Three Wishes is an album by the American jazz band Spyro Gyra, released in 1992 by GRP Records.

Production

The album was produced by Jay Beckenstein. The band recorded the songs in less than a week, but spent two months in total working on Three Wishes. There was more of an effort to record live in studio, after Beckenstein heard comments praising the band's live show over its albums. Beckenstein also considered the songs on Three Wishes to be more thematically linked to each other rather than merely a collection of whatever songs the band had worked up. "Jennifer's Lullaby" is dedicated to Stan Getz.

Critical reception

The Washington Post deemed the album "a good deal less predictable and glossy than usual." The Toronto Star wrote that "the veteran group is inoffensively competent, swings lightly despite the ugly rock 'n' roll drumming but contains about as much inspiration as a night watching Valium-powered TV soaps." The Indianapolis Star determined that Three Wishes "is far more orchestrated than improvised, yet that keeps and perhaps deepens its entertainment edge."

Track listing

Personnel

Spyro Gyra Additional Personnel

Production

Studios