Samurai Samba

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Samurai Samba
Samurai Samba Yellowjackets Album Cover.png
Studio album by
Released1985
Studio Larrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Mad Hatter Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Jazz
Length39:12
Label Warner
Producer Tommy LiPuma, Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
Mirage a Trois
(1983)
Samurai Samba
(1985)
Shades
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Samurai Samba is the third album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1985. The album reached a peak position of number 179 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on Billboard 's Jazz Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Homecoming" Russell Ferrante 5:13
2."Deat Beat"Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Ricky Lawson, Marc Russo5:25
3."Daddy's Gonna Miss You"Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson, Russo4:33
4."Sylvania"Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson4:14
5."Silverlake"Ferrante5:45
6."Lonely Weekend"Ferrante, Joseph Curiale, Lawson, Caldwell4:20
7."Los Mambos"Ferrante, Russo, Paulinho da Costa 4:24
8."Samurai Samba"Ferrante5:18

Personnel

Yellowjackets

Additional musicians

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Billboard 200 [2] 179
Billboard Jazz Albums [2] 10

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References

  1. Yellowjackets: Samurai Samba > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved August 1, 2011.