Yellowjackets
Revived and recharged, the jazz fusion quartet return to the label on which they first gained attention more than a decade ago. With their 12th album, the Yellowjackets have once again put luster in their melodies and bite in their backbeat. On songs like the clarion "The Chosen" and the frisky "A Walk in the Park," pensive, expansive instrumental themes coalesce startlingly into tight, funky choruses. Jazz fusion is an exciting musical hybrid when it's artfully executed, combining the melodic complexity of jazz with the rhythmic pulse and penetrating riffs of pop. When they are on top of their game, as here, the Yellowjackets juggle that genre more adroitly than anyone. (Warner Bros.)
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