''Lifecycle'' is the 17th studio album by the American jazz group
Yellowjackets
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Places
* Yellow Jacket, Colorado, an unincorporated town
* Yellow Jacket, Florida, an unincorporated area in Dixie County, Florida
Arts, e ...
featuring
Mike Stern
Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985. He then began a solo career, re ...
, released in 2008. The album reached a peak position of number six on ''
Billboard
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'' Top Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel
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Russell Ferrante
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History
In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Rick ...
– acoustic piano, keyboards, percussion
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Jimmy Haslip
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Early life and ...
– electric bass, programming (10),
sequencing
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(10)
* Marcus Baylor – drums, percussion
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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 Inter ...
– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, Bb clarinet,
EWI
;Special Guest
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Mike Stern
Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985. He then began a solo career, re ...
– guitars
Production
* Yellowjackets – producers
* Dave Love – executive producer
* Rich Breen – engineer, mixing, mastering
* Daryl Bornstein – assistant engineer
* Hal Winer – assistant engineer, technician
* Michael Bishop – mastering
* Jerry Mitkowski – technician
* Mike Sciotto – technician
* Margi Tobey – video editor
* Natalie Singer – product manager
* Margi Denton – graphic design
* KVON – photography
;Management
* Megan Ehrlich, Jeff Neben and Gerry Puhara at Axis Artist Management, Inc.
* Roy Holland – management for Mike Stern.
;Studios
* Recorded at BiCostal Music (Ossining, NY).
* Mixed and Mastered at Dogmatic Studios (Burbank, CA).
Charts
References
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2008 albums
Yellowjackets albums