Results for "The Yellowjackets"

Yellowjackets Sign with Mack Avenue Records: Announced at the 2010 Detroit International Jazz Festival

September 15, 2010

Mack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of Grammy® award winning jazz group, the Yellowjackets. The signing was made official at the 2010 Detroit International Jazz Festival, where the group headlined on the Carhartt Amphitheatre Stage. Comprised of saxophonist Bob Mintzer, keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Will Kennedy (who was a ...

Take Five With Stephan Earl

by AAJ Staff
February 12, 2010

Meet Stephan Earl:Embodying elements of Jazz, Rock, Down-tempo and New Age, composer / producer Stephan Earl's music flows across stylistic boundaries yet is focused on the principals of melody, harmony and rhythm. Enchanting and thought-provoking, Stephan composes music that is harmonically interesting and complex, yet accessible to the average listener. His music is the ...

Yellowjackets Grammy Winners Play OC Pavillion

June 10, 2008

Last Minute Father's Day Reservations Still Available with Grammy-Award Winning Artists, the Yellowjackets at The OC Pavilion. OC Pavilion is pleased to announce a special Father's Day dining celebration on Sunday, June 15. The special celebration includes a 4-course, five-star meal in the award-winning Ambrosia Restaurant followed by a live performance by the two-time Grammy-award winning ...

The OC Pavilion Welcomes the Yellowjackets on Father's Day June 15

March 8, 2008

The OC Pavilion is pleased to welcome chart-topping jazz band, The Yellowjackets on Sunday, June 15. The Yellowjackets debuted on the jazz music scene in 1981 dedicated to pushing the boundaries of traditional jazz. Their improvisational style draws from a wide range of musical sources, incorporating elements of Bebop, funk, R&B, and rock. Their debut album ...

Time Squared

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2003
Track listing: Go Go; Monk

The Yellowjackets: Time Squared

by C. Michael Bailey
July 25, 2003

Perhaps out of ignorance, I have avoided the Yellowjackets because of my distaste for the Rippingtons. I am a stick-in-the-mud-acoustic-jazz-snob. And, I must admit, I am that to my own disadvantage and loss. Over the past 20 years, the Yellowjackets have released 20 recordings, counting Time Squared. In that time they have sold beaucoups records, started ...