Run for Your Life | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded |
O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA) The Complex (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 53:22 | |||
Label | GRP [1] | |||
Producer | Yellowjackets [2] | |||
Yellowjackets chronology | ||||
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Run for Your Life is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1994. [3] [4] The album reached a peak position of number eight on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [5] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category. [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Charlotte Observer | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Globe and Mail opined that "only tenor saxophonist Bon Mintzer's 'The Red Sea' is particularly memorable." [10] The Charlotte Observer called Run for Your Life "the best jazz album of the year," writing that it "is a collection of nine simply superior jazz cuts, each showing off the band's precision and ability." [8]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jacket Town" | Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy | 5:25 |
2. | "Even Song" | Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Kennedy | 6:33 |
3. | "Runferyerlife" | Bob Mintzer | 4:22 |
4. | "The Red Sea" | Mintzer | 5:45 |
5. | "Muhammed" | Ferrante, Haslip | 6:47 |
6. | "City of Lights" | Ferrante | 6:56 |
7. | "Sage" | Mintzer | 5:04 |
8. | "Ancestors" | Mintzer | 5:01 |
9. | "Wisdom" | Ferrante, Haslip | 7:29 |
Yellowjackets
Additional musicians
Studios
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums ( Billboard) [5] | 8 |
Run for Your Life | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded |
O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, CA) The Complex (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 53:22 | |||
Label | GRP [1] | |||
Producer | Yellowjackets [2] | |||
Yellowjackets chronology | ||||
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Run for Your Life is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1994. [3] [4] The album reached a peak position of number eight on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [5] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category. [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Charlotte Observer | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Globe and Mail opined that "only tenor saxophonist Bon Mintzer's 'The Red Sea' is particularly memorable." [10] The Charlotte Observer called Run for Your Life "the best jazz album of the year," writing that it "is a collection of nine simply superior jazz cuts, each showing off the band's precision and ability." [8]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jacket Town" | Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy | 5:25 |
2. | "Even Song" | Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Kennedy | 6:33 |
3. | "Runferyerlife" | Bob Mintzer | 4:22 |
4. | "The Red Sea" | Mintzer | 5:45 |
5. | "Muhammed" | Ferrante, Haslip | 6:47 |
6. | "City of Lights" | Ferrante | 6:56 |
7. | "Sage" | Mintzer | 5:04 |
8. | "Ancestors" | Mintzer | 5:01 |
9. | "Wisdom" | Ferrante, Haslip | 7:29 |
Yellowjackets
Additional musicians
Studios
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums ( Billboard) [5] | 8 |