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Politics (1988) is the sixth studio album from the jazz group Yellowjackets, and their third for the MCA label. The album was awarded "Best Jazz Fusion Performance" at the 1989 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

"Oz" (Ferrante, Haslip, Russo, Kennedy) – 4:44
"Tortoise & The Hare" (Ferrante, Haslip, Russo) – 5:32
"Local Hero" (Russo, Ferrante, Haslip) – 4:38
"Galileo (for Jaco)" (Haslip) – 5:05
"Foreign Correspondent" (Ferrante, Haslip, Russo, Kennedy) – 5:43
"Downtown" (Ferrante) – 4:02
"Helix" (Ferrante, Kennedy) – 4:57
"Avancé" (Ferrante) – 5:17
"One Voice" (Ferrante) – 3:58
"Evening Dance" (Ferrante) – 5:10

Personnel

Yellowjackets:

Russell Ferrante, all keyboards
Jimmy Haslip, 5-string bass
Marc Russo, saxophones
William Kennedy, drums

Guest Musicians:

Alex Acuna, percussion
Steve Croes, synclavier

Production

Yellowjackets, producers
David Hentschel, producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer
Ricky Schultz, executive producer
Bart Stevens, assistant recording engineer
Sharon Rice, assistant mixing engineer
Stephen Marcussen, mastering engineer
Gary Borman, artist management
Jeff Lancaster, art director
Lou Beach, illustration
Aaron Rappaport, photography

Recorded at: Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA, USA
Mixed at: The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mastered at: Precision Lacquer, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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-'''''Politics''''' (1988) is the sixth studio album from the jazz group [[Yellowjackets]], and their third for the [[MCA]] label. The album was awarded "Best Contemporary Jazz Recording" at the 1989 [[GRAMMY Awards]].
+'''''Politics''''' (1988) is the sixth studio album from the jazz group [[Yellowjackets]], and their third for the [[MCA]] label. The album was awarded "Best Jazz Fusion Performance" at the [[Grammy Awards of 1989|1989]] [[Grammy Awards]].
 ==Track listing==