Blue Hats
1997 studio album by Yellowjackets
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Blue Hats is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1997. The album reached a peak position of number nine on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[2]
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| Released | February 11, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, CA) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:32 | |||
| Label | Warner | |||
| Producer | Yellowjackets | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Cape Town" | Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, William Kennedy | 5:37 |
| 2. | "With These Hands" | Ferrante, Kennedy | 6:56 |
| 3. | "Prayer for Peace" | Bob Mintzer | 6:48 |
| 4. | "Statue of Liberty" | Ferrante | 6:12 |
| 5. | "Coal Miner Blues" | Ferrante | 5:57 |
| 6. | "Savanna" | Ferrante, Haslip, Kennedy | 7:09 |
| 7. | "New Rochelle" | Mintzer | 6:07 |
| 8. | "Coquimbo" | Ferrante, Haslip, Kennedy | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Angelina" | Ferrante, Haslip | 7:15 |
Personnel
Yellowjackets
- Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, synthesizers
- Jimmy Haslip – 5-string basses, 6-string and 7-string fretless basses
- Will Kennedy – drums
- Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, EWI
Production
- Yellowjackets – producers
- Rich Breen – recording
- Troy Gonzales – recording assistant
- Malcolm Pollack – mixing at O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California)
- Brett Swain – mix assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
- Sally Poppy – project coordinator, management
- Margi Denton – art direction, design
- Caroline Greyshock – photography
- Gary Borman – management