According to his biography on the band's official Web site, Fernandez was born in Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 29, 1954. The family came to the United States in 1961 and settled in Hoboken.

Spyro Gyra: A Night Before Christmas album review by Woodrow Wilkins, published on September 30, 2008. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

He’s toured the world as part of Grammy-winning, instrumental stalwarts Spyro Gyra, but on July 24, Scott Ambush is coming back to his native Frederick to play with his own ...

It seems like Spyro Gyra has been around forever, and forever will be known for two of its earliest monster radio hits of 30-plus years, “Shaker Song” and “Morning Dance.” Not surprisingly ...

New York jazz-fusion band Spyro Gyra is embarking on its 50th anniversary tour with a stop in Tallahassee in September. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, May 17.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra takes the stage at Electric City Wednesday night. It’s a venue the band has played before, but back when Electric City was the Tralf… ...

James M. Kurzdorfer, of East Amherst, a classically trained double bassist who was an original member of the jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra, died April 26 in Millard Fillmore Suburban ...

Morning Dance,” which came out in 1979, has been Spyro Gyra`s only Top-40 hit since the jazz fusion band was formed seven years ago, and leader Jay Beckenstein said the song`s commercial succ… ...

Spyro Gyra: 8 p.m. Saturday, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Spyro Gyra has long been known to its peers in the contemporary jazz world as a “well oiled road machine” due to its ...

Riverside Park was the scene for the Vero Beach Wine & Film Festival’s Hot Havana Nights after-party.

“New Year’s Eve in the Magic City: Havana Nights” will be hosted at the Marriott Birmingham on Highway 280 on Dec. 31. The event will start at 9 p.m. Tower of Prayer Church to host Christmas ...

Why Spyro Gyra felt the urge to release A Night Before Christmas, their album of Christmas songs, is a question best answered by Jay Beckenstein, the saxophonist and original member who's been the ...