Samurai Samba
1985 studio album by Yellowjackets
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Samurai Samba is the third album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1985. The album reached a peak position of number 179 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[2]
Released1985
StudioLarrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Mad Hatter Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Mad Hatter Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Length39:12
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Studio | Larrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Mad Hatter Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA) Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:12 | |||
| Label | Warner | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma, Yellowjackets | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Homecoming" | Russell Ferrante | 5:13 |
| 2. | "Deat Beat" | Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Ricky Lawson, Marc Russo | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Daddy's Gonna Miss You" | Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson, Russo | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Sylvania" | Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Silverlake" | Ferrante | 5:45 |
| 6. | "Lonely Weekend" | Ferrante, Joseph Curiale, Lawson, Caldwell | 4:20 |
| 7. | "Los Mambos" | Ferrante, Russo, Paulinho da Costa | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Samurai Samba" | Ferrante | 5:18 |
Personnel
Yellowjackets
- Russell Ferrante – keyboards
- Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass
- Ricky Lawson – acoustic drums, Simmons drums
- Marc Russo – alto saxophone
Additional musicians
- Rory Kaplan – Fairlight CMI programming
- Michael Landau – guitars
- Carlos Rios – guitars
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion, vocals, lead vocals (7, listed as Paulo da Costa Jr.)
- Marilyn Scott – vocals
- Carl Caldwell – vocals
- Bobby Caldwell – lead vocals (6)
Production
- Yellowjackets – producers
- Tommy LiPuma – producer
- Erik Zobler – engineer, mixing
- Terry Christian – second engineer
- Toni Greene – second engineer
- Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer
- Peggy McCreary – second engineer
- Casey McMackin – second engineer
- Steve Shelton – second engineer
- Gary Wagner – second engineer
- Simon Levy – art direction, design
- Lou Beach – cover artwork
- Jeff Katz – photography
Studios
- Recorded at Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Sunset Sound and Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, CA); Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mixed at Sunset Sound
Charts
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| Billboard 200[2] | 179 |
| Billboard Jazz Albums[2] | 10 |