Four Corners (album)

Four Corners
Studio album by Yellowjackets
Released	February 25, 1987
Studio	Schnee (North Hollywood, California) Music Grinder Studios and Producers Studio (Hollywood, CA) The Complex (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:03
Label	MCA
Producer	Yellowjackets David Hentschel
Yellowjackets chronology
Shades (1986) Four Corners (1987) Politics (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Four Corners is the fifth studio album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1987. The album reached a peak position of number three on Billboard 's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. ^[2] This was the first Yellowjackets album to feature Will Kennedy on drums.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Out of Town"	Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip	5:02
2.	"Wildlife"	Ferrante, Haslip, Alex Acuña	6:03
3.	"Sightseeing"	Ferrante, Haslip	5:52
4.	"Open Road"	Ferrante	3:37
5.	"Mile High"	Ferrante, Haslip, Marc Russo, Will Kennedy, Bill Gable	4:12
6.	"Past Ports"	Ferrante	5:29
7.	"Postcards"	Ferrante, Haslip	5:28
8.	"Room with a View"	Ferrante	4:28
9.	"Geneva"	Haslip	2:24
10.	"Indigo"	Ferrante, Haslip, Russo, Kennedy	5:28

Personnel

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, all synthesizers
• Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass, fretless bass, vocals (2)
• Will Kennedy – drums, percussion
• Marc Russo – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

Additional musicians

• Gary Barlough – Synclavier programming
• Alex Acuña – percussion, vocals (2)
• Bill Gable – cello (2), additional percussion (2), vocals (3)
• Brenda Russell – vocals (2)
• Diana Acuña – vocals (2)

Production

• Ricky Schultz – executive producer
• Yellowjackets – producers
• David Hentschel – producer, recording, mixing
• Dan Garcia – second engineer
• Andy Harper – second engineer
• Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer
• Sharon Rice – second engineer
• Bart Stevens – second engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
• Kathleen Covert – art direction
• John Coulter – design
• Lou Beach – front and back cover illustrations
• Bonnie Schiffman – photography

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [2]	3

References

1. Connolly, Dave. Yellowjackets: Four Corners > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
2. "Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Archived from the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.