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Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion quartet.

The original group, called The Robben Ford Group, was formed in 1977, and consisted of Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Lawson. Ford had originally assembled the group to record Inside Story, but signed to a separate record contract, ended up listed as a guest artist. Eventually he was replaced by saxophone player Marc Russo. Ricky Lawson left in 1986 to tour with Lionel Richie. Some of their songs were featured on The Weather Channel's Local On The 8s segments.
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 Brothers in the early '80s, the Yellowjackets moved to MCA/GRP in 1986, where they released a string of well-received albums.
They also appeared with two songs on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
In the '90s, Russo chose to go out on his own and plays regularly with The Doobie Brothers, 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. 2003 saw the release of their first studio album in five years, Time Squared. Three years later, the band celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary as an ensemble with the release of the live album Twenty Five.
In May 2008, the Yellowjackets released their 20th release, Lifecycle, also on HeadsUp International. Lifecycle features guitarist and label-mate Mike Stern, making it the first Yellowjackets record in 15 years to feature guitar (1994's Run For Your Life featured Robben Ford on the track Even Song). The album has been nominated for the 2009 GRAMMY Awards in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Russell Ferrante has also been nominated in the category of Best Instrumental Composer for the track "Claire's Closet."

Yellowjackets - Cohearence (2016)

Genre: Jazz
Bitrate: mp3 320 kbps
Size: 136 mb

01. Golden State     
02. Guarded Optimism     
03. Anticipation     
04. Inevitable Outcome     
05. Trane Changing     
06. Eddie's in the House
07. Fran's Scene     
08. Child's Play     
09. Shenandoah     
10. Cohearance

Personnel:

Russell Ferrante (Keys)
Bob Mintzer (Reeds)
Will Kennedy (Drums)
Dane Alderson (Electric bass)

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Yellowjackets - Raising Our Voice (2018)

Genre: Jazz
Bitrate: mp3 320 kbps
Size: 150 mb

01. Man Facing North
02. Mutuality
03. Everyone Else Is Taken
04. Ecuador
05. Strange Time
06. Emerge
07. Timeline
08. Quiet
09. Divert
10. Brotherly
11. Swing With It
12. In Search Of
13. Solitude

Personnel:

Russell Ferrante (Piano, keyboards)
Bob Mintzer (Saxophone)
William Kennedy (Drums)
Dane Alderson (Electric bass)
Luciana Souza (Vocals)