Breakout (Spyro Gyra album)

Breakout is the tenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1986. It was the last album co-produced by Richard Calandra, who died of cancer later that October.

The band produced a music video for the song "Bob Goes to the Store" that was partially shot from the point of view of a roaming dog ("Bob").

Breakout peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Top Jazz Album chart on September 27, 1986 and at No. 71 on the "Billboard 200" pop album chart.

Track listing

 * 1) "Bob Goes to the Store" (Kim Stone) – 4:36
 * 2) "Freefall" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:52
 * 3) "Doubletake" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:05
 * 4) "Breakout" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:37
 * 5) "Body Wave" (Richie Morales, Mark Gray) – 4:09
 * 6) "Whirlwind" (Dave Samuels) – 5:37
 * 7) "Swept Away" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:43
 * 8) "Guiltless" (Tom Schuman) – 5:10

Personnel
Spyro Gyra
 * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
 * Tom Schuman – keyboards
 * Julio Fernández – guitars
 * Kim Stone – bass guitar
 * Richie Morales – drums
 * Dave Samuels – KAT Polyphonic mallet synthesizer, vibraphone, marimba
 * Manolo Badrena – percussion

Additional Personnel
 * Eddie Jobson – Synclavier programming

Production

 * Jay Beckenstein – producer
 * Richard Calandra – producer
 * Jeremy Wall – co-producer
 * Larry Swist – engineer, front cover illustration
 * Chris Bubacz – assistant engineer
 * Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY).
 * Jeff Adamoff – art direction
 * Spencer Drate – art direction, design
 * Judith Salavetz – design
 * Duane Michals – rear cover photography
 * Phil Brennan – management