{"id":3455,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/yellowjackets-time-squared\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"yellowjackets-time-squared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3455","title":{"rendered":"Yellowjackets – Time Squared"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yellowjackets\"Yellowjackets<\/strong><\/font>
Time Squared<\/strong><\/font>
(Heads Up – 2003)
by Ray Redmond<\/p>\n

<\/font> This has got to be the best Yellowjackets release since their first stint with Warner Brothers, some 15 years ago! Once again Heads Up<\/i> records has breathed life into a fading act by giving them the creative freedom to create what they like, not what they think<\/i> will sell. Yellowjackets — keyboardist Russell Ferrante<\/b>, bassist Jimmy Haslip<\/b>, tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer<\/b> and drummer Marcus Baylor<\/b> have evolved through more than two decades of recording and performing, over a dozen Grammy nominations, and two Grammy Awards. Listen to the strong interaction on the truly jammin’ Sea Folk<\/b> (nice bass runs from Haslip here) or Mintzer’s funky Go Go<\/b> and you can feel the vibe. Healing Waters<\/b> is drummer Marcus Baylor’s elastic but easygoing songwriting debut which features atmospheric vocals by his wife, Jean Baylor. The title track is old-style fusion music, just the way we like it.<\/p>\n

Time Squared addresses personal as well as global challenges. Gabriela Rose<\/b>, written by Ferrante and Jimmy Haslip, is dedicated to Haslip’s daughter, who survived a near fatal illness in 2002. Claire @ 18<\/b> is Ferrante’s reflection on his daughter’s bittersweet transition from childhood to adulthood. And The Village Gait<\/b> commemorates “the exact moment [September 11, 2001] when time was stretched almost beyond our comprehension in New York City.” Time Squared is a new exploration of some of the most creative and unpredictable moments along the jazz continuum, but the results are conveyed in a language that’s universal and well worth a listen. <\/font> <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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