Yellowjackets: Politics (1988) Review

Tom Andry

Tom Andry

Speaker of the House
<P><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avsoftware/cd_other/YellowjacketsPoliticsRevie.php"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><IMG style="WIDTH: 100px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[Yellowjackets4] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/Yellowjackets4_th.jpg" align=left border=0></FONT></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><EM>Politics</EM></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> won the Yellowjackets a Grammy for “Best Jazz Fusion Performance”. The “new” band had finally settled in featuring originals Russell Ferrante (keyboards) and Jimmy Haslip (bass) along with newcomers Marc Russo (sax) and William Kennedy (drums). Ironically, considering the award category, you could say the stylistic transition from fusion jazz to “something beyond” that had begun with the previous release (Four Corners) was completed with <I>Politics</I>. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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T2T

T2T

Senior Audioholic
Thanks for the review :)

I have 3 of the other albums (well, CDs) by the YellowJackets. I love their music. Now, I've got to add this one from a few years back to my collection. :)
 
Stanton

Stanton

Audioholics Contributing Writer
Eventually, I'll have another one for you as well! I won't say which one (what suspense) , but it will be from the 90's. By the time I get to that one, their new release should be out.
 
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