With fourteen albums behind him, over a million copies sold, hundreds of concerts all over the world, the Yellowjackets are the longest and creative fusion band in history. And not just a matter of continuity office (the group has existed since 1977), as well as for an explosive thrust of experimentation languages, mergers and contamination, and to revise its horizons in the light of new acquisitions expressive style. It was the entrance to the saxophonist, composer and arranger Bob Mintzer to the Yellowjackets to make the final leap an excellent band gear to the perfect fusion of jazz electro-acoustic which I am today. Now their sound and their name are much more than a trademark, and through the evolution of their music, rather represent a guarantee certificate. Jazz fusion and acoustic blend sound with great sophistication in a compact, precise, yet mild, with spaces, shapes and sizes designed to effortlessly musicians is a pleasure to hear. This new work from the previous two years still on Heads Up, sees the presence of Mike Stern on guitar, instead of Robben Ford, one of the founders of the group. Mike Stern is the author of two of the best songs of the album as a whole in style to which we have used the Yellowjackets gives way to write to each member of the group but with a particular fondness for Bob Mintzer. The music of the Yellowjackets, has now become an ever more perfect mechanism, in which all the instruments fit together with absolute precision. But far from being a mere exercise in virtuosity, it maintains a freshness undeniable, thanks to the skill of writing and improvisation of the five musicians, all equally responsible for the final result. http://www.egeamusic.com
Falken's Maze
Yellowjackets: Bob Mintzer (clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, EWI); Russell Ferrante (piano, keyboards, percussion); Jimmy Haslip (electric bass, programming, sequencer); Marcus Baylor (drums, percussion).
Track List:
1. Falken’s Maze
2. Country Living
3. Double Nickel
4. Dreams Go
5. Measure Of A Man
6. Yahoo
7. I Wonder
8. 3 Circles
9. Claire’s Closet
10. Lazaro
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