Spyro Gyra was born 35 years ago in a Buffalo nightclub. Soon enough, explains saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, the borders of the region seemed to expand east and west. "I think that western New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bandleader and saxophonist Jay Beckenstein co-founded Spyro Gyra in 1974 while gigging in the humble, but burgeoning Buffalo, New ...

Spyro Gyra. Yep, “Morning Dance" has many of the pop-jazz characteristics that grew to become smooth jazz, but I loved the song anyway. I loved the marimba and the quickly strummed acoustic guitar and ...

Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, ...