A Foreign Affair (Spyro Gyra album)
A Foreign Affair (Spyro Gyra album)
A Foreign Affair is a 2011 studio jazz fusion album by Spyro Gyra. It stands out for including Khuda, a Hindi song sung by Arijit Singh and composed by Sandeep Chowta, marking the first time a Western group released a track with lyrics entirely in Hindi.
Key facts
- Release date: September 13, 2011
- Billboard 200: reached No. 2
- Genre: Jazz fusion
- Length: 60 minutes 47 seconds
- Label: Amherst
- Producers: Spyro Gyra (with Sandeep Chowta co-producing track 2)
- Recording locations: Clubhouse Recording Studios (Rhinebeck, NY) and Menekeys Recording Studios (Union City, NY)
Track listing
1. Caribe
2. Khuda
3. Sweet Ole Thang
4. Falling Walls
5. Shinjuku
6. Chileno Boys
7. Samba for Two
8. Canção de Ninar
9. Antigua
10. Last Call
11. Dancing on Table Mountain
Personnel
- Spyro Gyra core: Jay Beckenstein (saxophones), Tom Schuman (keyboards), Julio Fernández (guitars, vocals on track 6), Scott Ambush (bass), Bonny Bonaparte (drums, percussion, backing vocals on track 6)
- Additional musicians: Pedrito Martinez (congas), Sandeep Chowta (duduk and tabla on track 2), Tosin Aribisala (percussion on track 11), Arijit Singh (vocals on track 2), Keb’ Mo’ (vocals on track 10)
Production
- Leonard Silver – executive producer; Spyro Gyra – producers; Sandeep Chowta – co-producer (track 2); Paul Antonell – engineer; Connor Milton and Elijah Walker – assistant engineers; Martin Walters – mixing; Adam Ayan – mastering; Peter Ambush – cover illustration; Phil Brennan – design and photography
Release history
- United States: CD release on September 13, 2011 (Amherst)
- India: Digital release (Sony Music India)
- United Kingdom: CD release on February 13, 2012 (In-Akustik)
Critical reception
- AllMusic, JazzTimes, and Soul Tracks gave positive comments, highlighting strong vocal tracks and the band’s continued vitality into its fifth decade.
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