Rites of Summer

Rites of Summer is the twelfth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1988. At Billboard magazine, No. 104 on the Top 200 Albums chart.

Rites of Summer
Studio album by Spyro Gyra
Released	June 1988
Studio	BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	45:04
Label	MCA
Producer	Jay Beckenstein
Spyro Gyra chronology
Stories Without Words (1987) Rites of Summer (1988) Point of View (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

1. "Claire's Dream" (Jay Beckenstein) – 5:39
2. "Daddy's Got a New Girl Now" (Beckenstein) – 4:02
3. "Limelight" (Dave Samuels) – 4:27
4. "Shanghai Gumbo" (Julio Fernandez) – 4:28
5. "Innocent Soul" (Tom Schuman) – 4:52
6. "No Man's Land" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:37
7. "Yosemite" (Wall) – 5:21
8. "The Archer" (Richie Morales) – 4:59
9. "Captain Karma" (Schuman) – 5:40

Personnel

Spyro Gyra

• Jay Beckenstein – saxophones, wind driven synthesizer
• Tom Schuman – keyboards
• Julio Fernández – guitars
• Oskar Cartaya – bass
• Richie Morales – drums
• Dave Samuels – vibraphone, marimba, percussion

Additional Personnel

• Steve Shapiro – synthesizer programming

Production

• Jay Beckenstein – producer
• Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
• Larry Swist – recording, mixing
• Doug Rose – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
• Jeff Adamoff – art direction
• Ilene Weingard – design
• Ted Glazer – front cover illustration
• Lynn Goldsmith – back cover photography