- jazz
- 44 min
- 8 tracks
- MCA Records
Shades (1986) is the fourth studio album from the jazz group Yellowjackets. The album's first track, "And You Know That", won the "Best R&B Instrumental" Grammy Award. The album debuted on the Billboard Top Jazz Album chart on 5 July 1986 and would spend 32 weeks on the chart, eventually peaking at #4. It was the last to feature drummer Ricky Lawson.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1And You Know That5:35
- 2New Shoes5:17
- 3One Family5:39
- 4Revelation5:13
- 5Oasis5:28
- 6Regular Folks5:03
- 7Black Tie5:45
- 8Sonja's Sanfona6:29
8 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Yellowjackets
- Label
- MCA Records
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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