Lifecycle (album) explained

Lifecycle
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern
Border:	yes
Released:	May 20, 2008
Studio:	BiCostal Music (Ossining, NY)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Heads Up
Producer:	Yellowjackets
Chronology:	Yellowjackets
Prev Title:	Twenty Five
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Timeline
Next Year:	2011

Lifecycle is the 17th studio album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern, released in 2008. The album reached a peak position of number six on Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.^[1]

Personnel

Yellowjackets

Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, keyboards, percussion
Jimmy Haslip – electric bass, programming (10), sequencing (10)
Marcus Baylor – drums, percussion
Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, EWI

Special Guest

Mike Stern – guitars

Production

Dave Love – executive producer
Yellowjackets – producers
Rich Breen – engineer, mixing, mastering
Daryl Bornstein – assistant engineer
Hal Winer – assistant engineer, technician
Michael Bishop – mastering
Jerry Mitkowski – piano technician
Mike Sciotto – technician
Margi Tobey – video editor
Natalie Singer – product manager
Margi Denton – graphic design
KVON – photography

Management

Megan Ehrlich, Jeff Neben and Gerry Puhara at Axis Artist Management, Inc.
Roy Holland – management for Mike Stern.

Studios

Recorded at BiCostal Music (Ossining, NY).
Mixed and Mastered at Dogmatic Studios (Burbank, CA).

Notes and References

Web site: Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards. Allmusic. August 1, 2011.