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| 1. | And You Know That
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| 2. | New Shoes
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| 3. | One Family
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| 4. | Revelation
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| 5. | Oasis
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| 6. | Regular Folks
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| 7. | Black Tie
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| 8. | Sonja's Sanfona
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Jazz / Smooth Jazz; Fusion; Post-Bop; Crossover Jazz
Recorded: Bill Schnee and Mad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles
Russell Ferrante - keyboards
Jimmy Haslip - five string and piccolo bass
Ricky Lawson - remo drums, percussion, Simmons drums
Marc Russo - alto saxophone
Guest musicians:
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Rory Kaplan - fairlight CMI programmming
Bill Gable - PP on "Sonja's Sanfona"
Bruce Hornsby - accordion on "Sonja's Sanfona"
Perri - vocals on "Revelation"
Originally released in 1986, Shades was the cross-over Smooth Jazz band's fourth album overall. With guitarist Robben Ford's departure, the band displayed a slight Pop sensibility that enhanced their melodies and expanded their audience beyond the Jazz world.
The Yellowjackets are a jazz band for the Windham Hill set: i.e., smooth and relaxing rather than edgy and stimulating. If Shades goes down like straight sugar (and not the lumpy kind), it's supposed to. Since some folks are naturally drawn to this type of music and others are not, an appreciation for jazz is not enough -- you'll need an appreciation for crossover jazz (aka "smooth jazz") to enjoy this album. If you do like your jazz on the lyrical side, and don't mind the late-night talk show arrangements, chances are you'll think Shades is pretty cool. Led by alto sax player Marc Russo, these eight songs glide along with nary a care in the world, promising to burst into song at any moment (which in fact happens on the gospel-inspired "Revelations"). Thanks in part to the electronic instruments and immaculate studio sound, Shades retains an uplifting and bouncy feel throughout. "New Shoes," "One Family," and "Regular Folks" are songs that listeners can warm up to in a hurry. Despite Russo's gratuitous solos, the Yellowjackets are not a flashy band -- Jimmy Haslip's agile bass is too low in the mix to be accused of showboating, and drummer Ricky Lawson and keyboardist Russell Ferrante don't seem interested in the spotlight. Without those individual excursions, the Yellowjackets sacrifice some identity, but generally the compositions stand up on the merits of their melodies. Because the melodies are so accessible, Shades occasionally sounds more like the work of contemporary pop artists with jazz aspirations (Donald Fagen, Bruce Hornsby) than contemporary jazz artists. That this music would sound at home in a supermarket should scare off jazz purists, but even they might find themselves humming along to it somewhere in a secluded aisle.
---Dave Connolly, All Music Guide
Yellowjackets
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1981
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Although sometimes grouped with Spyro Gyra, Yellowjackets are actually one of the most creative regular groups in the "rhythm & jazz" genre. Founded in 1981 as an R&B-oriented band that starred guitarist Robben Ford, the group took a giant step forward when, after Ford's departure, altoist Marc Russo took his place. With original members Russell Ferrante on keyboards and electric bassist Jimmy Haslip, in addition to drummer William Kennedy, the band found its own R&B-ish sound, sometimes playing original compositions that sounded like Joe Zawinul at his most melodic. Starting out on Warner Bros. in the early '80s, Yellowjackets moved to MCA/GRP in 1986, where they released a string of well-received albums. In the '90s, Russo chose to go out on his own, and his replacement, Bob Mintzer (on tenor and bass clarinet), added more jazz credibility to the group's music. They moved back to Warner Brothers in 1995 for several albums before moving the Heads Up label for the live two-CD set Mint Jam in 2002. Their first studio album in five years, Time Squared, was released in 2003. Three years later, the band celebrated its 25th anniversary as an ensemble with the release of the live album Twenty Five. The studio album Lifecycle followed in 2008.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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