Yellowjackets (album) explained

Yellowjackets
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yellowjackets
Cover:	Yellowjackets- Yellowjackets.jpg
Released:	June 1981
Studio:	Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Label:	Warner
Producer:	Tommy LiPuma
Next Title:	Mirage a Trois
Next Year:	1983

Yellowjackets is the self-titled debut album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets issued in June 1981 by Warner Bros. Records.^[1] The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yellowjackets: Yellowjackets. discogs.com.
2. Web site: Best Selling Jazz Albums. 57. 93. September 12, 1981. Billboard Magazine.