Politics_(Yellowjackets_album)
Politics (Yellowjackets album)
1988 studio album by Yellowjackets
Politics (1988) is the sixth studio album from the jazz group Yellowjackets. The album was awarded "Best Jazz Fusion Performance" at the 1989 Grammy Awards.[2]
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, CA) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 49:20 | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Yellowjackets, David Hentschel | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Oz" | Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Marc Russo, Will Kennedy | 4:44 |
| 2. | "Tortoise & the Hare" | Ferrante, Haslip, Russo | 5:32 |
| 3. | "Local Hero" | Russo, Ferrante, Haslip | 4:38 |
| 4. | "Galileo" (for Jaco) | Haslip | 5:05 |
| 5. | "Foreign Correspondent" | Ferrante, Haslip, Russo, Kennedy | 5:43 |
| 6. | "Downtown" | Ferrante | 4:02 |
| 7. | "Helix" | Ferrante, Kennedy | 4:57 |
| 8. | "Avance" | Ferrante | 5:17 |
| 9. | "One Voice" | Ferrante | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Evening Dance" | Ferrante | 5:10 |
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Yellowjackets
- Russell Ferrante – keyboards
- Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass
- Will Kennedy – drums
- Marc Russo – saxophones
Guest Musicians
- Steve Croes – Synclavier programming
- Alex Acuña – percussion
- Yellowjackets – producers
- David Hentschel – producer, recording, mixing
- Ricky Schultz – executive producer
- Bart Stevens – assistant engineer
- Sharon Rice – mix assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Gary Borman – artist management
- Jeff Lancaster (L-Shape Ltd.) – art director
- Lou Beach – illustration
- Aaron Rapoport – photography
Studios
- Recorded at Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
- Mixed at The Complex (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mastered at Precision Lacquer, (Los Angeles, CA).
1988 - 31st Annual GRAMMY Awards[2]
- Connolly, Dave. Yellowjackets: Politics > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
- "Past Winners Search". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved December 1, 2011.