''Samurai Samba'' is the third album of the American jazz group

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, released in 1985. The album reached a peak position of number 179 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 10 on ''

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'' Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Yellowjackets *

Russell Ferrante Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Rick ...

– keyboards *

Jimmy Haslip James Robert Haslip (born December 31, 1951) is an American bass guitarist who was a founding member of the jazz fusion group the Yellowjackets, which he left in 2012. He was also an early user of the five-string electric bass. Early life and ...

– 5-string bass *

Ricky Lawson William Riser III (November 8, 1954 – December 23, 2013), better known as Ricky Lawson, was an American drummer and composer. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he worked extensively as a session musician, collaborating with Stevie Wonder, Mich ...

– acoustic drums, Simmons drums * Marc Russo – alto saxophone Additional musicians * Rory Kaplan – Fairlight CMI programming *

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

– guitars * Carlos Rios – guitars * Paulinho da Costa – percussion, vocals, lead vocals (7, listed as Paulo da Costa Jr.) *

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 * Carl Caldwell – vocals *

Bobby Caldwell Robert Hunter Caldwell (born August 15, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He released several albums spanning R&B, soul, jazz and adult contemporary. He is known for his soulful and versatile vocals. Caldwell released the ...

– lead vocals (6)

Production

* Yellowjackets – producers * Tommy LiPuma – producer * Erik Zobler – engineer, mixing * Terry Christian – second engineer * Toni Greene – second engineer * Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer * Peggy McCreary – second engineer * Casey McMackin – second engineer * Steve Shelton – second engineer * Gary Wagner – second engineer * Simon Levy – art direction, design * Lou Beach – cover artwork * Jeff Katz – photography Studios * Recorded at

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(North Hollywood, CA);

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and Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, CA); Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA). * Mixed at Sunset Sound

Charts

References

{{Authority control Yellowjackets albums 1985 albums Warner Records albums Instrumental albums Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma