Samurai Samba
Samurai Samba is the third album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1985. The album reached a peak position of number 179 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[2]
| Samurai Samba | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:12 | |||
| Label | Warner | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma, Yellowjackets | |||
| Yellowjackets chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Homecoming" | Russell Ferrante | 5:13 |
| 2. | "Deat Beat" | Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Ricky Lawson, Marc Russo | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Daddy's Gonna Miss You" | Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson, Russo | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Sylvania" | Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Silverlake" | Ferrante | 5:45 |
| 6. | "Lonely Weekend" | Ferrante, Joseph Curiale, Lawson, Caldwell | 4:20 |
| 7. | "Los Mambos" | Ferrante, Russo, Paulinho da Costa | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Samurai Samba" | Ferrante | 5:18 |
Personnel
- Yellowjackets
- Russell Ferrante – keyboards
- Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass
- Ricky Lawson – acoustic drums, Simmons drums
- Marc Russo – alto saxophone
- Additional musicians
- Rory Kaplan – Fairlight CMI programming
- Michael Landau – guitar
- Carlos Rios – guitar
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion, vocals, lead vocals (7, listed as Paulo da Costa Jr.)
- Marilyn Scott – vocals
- Carl Caldwell – vocals
- Bobby Caldwell – lead vocals (6)
Production
- Yellowjackets – producers
- Tommy LiPuma – producer
- Erik Zobler – engineer, mixing
- Terry Christian – second engineer
- Toni Greene – second engineer
- Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer
- Peggy McCreary – second engineer
- Casey McMackin – second engineer
- Steve Shelton – second engineer
- Gary Wagner – second engineer
- Simon Levy – art direction, design
- Lou Beach – cover artwork
- Jeff Katz – photography
- Studios
- Recorded at Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Sunset Sound and Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, CA); Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mixed at Sunset Sound
Charts
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard 200[2] | 179 |
| Billboard Jazz Albums[2] | 10 |
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References
- Yellowjackets: Samurai Samba > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
- "Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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