Run for Your Life (Yellowjackets album)
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| Run for Your Life | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA) The Complex (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 53:22 | |||
| Label | GRP[1] | |||
| Producer | Yellowjackets[2] | |||
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Run for Your Life is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1994.[3][4] The album reached a peak position of number eight on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[5] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category.[6]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The Charlotte Observer | [8] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music |  [9] |
The Globe and Mail opined that "only tenor saxophonist Bon Mintzer's 'The Red Sea' is particularly memorable."[10] The Charlotte Observer called Run for Your Life "the best jazz album of the year," writing that it "is a collection of nine simply superior jazz cuts, each showing off the band's precision and ability."[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jacket Town" | Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy | 5:25 |
| 2. | "Even Song" | Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Kennedy | 6:33 |
| 3. | "Runferyerlife" | Bob Mintzer | 4:22 |
| 4. | "The Red Sea" | Mintzer | 5:45 |
| 5. | "Muhammed" | Ferrante, Haslip | 6:47 |
| 6. | "City of Lights" | Ferrante | 6:56 |
| 7. | "Sage" | Mintzer | 5:04 |
| 8. | "Ancestors" | Mintzer | 5:01 |
| 9. | "Wisdom" | Ferrante, Haslip | 7:29 |
