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.
Contents
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