''Run for Your Life'' is an album by the American jazz group

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, released in 1994. The album reached a peak position of number eight on '' Billboard'' Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. It was nominated for a

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, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category.

Critical reception

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'' opined that "only tenor saxophonist Bon Mintzer's 'The Red Sea' is particularly memorable." ''

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'' called ''Run for Your Life'' "the best jazz album of the year," writing that it "is a collection of nine simply superior jazz cuts, each showing off the band's precision and ability."

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 Ri ...

– 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 ...

– bass, vocals * Will Kennedy – drums * Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, EWI Additional musicians * Steve Croes – Synclavier * Judd Miller – synthesizer programming *

Robben Ford Robben Lee Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and Yellowjackets and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton, Rick Sprin ...

– guitars

Production

* Yellowjackets – producers * Mick Guzauski – recording engineer * James Farber – recording engineer, mixing * Richard Landers – assistant engineer * Gil Morales – assistant engineer * Chad Blinman – mix assistant * Joseph Doughney – post-production engineer * Michael Landy – post-production engineer * Kevin Gray – mastering * Sally G. Poppe – production coordinator * Margi Denton – design * Tim Lewis – illustration * Philip Avery Noble – photography Studios * Recorded at

O'Henry Sound Studios O'Henry Sound Studios was a commercial studio complex in Burbank, California, that was owned by engineer Hank Sanicola and his wife, Jacqueline Sanicola.

(Burbank, CA) and The Complex (Los Angeles, CA). * Mixed at The Complex * Mastered at Location Recording Service (Burbank, CA). * Post-Production at The Review Room (New York, NY).

Charts

References

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