Yellowjackets (album)

Yellowjackets
Studio album by Yellowjackets
Released	June 1981
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	38:10
Label	Warner
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
Yellowjackets chronology
Yellowjackets (1981) Mirage a Trois (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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]

Track listing

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)

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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

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums[3]	16
Billboard 200	201

References

1. Connolly, Dave. "Yellowjackets: Yellowjackets". allmusic.com.
2. "Yellowjackets: Yellowjackets". discogs.com.
3. "Best Selling Jazz Albums". Billboard Magazine. September 12, 1981. p. 57.