropea – guitars (3–7), guitar solo (4, 7)
• Will Lee – bass (1, 2, 4–8)
• Steve Jordan – drums (4, 8)
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – congas (1, 4, 6, 7, 8), percussion (1, 4, 6, 7, 8)
• Richard Calandra – percussion (3)
• Steve Kroon – percussion (4, 8)
• David Darling – cello (2, 3)

Horn Section

• Jay Beckenstein – alto saxophone
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Tom Malone – trombone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet

String Section

• Jonathan Abramowitz – cello
• Jesse Levy – cello
• Sanford Allen – violin
• Lamar Alsop – violin
• Peter Dimitriadies – violin
• Harold Kohon – violin
• Harry Lookofsky – violin, concertmaster
• Guy Lumia – violin
• Matthew Raimondi – violin
• Richard Sortomme – violin

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Richard Calandra – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer, horn and string arrangements (1–5, 7, 8), conductor (1–5, 7, 8)
• Tom Schuman – horn and string arrangements (6), conductor (6)
• Michael Barry – engineer, mixing
• Neil Dorfsman – engineer, mixing
• Jack Malken – engineer, mixing
• Jason Corsaro – assistant engineer
• Chris Howard – assistant engineer
• Lucy Leslie – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• George Osaki – art direction, design
• David Heffernan – cover artwork
• Waring Abbott – band and sleeve photography
• Eliott Saltzman – studio photography