Four Corners (album) explained

Four Corners
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yellowjackets
Cover:	Four Corners (album).jpg
Released:	February 25, 1987
Studio:	Schnee Studios Music Grinder Studios Producers Studio (all in Hollywood, CA)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	MCA
Producer:	Yellowjackets, David Hentschel
Prev Title:	Shades
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Politics
Next Year:	1988

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 Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.^[1] This was the first Yellowjackets album to feature Will Kennedy on drums.

Personnel

Yellowjackets

Russell Ferrante – pianos, 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

Yellowjackets – producers
David Hentschel – producer, recording, mixing
Ricky Schultz – executive producer
Dan Garcia – second engineer
Andy Harper – second engineer
Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer
Sharon Rice – second engineer
Bart Stevens – second engineer
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Kathleen Covert – art direction
John Coulter – design
Lou Beach – front and back cover illustrations
Bonnie Schiffman – photography
Gary Borman (Kragen & Company) – management

Studios

Recorded at Schnee Studios, Music Grinder Studios and Producers Studio (Hollywood, CA).
Mixed at The Complex (Los Angeles, CA).
Mastered at Precision Lacquer (Los Angeles, CA).

Notes and References

Web site: Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards. Allmusic. August 1, 2011. December 19, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111219124307/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yellowjackets-p7862/charts-awards. live.