Club Nocturne is the 13th studio album (14th overall) from the jazz group Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz quartet.-History:The original group, called The Robben Ford Group, was formed in 1977, and consisted of Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Lawson, all top-notch L.A. session musicians...

, and their sixth and final release for the Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 label. The album was nominated for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" Grammy Award.

The album, originally conceived as an all vocal jazz album, contains four tracks with vocals (five tracks for Japan release), featuring vocalists Kurt Elling

Kurt Elling

Kurt Elling is an American jazz vocalist, composer, lyricist and vocalese performer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling first became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church...

, Brenda Russell

Brenda Russell

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, and Jonathan Butler

Jonathan Butler

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. It is also the final album recorded during drummer William Kennedy's original tenure.

The track "Spirit of the West" remains a staple in the Yellowjackets' live set.

Track listing

1. "Spirit of the West" (Ferrante) – 5:07
2. "Stick_to_it_ive_ness" (Ferrante) – 5:32
3. "Up From New Orleans" (Mintzer) – 5:34
4. "The Evening News" (Ferrante, Kennedy, Mintzer) – 4:16
5. "Even The Pain" (Page) – 5:24
6. "Love and Paris Rain" (Ferrante, Kennedy, Brenda Russell) – 5:06
7. "The Village Church" (Ferrante) – 4:50
8. "Twilight for Nancy" (Ferrante, Haslip) – 5:25
9. "Automat" (Ferrante, Haslip) – 6:58
10. "All is Quiet" (Mintzer, Kurt Elling) - 5:45

(Bonus track "Living Inside Myself" on Japanese release only - written by and featuring Gino Vannelli

Gino Vannelli

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Personnel

Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz quartet.-History:The original group, called The Robben Ford Group, was formed in 1977, and consisted of Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Lawson, all top-notch L.A. session musicians...

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• Russell Ferrante
  Russell Ferrante
  Russell Keith Ferrante is a jazz pianist from San Jose, California who is a founding member of the group Yellowjackets. During his early career, Ferrante performed with American blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon and guitarist Robben Ford. He also toured with Joni Mitchell. The group Yellowjackets...
  
  , keyboards
• Jimmy Haslip
  Jimmy Haslip
  Jimmy Haslip is an American electric bass player and record producer best known as a founding and current member of the pioneering fusion group Yellowjackets...
  
  , bass
• William Kennedy
  William Kennedy
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  , drums
• Bob Mintzer
  Bob Mintzer
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  , tenor and soprano saxophone

Guest Musicians:

• Jonathan Butler, vocals (5), background vocals (5)
• Kurt Elling, vocals (3, 10)
• James Harrah, guitar (6)
• Munyungo Jackson, percussion (5)
• Richard Page, background vocals (5)
• Brenda Russell, vocals (6)

Production

• Yellowjackets
  Yellowjackets
  Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz quartet.-History:The original group, called The Robben Ford Group, was formed in 1977, and consisted of Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Lawson, all top-notch L.A. session musicians...
  
  , producers
• Rich Breen, recording engineer, mixing engineer
• Doug Sax, mastering engineer
• Troy Gonzalez, assistant engineer
• Steve Harrison, assistant engineer
• Jason Mauza, assistant engineer
• David Nottingham, assistant engineer
• Doug Boehm, assistant engineer
• Curt Kroeger, assistant engineer
• Jeff Robinette, assistant engineer
• Margi Denton (Denton Design Associates), art direction and design
• Hillary Sunenshine (Denton Design Associates), art direction and design
• Marina Chavez, photography
• Sally G. Poppe, production coordinator
• Gary Borman, artist management

• Recorded at: One on One Studios, North Hollywood, CA, USA; Royaltone Studios, Burbank, CA, USA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA
• Mixed at: The Village, West Los Angeles, CA, USA; Sony Studios, Santa Monica, CA, USA
• Mastered at: The Mastering Lab, CA, USA