Yellowjackets (album)

Yellowjackets is the self-titled debut album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets issued in June 1981 by Warner Bros. Records. The album reached No. 16 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Personnel
Yellowjackets
 * Russell Ferrante – keyboards
 * Robben Ford – guitars
 * Jimmy Haslip – bass
 * Ricky Lawson – drums

Additional musicians
 * Larry Williams – synthesizer programming, tenor saxophone, flute, horn arrangements
 * Bobby Lyle – acoustic piano (3)
 * Roland Bautista – guitars (3)
 * Lenny Castro – percussion
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion
 * Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1)
 * Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Kim Hutchcroft – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
 * Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone, horn arrangements
 * Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn, flugelhorn solo (5)

Production

 * Producer – Tommy LiPuma
 * Rhythm Tracks recorded by Lee Herschberg
 * Additional Recording – Stuart Gitlin and Al Schmitt
 * Assistant Engineer – Stuart Gitlin
 * Mixed by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).
 * Mix Assistant – Don Henderson
 * Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
 * Production Coordinator – Noel Newbolt
 * Art Direction and Design – Simon Levy
 * Logo Design – Mike Manoogian
 * Illustration – J. Daniel Chapman