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's Jazz Albums chart.[2]

Samurai Samba
Studio album by
Released1985
StudioLarrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Mad Hatter Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
GenreJazz
Length39:12
LabelWarner
ProducerTommy LiPuma, Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
Mirage a Trois
(1983)
Samurai Samba
(1985)
Shades
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Homecoming"Russell Ferrante5:13
2."Deat Beat"Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Ricky Lawson, Marc Russo5:25
3."Daddy's Gonna Miss You"Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson, Russo4:33
4."Sylvania"Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson4:14
5."Silverlake"Ferrante5:45
6."Lonely Weekend"Ferrante, Joseph Curiale, Lawson, Caldwell4:20
7."Los Mambos"Ferrante, Russo, Paulinho da Costa4:24
8."Samurai Samba"Ferrante5:18

Personnel

Yellowjackets

Additional musicians

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

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Billboard 200[2] 179
Billboard Jazz Albums[2] 10

References

  1. Yellowjackets: Samurai Samba > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  2. "Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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