Live Wires (album)

Live Wires
Live album by Yellowjackets
Released	March 17, 1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Jazz
Label	GRP
Producer	Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
Greenhouse (1991)Greenhouse1991 Live Wires (1992) Like a River (1993)Like a River1993

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Live Wires is the first live album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1992. The album was recorded live at Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California.The album reached a peak position of number two on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Homecoming"	Russell Ferrante	5:35
2.	"Bright Lights"	Bob Mintzer	6:53
3.	"The Dream"	Michael Franks, Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Marc Russo	5:08
4.	"Freedomland"	Ferrante	6:26
5.	"Downtown"	Ferrante	4:51
6.	"Claire's Song"	Ferrante	7:41
7.	"Geraldine"	Ferrante	7:21
8.	"The Spin"	Ferrante, Haslip, Russo, William Kennedy	9:47
9.	"Wildlife"	Ferrante, Haslip, Acuña	9:26
10.	"Revelation"	Loraine Perry, Ferrante	6:24

Personnel

• Russell Ferrante - keyboards
• Jimmy Haslip - bass
• William Kennedy - drums
• Bob Mintzer - saxophone, bass clarinet and EWI
• Michael Franks - lead vocal (on track 3)
• Take 6 - vocals (on track 10)
• Brenda Russell - background vocals (on track 3)
• Marilyn Scott - background vocals (on track 3)
• Paulinho da Costa - percussion
• Steve Croes - Synclavier
• Vince Mendoza - string arrangement (on track 7)

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	2