Club Nocturne

Club Nocturne (1998) is the 13th studio album (14th overall) from the jazz group Yellowjackets, and their sixth and final release for the Warner Bros. label. The album was nominated for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" Grammy Award.

The album, originally conceived as an all vocal jazz album, contains four tracks with vocals (five tracks for Japan release), featuring vocalists Kurt Elling, Brenda Russell, and Jonathan Butler. It is also the final album recorded during drummer Will Kennedy's original tenure.

The track "Spirit of the West" remains a staple in the Yellowjackets' live set.

Personnel

 * Yellowjackets
 * Russell Ferrante – keyboards, acoustic piano
 * Jimmy Haslip – bass
 * Will Kennedy – drums
 * Bob Mintzer – tenor and soprano saxophones


 * Guest Musicians
 * Munyungo Jackson – percussion (5)
 * James Harrah – guitar (6)


 * Guest Vocalists
 * Kurt Elling – vocals (3, 10)
 * Jonathan Butler – lead vocals (5), backing vocals (5)
 * Richard Page – backing vocals (5)
 * Brenda Russell – vocals (6)
 * Gino Vannelli – lead vocals (11)

Production

 * Yellowjackets – producers
 * Rich Breen – engineer, mixing
 * Doug Boehm – assistant engineer
 * Troy Gonzalez – assistant engineer
 * Steve Harrison – assistant engineer
 * Curt Kroeger – assistant engineer
 * Jason Mauza - assistant engineer
 * David Nottingham – assistant engineer
 * Jeff Robinette - assistant engineer
 * Doug Sax – mastering
 * Sally G. Poppe – production coordinator
 * Margi Denton (Denton Design Associates) – art direction and design
 * Hillary Sunenshine (Denton Design Associates) – art direction and design
 * Marina Chavez – photography
 * Gary Borman – artist management


 * Studios
 * Recorded at One on One Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Royaltone Studios (Burbank, CA); Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA).
 * Mixed at The Village (West Los Angeles, CA); Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, CA).
 * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).