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Yellowjackets (band)

Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.

This article is about the jazz fusion band. For the band's self-titled debut album, see Yellowjackets (album).

Yellowjackets

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Jazz fusion

1977–present

MCA, GRP, Heads Up, Mack Avenue Records, Warner Bros.

Russell Ferrante
Bob Mintzer
Will Kennedy
Dane Alderson

Robben Ford
Jimmy Haslip
Ricky Lawson
Michael Landau
Mike Miller
Marc Russo
Peter Erskine
Terri Lyne Carrington
Marcus Baylor
Felix Pastorius

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: "And You Know That" (1987)

R&B Instrumental Performance

: Politics (1989)

Jazz Fusion Performance

Grammy Awards


Grammy nominations

– keyboards, synthesizers (1977–present)

Russell Ferrante

– saxophones, bass clarinet, EWI (1991–present)

Bob Mintzer

William Kennedy – drums, percussion (1987–1999, 2010–present)

Dane Alderson – bass (2015–present)

1981: (Warner Bros.)

Yellowjackets

1983: (Warner Bros.)

Mirage a Trois

1985: (Warner Bros.)

Samurai Samba

1986: (GRP)

Shades

1987: (GRP)

Four Corners

1988: (MCA)

Politics

1989: (MCA)

The Spin

1991: (MCA)

Greenhouse

1992: (GRP)

Live Wires

1993: (GRP)

Like a River

1994: (GRP)

Run for Your Life

1995: (Warner Bros.)

Dreamland

1995: 's Bang!Zoom (Blue Note)

Bobby McFerrin

1997: (Warner Bros.)

Blue Hats

1998: (Warner Bros.)

Club Nocturne

2001: (Heads Up)

Mint Jam

2003: (Heads Up)

Time Squared

2003: (Heads Up)

Peace Round: A Christmas Celebration

2005: (Heads Up)

Altered State

2006: Twenty-Five (Heads Up)

2008: (Heads Up)

Lifecycle

2011: (Mack Avenue)

Timeline

2013: A Rise in the Road (Mack Avenue)

2016: Cohearence (Mack Avenue)

2018: Raising Our Voice (Mack Avenue)

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2020: Jackets XL (Mack Avenue)

2022: Parallel Motion (Mack Avenue)

Jazz fusion

List of jazz fusion musicians

Official site