Politics (Yellowjackets album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Politics
| type = studio
| artist = Yellowjackets
| cover = Yellowjackets_Politics.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
- Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California)
- The Complex (Los Angeles, California)
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=49|s=20}}
| label = GRP
| producer =
| prev_title = Four Corners
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = The Spin
| next_year = 1989
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r150588 |tab=review |label=Yellowjackets: Politics > Review |first=Dave |last=Connolly |accessdate=December 1, 2011}}
}}
Politics (1988) is the sixth studio album from the jazz group Yellowjackets. The album was awarded "Best Jazz Fusion Performance" at the 1989 Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1988&genre=16 |title=Past Winners Search | publisher=GRAMMY.com |accessdate=December 1, 2011}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Oz
| writer1 = Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Marc Russo, Will Kennedy
| length1 = 4:44
| title2 = Tortoise & the Hare
| writer2 = Ferrante, Haslip, Russo
| length2 = 5:32
| title3 = Local Hero
| writer3 = Russo, Ferrante, Haslip
| length3 = 4:38
| title4 = Galileo
| note4 = for Jaco
| writer4 = Haslip
| length4 = 5:05
| title5 = Foreign Correspondent
| writer5 = Ferrante, Haslip, Russo, Kennedy
| length5 = 5:43
| title6 = Downtown
| writer6 = Ferrante
| length6 = 4:02
| title7 = Helix
| writer7 = Ferrante, Kennedy
| length7 = 4:57
| title8 = Avance
| writer8 = Ferrante
| length8 = 5:17
| title9 = One Voice
| writer9 = Ferrante
| length9 = 3:58
| title10 = Evening Dance
| writer10 = Ferrante
| length10 = 5:10
}}
Personnel
Yellowjackets
- Russell Ferrante – keyboards
- Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass
- Will Kennedy – drums
- Marc Russo – saxophones
Guest Musicians
- Steve Croes – Synclavier
- Alex Acuña – percussion
Production
- Ricky Schultz – executive producer
- Yellowjackets – producers
- David Hentschel – producer, recording, mixing
- Bart Stevens – assistant engineer
- Sharon Rice – mix assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
- Jeff Lancaster (L-Shape Ltd.) – art director
- Lou Beach – illustration
- Aaron Rapoport – photography
- Gary Borman – artist management