Heart of the Night

Heart of the Night is the nineteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 by GRP Records.

Track listing

 * 1) "Heart of the Night" (Jay Beckenstein) – 4:34
 * 2) "De La Luz" (Julio Fernandez) – 5:14
 * 3) "Westwood Moon" (Tom Schuman) – 4:56
 * 4) "Midnight" (Jeremy Wall) – 4:26
 * 5) "Playtime" (Beckenstein) – 4:34
 * 6) "Surrender" (Beckenstein) – 4:47
 * 7) "Valentino's" (Schuman) – 4:56
 * 8) "Believe" (Fernandez) – 5:11
 * 9) "As We Sleep" (Scott Ambush) – 4:58
 * 10) "When Evening Falls" (Beckenstein) – 4:59
 * 11) "J Squared" (Beckenstein, Joel Rosenblatt) – 4:49
 * 12) "Best Thing" (Beckenstein) [Bonus track] – 4:34

Personnel
Spyro Gyra
 * Jay Beckenstein – saxophones
 * Tom Schuman – keyboards
 * Julio Fernandez – guitars, vocals (2)
 * Scott Ambush – bass guitar
 * Joel Rosenblatt – drums

Additional personnel
 * Porter Carroll – vocals (1)
 * Vaneese Thomas – vocals (1)
 * Steve Skinner – programming (1)
 * Bashiri Johnson – percussion
 * Dave Samuels – marimba (2, 7, 9, 10), vibraphone (2, 7, 9, 10)
 * Eugene Moye – cello (2, 9)
 * Jesse Levy – cello (2, 9)
 * The No Sweat Horns – ensemble (3, 5)
 * Scott Kreitzer – saxophones, flutes, horn arrangements
 * Randy Andos – trombone
 * Barry Danielian – trumpet
 * Randy Brecker – trumpet (4)
 * Chieli Minucci – arrangements (1)
 * Jeremy Wall – vocal arrangements (1), cello arrangements (2, 9)

Production

 * Jay Beckenstein – producer
 * Jeremy Wall – assistant producer
 * Doug Oberkircher – recording, mixing
 * Kristin Koerner – assistant engineer
 * Scott Hull – mastering
 * Hollis King – art direction
 * Jason Claiborne – graphic design
 * Donna Raineri – photography
 * Phil Brennan – management


 * Studios
 * Recorded and Mixed at BearTracks Studios (Suffern, New York).
 * Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City, New York).