Greenhouse (Yellowjackets album)

Greenhouse
Studio album by Yellowjackets
Released	February 19, 1991
Studio	Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length	60:08
Label	GRP
Producer	Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
The Spin (1989) Greenhouse (1991) Live Wires (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Greenhouse is the eighth studio album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1991. In this album, the group was a trio. Bob Mintzer, who became an official member on the next album, was credited as a guest artist. The album reached a peak position of number one on Billboard 's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Freedomland"	Russell Ferrante	6:09
2.	"Greenhouse"	Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip	9:00
3.	"Seven Stars"	Ferrante, Haslip, William Kennedy	7:33
4.	"Indian Summer"	Ferrante	5:33
5.	"Spirits"	Bob Mintzer	6:00
6.	"Brown Zone"	Steve Khan	4:50
7.	"Liam/Rain Dance"	Haslip, Steve Croes, Ferrante	6:34
8.	"Invisible People"	Ferrante, Haslip, Kennedy	5:45
9.	"Freda"	Kenny Baker	5:24
10.	"Peace"	Bill Gable	3:20

Personnel

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, synthesizers
• Jimmy Haslip – bass
• Will Kennedy – drums

Guest musicians

• Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, alto flute, EWI
• Steve Croes – Synclavier (digital music workstation)
• Alex Acuña – percussion
• Judd Miller – EWI programming (9)
• Stuart Canin – violin solo (9)
• Bill Gable – vocals (8)

Orchestra (tracks 2, 4 & 9)

• Vince Mendoza – arrangements and conductor
• Sandy de Crescent – contractor
• Michael O'Donovan – bassoon
• Gary Gray and James Kanter – clarinet
• James Walker – flute
• John Cooke, Dane Little, Judith Perett and David Speltz – cello
• Timothy Barr and Arni Egglison – double bass
• Brian Dembow, Pamela Goldsmith, Dan Neufeld and Mihail Zinovyev – viola
• Arnold Belnick, Stuart Canin, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, Bill Hybel, Karen Jones, Kathleen Lenski, Irma Neuman, Anatoly Rosinsky, Sheldon Sanov, Polly Sweeney and Dorothy Wade – violin

Production

• Yellowjackets – producers
• Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer, mixing
• Ken Allardyce – assistant engineer
• Joseph Doughney – post-production
• Michael Landy – post-production
• The Review Room (New York City, New York) – post-production location
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
• Michelle Lewis – production coordinator
• Andy Baltimore – creative director
• David Gibb – graphic design
• Scott Johnson – graphic design
• Sonny Mediana – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Wilfredo Lam – cover artwork
• Jimmy Haslip – back cover photography
• Will Kennedy – back cover photography
• Gary Borden – management

References

1. Connolly, Dave. Yellowjackets: Greenhouse > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
2. "Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved August 1, 2011.