''Timeline'' is an album by the American jazz group
Yellowjackets
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, released in 2011. The album reached a peak position of number five on ''
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'' Top Jazz Albums chart,
and was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album at the
Grammy Awards of 2012
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Track listing
Personnel
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Russell Ferrante
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History
In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer R ...
– keyboards, acoustic piano
*
Jimmy Haslip
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– bass
* Will Kennedy – drums, keyboards
*
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, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet
;Guest Musicians
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Robben Ford
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– guitars (5)
* John Daversa – trumpet (2, 8)
Production
* Yellowjackets – producers
* Gretchen Valade – executive producer
* Rich Breen – recording, mixing, mastering
* Ed Woolley – assistant engineer
* Al Pryor – A&R direction
* Maria Ehrenreich – creative direction, production services
* Randall Kennedy – creative direction
* Raj Naik – art direction, design, photography
* Inbar Neer – styling, makeup
* Karin Giron – styling and makeup assistant
** Recorded at Firehouse Recording Studios (Pasadena, CA).
** Mixed and Mastered at Dogmatic Sound (Burbank, CA).
References
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2011 albums
Yellowjackets albums