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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)

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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

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

• 1981 debut albums
• Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma
• 1980s instrumental albums
• Warner Records albums
• Yellowjackets albums