''Altered State'' (2005) is the 16th studio album (18th overall) from the jazz group
Yellowjackets
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Yellowjacket(s) or Yellow Jacket(s) may also refer to:
Places
* Yellow Jacket, Colorado, an unincorporated town
* Yellow Jacket, Florida, an unincorporated area in Dixie County, Florida
Arts, e ...
, and their third release for the
Heads Up International
Heads Up International is a jazz record label that was formed in Cleveland, Ohio. It was bought by the Concord Music Group in 2005.
History
The label got its name from a jazz group that Dave Love formed while attending North Texas State Universi ...
label.
The cover image was painted by pop art painter
Peter Max
Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art.
...
.
Track listing
Personnel
Yellowjackets
*
Russell Ferrante
Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
History
In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer R ...
– acoustic piano, electric piano, keyboards
*
Jimmy Haslip
James Robert Haslip (born December 31, 1951) is an American bass guitarist who was a founding member of the jazz fusion group the Yellowjackets, which he left in 2012. He was also an early user of the five-string electric bass.
Early life and ...
– electric bass
* Marcus Baylor – drums
*
Bob Mintzer
Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.
Early life
Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Inter ...
– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone,
bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave ...
,
EWI
Guest Musicians
* Mike Shapiro – percussion (1, 4)
* Jean Baylor – lead vocal (3)
* Sharon Perry – backing vocals (3)
* Lori Perry – backing vocals (3)
* Carolyn Perry – backing vocals (3)
* Darlene Perry – backing vocals (3)
Production
* Dave Love – executive producer
*
Yellowjackets
A yellowjacket is a black-and-yellow vespid wasp.
Yellowjacket(s) or Yellow Jacket(s) may also refer to:
Places
* Yellow Jacket, Colorado, an unincorporated town
* Yellow Jacket, Florida, an unincorporated area in Dixie County, Florida
Arts, e ...
– producers
*
Bill Schnee
William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated an ...
– recording engineer
* Rich Breen – mixing, mastering
* Ryan Petry – assistant engineer
* Margi Denton – graphic design
* Mitch Haupers (KVON) – photography
* Robert Hoffman – live photography
*
Peter Max
Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art.
...
– cover artwork
Studios
* Recorded at
Schnee Studios (Studio City, CA).
* Mixed and Mastered at Dogmatic Studios (Burbank, CA).
References
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2005 albums
Yellowjackets albums