Blue Hats

Blue Hats
Studio album by Yellowjackets
Released	February 11, 1997
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:32
Label	Warner
Producer	Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
Dreamland (1995) Blue Hats (1997) Priceless Jazz (1998)

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Blue Hats is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1997. The album reached a peak position of number nine on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cape Town"	Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, William Kennedy	5:37
2.	"With These Hands"	Ferrante, Kennedy	6:56
3.	"Prayer for Peace"	Bob Mintzer	6:48
4.	"Statue of Liberty"	Ferrante	6:12
5.	"Coal Miner Blues"	Ferrante	5:57
6.	"Savanna"	Ferrante, Haslip, Kennedy	7:09
7.	"New Rochelle"	Mintzer	6:07
8.	"Coquimbo"	Ferrante, Haslip, Kennedy	4:31
9.	"Angelina"	Ferrante, Haslip	7:15

Personnel

• Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, synthesizers
• Jimmy Haslip – 6-string bass, fretless bass
• Will Kennedy – drums
• Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, EWI

Production

• Yellowjackets – producers
• Rich Breen – engineer
• Malcolm Pollack – engineer, mixing
• Brett Swain – mix assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Sally G. Poppy – production coordinator
• Margi Denton – art direction, design
• Caroline Greyshock – photography

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	9