Run for Your Life by Yellowjackets (CD, Feb-1994, GRP (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	011105975421
Artist:	Yellowjackets
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1994
Record Label:	GRP (USA)
Genre:	Fusion, Jazz Instrument

Track Listing
1. Jacket Town
2. Even Song
3. Runferyerlife
4. Red Sea, The
5. Muhammed
6. City of Lights
7. Sage
8. Ancestors
9. Wisdom

Details
Playing Time:	53 min.
Contributing Artists:	Robben Ford
Producer:	Yellowjackets
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Yellowjackets: Bob Mintzer (tenor & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, EWI); Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Jimmy Haslip (bass); William Kennedy (drums).Additional personnel: Robbin Ford (guitar); Steve Croes (Synclavier); Judd Miller (synthesizer programming).Recorded at O'Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, and The Complex, Los Angeles, California.RUN FOR YOUR LIFE was nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.Personnel: Robben Ford (guitar); Bob Mintzer (bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, EWI); Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Steve Croes (Synclavier); William Kennedy (drums); Judd Miller (programming).Audio Mixer: James Farber.Recording information: Complex, Los Angeles, CA; O'Henry Studios, Burbank, CA.Illustrator: Tim Lewis .Unknown Contributor Role: Judd Miller.This is one of The Yellowjackets' most jazz-oriented sets. Roughly half of the music uses funky rhtyhms while the remainder is straightahead. "Jacket Town" sounds like it could have come from a good Eddie Harris record, Bob Mintzer's tenor is heard on a rapid run-through of rhythm changes on "Runferyerlife," keyboardist Russell Ferrante hints strongly at Chick Corea's acoustic playing on "Muhammed" and Mintzer's ballad "Sage" is memorable. This fine release is recommended both to The Yellowjackets' longtime fans and those listeners who mistakenly think that this popular group is a mundane fusion band. ~ Scott Yanow

Editorial Reviews
4 1/2 Stars - Very Good Plus - ...the Yellowjackets have emerged from a recent recording slump with perhaps their best album yet....the band is still stinging after all these years...
Musician (19940501)