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Yellowjackets: Altered State
by Jim Santella
Fusing South African rhythms with soothing R&B melodies, the Yellowjackets continue to put up a refreshing performance that's made to suit easy listening audiences. Their mellow harmony and relaxed rhythmic pulses belie a loyalty to leisure suits, platform shoes with awkward heels, and hangin' out at the disco. The band began in the late 1970s, when those things were in vogue. The core element in their performance has never left them.
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by Woodrow Wilkins
There's something distinctive about Yellowjackets' sound. It's contemporary in that the music is fresh and employs some modern conveniences--such as the electric bass and the EWI. Still, the way it's put together is old school--like the free-flowing style and the manipulation of time. And if that's not enough, there's a color or flavor to Bob Mintzer's sax and Russell Ferrante's piano that lets you know it's a 'Jackets tune. This distinctive approach is evident from the start of ...
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by John Kelman
Sometimes the best move a band can make is to go indie. Consider Yellowjackets, who have been imbued with unquestionable instrumental credibility since emerging in the early '80s. Over their 25-year career Yellowjackets have veered from torch carriers of the latter-day, more structured incarnations of Weather Report to a group in dangerous proximity to smooth jazz territory. In the process of racking up nearly twenty recordings, the group's technical prowess has never been in question, but some of its choices ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
Yellowjackets' music is steeped in the R&B/jazz tradition of the Jazz Crusaders, Junior Mance, Weather Report, and, of course Miles. Russell Ferrante always manages to slip a bit of church into his piano playing, a trend quickly picked up and absconded with by Bob Mintzer. Jimmy Haslip plays the most elastic bass since Victor Bailey, and Marcus Baylor must be the toast of the percussion town.
The band members all come together for Altered State in a brilliant ...
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As we head into the final days of 2012, you've still got opportunities to catch some live jazz and creative music around St. Louis before the year is done. Here are a few suggestions for this weekend and New Year's Eve: Tonight, drummer Marcus Baylor, the native St. Louisan and former longtime member of Yellowjackets who's also played with Kenny Garrett, Cassandra Wilson and others, returns home for a gig at the Bistro at Grand Center. Billed as “The Sons ...
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Marcus Baylor to Perform Thursday, December 27 at the Bistro at Grand Center
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Drummer and St. Louis native Marcus Baylor is coming home for the holidays to perform on Thursday, December 27 at the Bistro at Grand Center, 3536 Washington Ave. St. Louis jazz fans will recognize the address as the home of Jazz at the Bistro, of course, and Baylor (pictured) knows the room well, having played there several times during his decade as drummer for the jazz-fusion band Yellowjackets. He left that gig a couple of years ago to concentrate on ...
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Jazz This Week: Bhob Rainey, Rodney Lancaster and Doug Bert, Marcus Baylor and Free Day, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As one might expect given that a number of local venues are closed for the Christmas holidays, the calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis is a bit sparse over the next week, but there still are a few performances worth noting wrapped around the holiday weekend. Let's go to the highlights... On Thursday night, the annual “Noel-A-Thon" concert takes place at BB's Jazz Blues and Soups. The seven-hour show features an eclectic mix of St. Louis ...
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Marcus Baylor to Perform Tuesday, December 27 at Lola
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Drummer and St. Louis native Marcus Baylor (pictured) is coming home for the holidays to perform with his new band Free Day at 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 27 at Lola, 500 N. 14th St. downtown. After a decade as the drummer for the jazz fusion group Yellowjackets, Baylor left the band in 2010 to pursue new musical directions. One of those directions was the opportunity to work with his wife Jean Baylor, who's the vocalist for Free Day. Tickets for ...
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