Mirage a Trois explained

Mirage a Trois
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yellowjackets
Cover:	Mirage a trois cover.jpg
Released:	April 20, 1983
Studio:	Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA) Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Warner
Producer:	Tommy LiPuma
Prev Title:	Yellowjackets
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Samurai Samba
Next Year:	1985

Mirage a Trois is the second album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1983. The album reached a peak position of number 145 on the Billboard 200 and number 7 on Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[1] It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1984.

Track listing

1. "Claire's Song" (Russell Ferrante) - 5:11
2. "Top Secret" (Jimmy Haslip, Ferrante, Ricky Lawson) - 6:11
3. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:34
4. "Pass It On" (Ferrante) - 6:14
5. "Goin' Home" (Ferrante) - 5:38
6. "Man in the Moon" (Haslip, Ferrante) - 4:38
7. "Elamar" (Mike Miller) - 4:10
8. "Nimbus" (Ferrante) - 4:46

Personnel

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Jimmy Haslip – bass guitar
• Ricky Lawson – drums

Additional musicians

• Scott Page – sequencing (1)
• Anthony McShear – sequencing (1)
• James Newton Howard – synthesizer programming, arrangements (7, 8)
• Robben Ford – guitars (2, 4-6)
• Mike Miller – guitars (3, 7, 8)
• Richard Elliot – lyricon (all except 2), saxophone (6)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Max Carl – vocals (3)
• Randy Crawford – vocals (3)
• Yolan Fischer – vocals (3)
• Bruce Hornsby – vocals (3)
• Bill LaBounty – vocals (3)
• Brenda Russell – vocals (3)
• Marilyn Scott – vocals (3)
• Pauline Wilson – vocals (3)

Production

• Tommy LiPuma – producer
• Norm Kinney – recording, mixing
• Don Koldon – assistant engineer
• Peggy McCreary – assistant engineer
• Richard McKernan – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Jeff Lancaster (Art Hotel) – design
• Jim Shea – photography
• Mary Anne Frye – concept photography

Studios

• Recorded at Sunset Sound and Sound Labs (Hollywood, California).
• Mastered at A&M Studios (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Billboard 200	145
Billboard Jazz Albums	7

Notes and References

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