Yellowjackets (album)

Yellowjackets is the debut album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets issued in June 1981 by Warner Bros. Records. The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

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)

Production

• Producer – Tommy LiPuma
• Rhythm Tracks recorded by Lee Herschberg
• Additional Recording – Stuart Gitlin and Al Schmitt
• Assistant Engineer – Stuart Gitlin
• Mixed by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).
• Mix Assistant – Don Henderson
• Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
• Production Coordinator – Noel Newbolt
• Art Direction and Design – Simon Levy
• Logo Design – Mike Manoogian
• Illustration – J. Daniel Chapman

Charts

References