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, released in 1991. In this album, the group was a trio.

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, who became an official member on the next album, was credited as a guest artist. The album reached a peak position of number one on ''

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'' Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Yellowjackets *

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– keyboards *

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– bass * Will Kennedy – drums Additional musicians *

– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, alto flute, EWI * Steve Croes –

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(digital music workstation) *

Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian-American drummer and percussionist. Background Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands such as La Orquesta de los Hermanos Neci ...

– percussions * Judd Miller – EWI programming (9) * Stuart Canin – violin solo (9) * Bill Gable – vocals (8)
Orchestra (tracks 2, 4 & 9) *

Vince Mendoza Vince Mendoza (born November 17, 1961) is an American composer, music arranger and conductor, and six-time Grammy Award winner. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Kö ...

– arrangements and conductor * Sandy de Crescent – contractor * Michael O'Donovan – bassoon * Gary Gray and James Kanter – clarinet * James Walker – flute * John Cooke, Dane Little, Judith Perett and David Speltz – cello * Timothy Barr and Arni Egglison – double bass * Brian Dembow, Pamela Goldsmith, Dan Neufeld and Mihail Zinovyev – viola * Arnold Belnick, Stuart Canin, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, Bill Hybel, Karen Jones, Kathleen Lenski, Irma Neuman, Anatoly Rosinsky, Sheldon Sanov, Polly Sweeney and Dorothy Wade – violin

Production

* Yellowjackets – producers *

Jan Erik Kongshaug Jan Erik Kongshaug (4 July 1944 – 5 November 2019) was a Norwegian sound engineer, jazz guitarist, and composer. Career Kongshaug was born in Trondheim, the son of guitarist John Kongshaug. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) During his chi ...

– engineer, mixing * Ken Allardyce – assistant engineer * Joseph Doughney – post-production engineer * Michael Landy – post-production engineer *

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...

– mastering * Michelle Lewis – production coordinator * Andy Baltimore – creative director * David Gibb – creative director * Scott Johnson – graphic design * Sonny Mediana – graphic design * Andy Ruggirello – graphic design * Dan Serrano – graphic design * Wilfredo Lam – cover artwork Studios * Recorded at Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California). * Post-Production Engineering at The Review Room (New York City, New York). * Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Los Angeles, California).

References

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