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Samurai Samba is the third album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1985. The album reached a peak position of number 179 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[2]

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Samurai Samba
Studio album by Yellowjackets
Released	1985
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:12
Label	Warner
Producer	Tommy LiPuma, Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
Mirage a Trois (1983) Samurai Samba (1985) Shades (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante – keyboards
• Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass
• Ricky Lawson – acoustic drums, Simmons drums
• Marc Russo – alto saxophone

Additional musicians

• Rory Kaplan – Fairlight CMI programming
• Michael Landau – guitar
• Carlos Rios – guitar
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion, vocals, lead vocals (7, listed as Paulo da Costa Jr.)
• Marilyn Scott – vocals
• Carl Caldwell – vocals
• Bobby Caldwell – lead vocals (6)

Production

• Yellowjackets – producers
• Tommy LiPuma – producer
• Erik Zobler – engineer, mixing
• Terry Christian – second engineer
• Toni Greene – second engineer
• Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer
• Peggy McCreary – second engineer
• Casey McMackin – second engineer
• Steve Shelton – second engineer
• Gary Wagner – second engineer
• Simon Levy – art direction, design
• Lou Beach – cover artwork
• Jeff Katz – photography

Studios

• Recorded at Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Sunset Sound and Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, CA); Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mixed at Sunset Sound

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Billboard 200[2]	179
Billboard Jazz Albums[2]	10

References

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