''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.
Track listing
Personnel
Yellowjackets
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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 ...
– keyboards, acoustic piano
* Will Kennedy – keyboards, drums
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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
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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 Inte ...
– soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone,
bass clarinet
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Guest Musicians
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Robben Ford
Robben Lee Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz, and rock music, rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and Yellowjackets (band), Yellowjackets and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harriso ...
– guitars (5)
* John Daversa – trumpet (2, 8)
Production
* Gretchen Valade – executive producer
* Al Pryor – A&R direction
* Yellowjackets – producers
* Rich Breen – recording, mixing, mastering
* Ed Woolley – assistant engineer
* Will Wakefield – production manager
* Maria Ehrenreich – creative direction, production services
* Randall Kennedy – creative direction
* Raj Naik – art direction, design, photography
* Inbar Neer – styling, make-up
* Karin Giron – styling, make-up assistant
* Axis Artist Management, Inc. – management
References
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2011 albums
Yellowjackets albums