Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets: Yellowjackets [CD]

Nearly two generations of fans have enjoyed the lasting influence and jazz tradition of Yellowjackets-30 years of continuous service to America's native art form have made them unique in a business known for faddishness, and important in that ever-changing world of music. Russell Ferrante - Jimmy Haslip - Will Kennedy - Bob Mintzer. All universally recognized innovators on their own and part of jazz history collectively as Yellowjackets marked this occasion with the appropriately titled Timeline. This is an essential chapter of a story that continues to be written.

Nearly two generations of fans have enjoyed the lasting influence and jazz tradition of Yellowjackets-30 years of continuous service to America's native art form have made them unique in a business known for faddishness, and important in that ever-changing world of music. Russell Ferrante - Jimmy Haslip - Will Kennedy - Bob Mintzer. All universally recognized innovators on their own and part of jazz history collectively as Yellowjackets marked this occasion with the appropriately titled Timeline. This is an essential chapter of a story that continues to be written.

A Rise In The Road, the Yellowjackets' second Mack Avenue Records offering, is indeed an appropriate title for a time-honored jazz ensemble that has never been fearful of facing newer musical horizons, not to mention the myriad challenges of life itself.