An autumn evening of jazz provided by Spyro Gyra will close

this performance season at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater on Oct.

3, beginning at 8 p.m. The group, which formed in 1975, has produced

20 albums and continues to tour across the country. Jazz buffs will

recall their first charted hit entitled "Shaker Song," from 1977.

Spyro Gyro's latest album, released last year, is "Road

Scholars," their second live concert album. The album was culled from more

than 60 performances in 1997, plus one new studio recording titled

"Best Friends," recorded at saxophonist and band leader Jay

Beckenstein's studio in Suffern, N.Y.

Referring to their early beginnings in the 1970s, Beckenstein

said, "Back then we were exploring this music as an adventure. That

same idea is behind this live album; playing the music we love with the

same enthusiasm that we had when we first started playing just for the love

of it. We just happen to be fortunate enough to get the breaks that

allowed us to build a lifetime of performing experience from it."

Tickets for Spyro Gyra are $15 in advance, and $18 the day of

the performance. Gold tables in the orchestra section are $125, and

picnic tables are $110. All tables seat six people. There is a $3 service

charge on all orders.

Tickets may be ordered by phone, mail, fax, or in person at

the amphitheater ticket office, 191 McIntosh Trail, Peachtree City.

Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The

amphitheater's web page is www.amphitheater.org.

The concert is sponsored by the Atlanta

Journal-Constitution, Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center and Resort, Magic

96.7, Lawson Mardon Packaging, Coca-Cola, Don Jackson

Lincoln-Mercury, Kroger, Bud Light, Cooper Lighting, Golf Car Sales and Supply

and Yamaha.

For more information, call 770-631-0630 or fax 770-631-0430.

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