Party Hats Explained

Party Hats
Type:	studio
Artist:	Will Bernard
Cover:	WB_Party_hats.jpg
Released:	2007
Recorded:	San Pablo Recorders, Berkeley, California, 2006
Genre:	jazz
Length:	58:27
Label:	Palmetto
Producer:	Will Bernard and Jon Evans
Prev Title:	Directions to My House
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Blue Plate Special
Next Year:	2008

Party Hats is a jazz studio album by Will Bernard recorded in 2006 and released in 2007.^[1] Party Hats received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2007.^[2] The album gave Bernard more visibility as a jazz guitarist.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Share the Sea" - 5:38
2. "White Elephant Sale" - 4:16
3. "Ripple Sole" - 6:37
4. "Leo's Cat" - 6:19
5. "Party Hats" - 5:05
6. "Afro Sheen" - 6:55
7. "Chin Up" - 4:57
8. "Newbie" - 4:16
9. "Folding Green" - 4:57
10. "Rattle Trap" - 4:48
11. "Penske" - 4:42

Personnel

• Will Bernard - guitar
• Wil Blades - Hammond B3
• Keith McArthur - bass (1,7)
• Ryan Newman - bass (2-6, 8-11)
• Jan Jackson - drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11)
• Paul Spina - drums (3, 6, 8-10)
• Cochemea Gastelum - alto saxophone (1)
• Joe Cohen - tenor saxophone (1, 2, 5, 6, 7)
• Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone, qarqabas, melodica (3, 6, 7)
• Dave Ellis - tenor saxophone (9, 10)
• Mike Olmos - trumpet (1, 6, 7)
• Adam Theis - trombone (1, 6, 7)
• Josh Jones - percussion (1, 4-7)
• Michael Bluestein - Hammond B3, electric piano (3, 7)

Notes and References

1. liner notes
2. http://www.grammy.com/PressReleases/440_462_50NomsFinals.pdf Press Release
3. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i3ee77d6d7d2ce4c66220995b8e96216e Review of Party Hats