Blue Hats Explained

Blue Hats
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yellowjackets
Cover:	Blue Hats.jpg
Released:	February 11, 1997
Studio:	Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, CA)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Warner
Producer:	Yellowjackets
Prev Title:	Dreamland
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Club Nocturne
Next Year:	1998

Blue Hats is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1997. The album reached a peak position of number nine on Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.^[1]

Personnel

• Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, synthesizers
• Jimmy Haslip – 5-string basses, 6-string and 7-string fretless basses
• Will Kennedy – drums
• Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, EWI

Production

• Yellowjackets – producers
• Rich Breen – recording
• Troy Gonzales – recording assistant
• Malcolm Pollack – mixing
• Brett Swain – mix assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Sally Poppy – production coordinator, management
• Margi Denton – art direction, design
• Caroline Greyshock – photography
• Recorded at Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, California)
• Mixed at O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California)
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards. AllMusic. August 1, 2011.