The Yellowjackets & Bassist Felix Pastorious Embark on New Chapter with Latest Project "A Rise in the Road" - Available June 25 on Mack Ave Records

My fave tracks from the new Yellowjackets' A Rise In The Road?  I'm feeling both An Amber Shade of Blue and Civil War. ~ Donna 

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Yellowjackets: A Rise In The RoadA Rise In The Road, the Yellowjackets' second Mack Avenue Records offering, is indeed an appropriate title for a time-honored jazz ensemble that has never been fearful of facing newer musical horizons, not to mention the myriad challenges of life itself. Throughout their storied 32-year history, the Yellowjackets have undergone numerous lineup changes, never failing to rise to the inevitable challenges of adjustment. Keyboardist Russell Ferrante and bassist Jimmy Haslip, the dual cornerstones of the group's 21 previous recordings, were responsible for a sizable chunk of the Yellowjackets' catalogue. Yet despite those shifts, Ferrante and Haslip, along with saxophonist Bob Mintzer (23-year member) and drummer William Kennedy (14-year member, spread out between two different time periods), soldiered on with a professionalism that has resulted in 17 GRAMMY® nominations-with two wins-countless sold-out tours, and worldwide critical acclaim.

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Jazz Composer Vince Mendoza Assembles All-Star Cast For "Nights on Earth" [Exclusive Tracks]

"A composer-arranger at the level of Gil Evans and the similarly eclectic Maria Schneider, Mendoza has delivered a lovely CD, one that's exotic in the best, most worldly sense."

Carlo Wolff, JazzTimes  

Vince Mendoza - Nights on Earth

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After a remarkably productive decade which saw him writing stellar orchestral arrangements for recordings by such popular singers as Bjork, Melody Gardot, Sting and Joni Mitchell (he won two of his six Grammy® Awards and 25 nominations for his contributions to her Both Sides Now in 2000 and Travelogue in 2003), Vince Mendoza has shifted focus back to his own compositions for the first time in 13 years. 

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