Run for Your Life (Yellowjackets album)

Run for Your Life
Studio album by Yellowjackets
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]
Yellowjackets chronology
Like a River (1993) Run for Your Life (1994) Dreamland (1995)

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

Personnel

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante – keyboards
• Jimmy Haslip – bass, vocals
• Will Kennedy – drums
• Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, EWI

Additional musicians

• Steve Croes – Synclavier
• Judd Miller – synthesizer programming
• Robben Ford – guitars

Production

• Yellowjackets – producers
• Mick Guzauski – recording engineer
• James Farber – recording engineer, mixing
• Richard Landers – assistant engineer
• Gil Morales – assistant engineer
• Chad Blinman – mix assistant
• Joseph Doughney – post-production engineer
• Michael Landy – post-production engineer
• Kevin Gray – mastering
• Sally G. Poppe – production coordinator
• Margi Denton – design
• Tim Lewis – illustration
• Philip Avery Noble – photography

Studios

• Recorded at O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA) and The Complex (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed at The Complex
• Mastered at Location Recording Service (Burbank, CA).
• Post-Production at The Review Room (New York, NY).

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)[5]	8

References

1. Chapman, Geoff (2 Apr 1994). "Run For Your Life". Toronto Star. p. K8.
2. "Album reviews — Run For Your Life by Yellowjackets". Billboard. 106 (12): 62. Mar 19, 1994.
3. Darragh, Tim (18 Feb 1994). "YELLOWJACKETS TRUE TO ROOTS DESPITE COMMERCIAL APPEAL". The Morning Call. p. D7.
4. "Yellowjackets Take Expansive Approach". downbeat.com. January 5, 2021.
5. "Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
6. "Yellowjackets". Recording Academy. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
7. Yanow, Scott. Yellowjackets: Run for Your Life > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
8. "Jazzy". The Charlotte Observer. May 27, 1994. p. 7E.
9. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. MUZE. p. 487.
10. Miller, Mark (28 Feb 1994). "Run For Your Life/Yellowjackets". The Globe and Mail. p. C2.