''Mirage a Trois'' is the second album of the American jazz group

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, released in 1983. The album reached a peak position of number 145 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 7 on ''

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'' Jazz Albums chart. It was nominated for the

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in 1984.

Track listing

# "Claire's Song" (

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) - 5:11 # "Top Secret" (

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, Ferrante,

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) - 6:11 # "I Got Rhythm" (

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) - 4:34 # "Pass It On" (Ferrante) - 6:14 # "Goin' Home" (Ferrante) - 5:38 # "Man in the Moon" (Haslip, Ferrante) - 4:38 # "Elamar" ( Mike Miller) - 4:10 # "Nimbus" (Ferrante) - 4:46

Personnel

Yellowjackets *

– keyboards, acoustic piano *

– bass guitar *

– drums Additional musicians *

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- guitar (2, 4, 5 & 6) *

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–

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(1) * Anthony McShear – sequencing (1) *

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– synthesizer programming, arrangements (7 & 8) * Mike Miller – guitar (3, 7 & 8) *

Richard Elliot Richard Elliot (born January 16, 1960) is a Scottish-born American saxophonist. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for ''Summer Horns''. Career Elliot started out as a member ...

–

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(all except 2), saxophone (6) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion *

Max Carl Max Carl Gronenthal (born January 29, 1950) is an American rock singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He is the co-lead singer of the classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad. In addition, he spent several years as the keyboardist and le ...

– vocals (3) *

Randy Crawford Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952) is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a solo artist. However, she has ap ...

– vocals (3) * Yolan Fischer – vocals (3) *

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...

– vocals (3) *

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– vocals (3) *

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– vocals (3) *

Marilyn Scott Marilyn Scott (born December 21, 1949 in Altadena, California) is an American jazz vocalist. Scott got her start performing locally at age 15. She went to college in San Francisco, singing in both jazz and pop ensembles there. She was noticed by ...

– vocals (3) *

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– vocals (3)

Production

* Tommy LiPuma – producer * Norm Kinney – recording, mixing * Don Koldon – assistant engineer * Peggy McCreary – assistant engineer * Richard McKernan – assistant engineer *

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– mastering * Simon Levy – art direction * Jeff Lancaster (Art Hotel) – design * Jim Shea – photography * Mary Anne Frye – concept photography Studios * Recorded at

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and Sound Labs (Hollywood, California). * Mastered at

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(Hollywood, California).

Charts

References

{{Authority control Yellowjackets albums 1983 albums Warner Records albums Instrumental albums Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma