Yellowjackets (album)
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| Yellowjackets | ||||
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| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Studio | Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, CA). | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 38:10 | |||
| Label | Warner | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma | |||
| Yellowjackets chronology | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Yellowjackets is the debut album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets issued in June 1981 by Warner Bros. Records.[2] The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[3]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Matinee Idol" | Russell Ferrante | 5:08 |
| 2. | "Imperial Strut" | Ferrante | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Sittin' in It" | Ricky Lawson, Bobby Lyle | 5:06 |
| 4. | "Rush Hour" | Ferrante, Robben Ford | 5:13 |
| 5. | "The Hornet" | Jimmy Haslip, Ferrante | 5:29 |
| 6. | "Priscilla" | Haslip, Ford, Chris Palmaro | 5:11 |
| 7. | "It's Almost Gone" | Ferrante | 6:00 |
Personnel
Yellowjackets
- Russell Ferrante – keyboards
- Robben Ford – guitars
- Jimmy Haslip – bass
- Ricky Lawson – drums
Additional musicians
- Larry Williams – synthesizer programming, tenor saxophone, flute, horn arrangements
- Bobby Lyle – acoustic piano (3)
- Roland Bautista – guitars (3)
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1)
- Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone, flute
- Kim Hutchcroft – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone, horn arrangements
- Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn, flugelhorn solo (5)
