Samurai Samba

Samurai Samba is the third album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1985. The album reached a peak position of number 179 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Personnel
Yellowjackets
 * Russell Ferrante – keyboards
 * Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass
 * Ricky Lawson – acoustic drums, Simmons drums
 * Marc Russo – alto saxophone

Additional musicians
 * Rory Kaplan – Fairlight CMI programming
 * Michael Landau – guitars
 * Carlos Rios – guitars
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion, vocals, lead vocals (7, listed as Paulo da Costa Jr.)
 * Marilyn Scott – vocals
 * Carl Caldwell – vocals
 * Bobby Caldwell – 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 Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Sunset Sound and Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, CA); Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
 * Mixed at Sunset Sound