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 Yellowjackets
Samurai Samba
Label: Warner Brothers
Catalog Nº: 25204-2
Year Released: 1985
Producer(s): Tommy LiPuma and Yellowjackets
Credits: Russell Ferrante, keyboards; Jimmy Haslip, bass; Ricky Lawson, drums/electric drums; Marc Russo, alto sax. With: Carlos Rios, guitar; Michael Landau, guitar; Paulinho Da Costa, percussion; Bobby Caldwell, Marilyn Scott, Paulinho Da Costa and Carl Caldwell, vocals; Bobby Caldwell, lead vocal on "Lonely Weekend"; Paulo da Costa Jr., vocals on "Los Mambos".
Track Listing:
- Homecoming {Ferrante} [5:13]
- Deat Beat {Ferrante/Haslip/Lawson/Russo} [5:25]
- Daddy's Gonna Miss You (Ferrante/Haslip/Lawson/Russo} [4:33]
- Sylvania {Ferrante/Haslip/Lawson} [4:14]
- Silverlake {Ferrante} [5:45]
- Lonely Weekend {Ferrante/Curiale/Lawson/Caldwell} [4:20]
- Los Mambos {Ferrante/Russo/da Costa} [4:24]
- Samurai Samba {Ferrante} [5:18]
Thanks to the addition of alto/soprano saxophonist Marc Russo (from the Tower of Power horn section), the Yellowjackets gained a recognizable voice and steady "front man" for the group. One of Yellowjackets' best-known early songs, "Homecoming", appears as the lead-off track on this album. Vocalist/songsmith Bobby Caldwell makes an appearance on "Lonely Weekend". The overall high caliber of songs closes with the manic bop/samba stylings of "Samurai Samba".
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