Name: Live Wires
Brand: GRP (USA)
SKU: 15783
Price: 38.11 SGD
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Live Wires

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The Yellowjackets include: Bob Mintzer (saxophone); Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Jimmy Haslip (bass); William Kennedy (drums).
Additional personnel includes: Michael Franks, Brenda Russell, Marilyn Scott, Take 6 (vocals).
Personnel: Michael Franks, Take 6 (vocals); Bob Mintzer (clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, synthesizer, EWI); Russell Ferrante (keyboards); Steve Croes (synthesizer, Synclavier); William Kennedy (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Marilyn Scott, Brenda Russell (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Mick Guzauski.
Recording information: Roxy, Los Angeles, CA (11/15/1991/11/16/1991).
Illustrator: Lou Beach.
Photographer: Penny Crichton.
Arranger: Vince Mendoza.
This live set by the Yellowjackets (taped at the Roxy in Hollywood) has plenty of solo space for Bob Mintzer (on tenor, soprano, bass clarinet and EWI) and keyboardist Russell Ferrante (who takes a particularly colorful spot on "Homecoming") along with fine backup work by bassist Jimmy Haslip, drummer William Kennedy and percussionist Paulinho Da Costa. Although the back cover of the CD says "Featuring: Michael Franks, Take 6, Brenda Russell & Marilyn Scott," fortunately Franks, Russell and Scott are only heard on one harmless selection ("The Dream" ) while Take 6 just pops by for the closer "The Revelation." The strength of the improvisations and of Ferrante's Joe Zawinul-like originals make this one of the Yellowjackets' stronger efforts. ~ Scott Yanow