YellowJackets band

YellowJackets band

YellowJackets band

YellowJackets band

Throughout their storied 43-year history, the Yellowjackets have recorded 25 albums, received 17 Grammy® nominations – won 2 – performed countless sold-out tours, and enjoyed worldwide critical acclaim and commercial success.

HISTORY OF THE BAND

In 1977, Robben Ford assembled a group of veteran session musicians to record his album The Inside Story. The trio of musicians, which included keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Ricky Lawson, soon discovered a certain “chemistry” and musical affinity that led to their formation of Yellowjackets. The Inside Story being mainly instrumental, Robben Ford’s record label wanted him to record another album that was more pop and vocal oriented. The group, known as the Robben Ford Group, preferred to pursue the instrumental route, and a “band within a band” was formed. This same group with Robben Ford on guitar recorded digital demos that were eventually accepted by Warner Brothers, and Yellowjackets was born. While Robben’s contributions would diminish over the years to being a guest artist, the group known as Yellowjackets would flourish. >>> read more at Homepage of Yellowjackets

BOB MINTZER – SAX
RUSSELL FERRANTE – KEYS
DANE ALDERSON – BASS
WILLIAM KENNEDY – DRUMS

YellowJackets band
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recordings

Robben Ford: The Inside Story 
(1979, Elektra) produziert von Steve Cropper

The Inside Story
Robben Ford
The Inside Story
Robben Ford

Yellowjackets 
(1981; Warner Bros.), produziert von Tommy LiPuma

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Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets
  • Diverse: Casino Lights (1982; Warner Bros.), produziert von Tommy LiPuma
  • Mirage A Trois (1983; Warner Bros.), produziert von Tommy LiPuma
  • Samurai Samba (1985; Warner Bros.), produziert von Tommy LiPuma
  • Shades (1986, MCA)

Four Corners (1987, MCA), produziert von den Yellowjackets und David Hentschel

Four Corners
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Four Corners
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  • Politics (1988, MCA), produziert von den Yellowjackets und David Hentschel
  • The Spin (1989, MCA),
  • Greenhouse (1991, GRP),
Greenhouse
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Greenhouse
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  • Live Wires (1992, GRP),
  • Like a River (1993, GRP),
  • Run for Your Life (1994, GRP),
  • Collection (1995, GRP),
  • Dreamland (1995, Warner Bros.)
Dreamland
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Dreamland
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  • Blue Hats (1997, Warner Bros.)
  • Priceless Jazz (1998, GRP)
  • Club Nocturne (1998, Warner Bros.)
  • Best Of (1999, Warner Bros.)
  • Mint Jam (2001, Yellowjackets)
  • Yellowjackets beim Steinegg Live Festival 2019 – vlnr.; Ferrante, Mintzer, Alderson, KennedyTime Squared (2003, Heads Up)
Time Squared
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Time Squared
Yellowjackets
  • Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration (2003, Yellowjackets)
  • Altered State (2005, Heads Up)
  • Twenty-Five (2006, Heads Up), CD/DVD
  • Lifecycle (2008, Heads Up)
  • Timeline (2011, Mack Avenue)
  • A Rise in the Road (2013, Mack Avenue)
A Rise in the Road
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A Rise in the Road
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  • Cohearence (April 2016, Mack Avenue Records)
  • Raising Our Voice (September 2018, Mack Avenue Records)

Jackets XL + WDR Big Band (November 2020, Mack Avenue Records)

Jackets XL
by Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band
Jackets XL
by Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band

Parallel Motion (Mack Avenue, 2022)

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Parallel Motion
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members

BOB MINTZER – SAX
RUSSELL FERRANTE – KEYS
DANE ALDERSON – BASS
WILLIAM KENNEDY – DRUMS

Gründungsmitglieder:
Jimmy Haslip Bass
Robben Ford Gitarre (1981–1982)
Ricky Lawson Schlagzeug (1981–1986)
Russell Ferrante Keyboard, Synthesizer


Ex-M;embers:

Marc Russo Saxofon (1983–1990)
Marcus Baylor Schlagzeug (2001–2009)
Peter Erskine Schlagzeug (1999)
Terri Lyne Carrington Schlagzeug (2000)
Jimmy Haslip Bass (1981–2012)
Felix Pastorius Bass (2012–2015)

bio

Christoph Irniger
Zürich, Switzerland

Die Yellowjackets sind eine US-amerikanische Fusion-Band. Russell Ferrante ist der Hauptkomponist und Arrangeur der eingängigen Mixtur aus Jazz, Rock, Pop und Latin, über deren Stellenwert sich Puristen und Fans des Easy Listening seit drei Jahrzehnten nicht einig werden.

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