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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0053361313920 Label: Heads Up Records Manufacturer: Heads Up Records MPN: 3139 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Heads Up Records Release Date: May 20, 2008 Studio: Heads Up Records Editorial Review: Album Description: "Lifecycle" is, in some respects, two albums in one. Seven of the ten tracks are quintet pieces featuring guitarist Mike Stern and the Jackets, while the remaining three are quartet pieces that showcase the individual and collective talents of the current Yellowjackets lineup: keyboardist Russell Ferrante, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Marcus Baylor. Whatever the combinations and permutations, it's all good. Mintzer contributes three tracks: the energetic opener, "Falken's Maze," the rhythmically complex "Yahoo," and the easygoing "I Wonder." Album Description: SACD. When a formidable jazz quartet like the Yellowjackets convenes in the studio with a high-energy guitar virtuoso like Mike Stern, the resulting reaction will be a singular event - one that's likely to create something entirely new on the jazz landscape. This phenomenon is captured on Lifecycle , the 2008 collaborative recording by the Jackets and Stern. The first Yellowjackets recording in 15 years to feature a guitar player, Lifecycle illustrates the kind of energy and creative brilliance that results when five talented players pool their individual talents as songwriters and musicians and merge into an entity that's far greater than the sum of its parts. 10 tracks. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Jazz!The jackets keep getting better and better. The addition of Mike Stern is a huge asset. Bob's playing and writing is superb. Buy this! Rating:  - Oil and WaterPlease don't misunderstand; I have been into the Yellowjackets' music since their beginning, and I have most of Mike Stern's CDs, as well. Separately they are great! However, when these two "different" sensibilities get together here, it becomes "Mike Stern, with the Yellowjackets Accompanying". Mike Stern's amplified fuzzy guitar sound, to me, just does not mesh well with the acoustic leanings of the Yellowjackets. When the 'Jackets play without Stern, things seem to return to normal. I feel ... Read More Rating: - Well...These dudes are my favourite jazz-fusion band ever. They (and the Pat Metheny Group) provided the soundtrack to my life right through the 90s. I cannot think of a significant time during that decade, whether they were good times or not so good times, when there wasn't some Yellowjackets tune or the other playing in the background or in my head. But that was then and this is now. On paper, this new album sounds incredibly exciting. The band team up with Mike Stern, one of the most exciting ... Read More Rating: - More Reliable 'Jackets - Plus GuitarThe boys are back again with their signature sound with this most recent release of old reliable arrangements. But this time, they add the silky guitar stylings of Mike Stern. His sound fits very well with the 'Jackets style, IMHO. In particular, Track #2, "Country Living" features a silky guitar solo over an already greasy, funk-nasty groove (the words that came to my mind as I listened) laid down by Jimmy Haslip (bass)and Marcus Baylor (drums). Speaking of Mr. Baylor, I think it can be finally said ... Read More Rating:  - Awful CDYellow Jackets 2008 releases is awful. Passed Cds had awesome arrangements, awesome song tracks.There 2007 Cd was much much better & the ones before that were much much better as well. Id pass this CD up & not buy it. |
