Blue Hats

For other uses of "Blue hat", see Blue hat (disambiguation).

Blue Hats is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1997. The album reached a peak position of number nine on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Blue Hats
Studio album by Yellowjackets
Released	February 11, 1997
Studio	Sony Music Studios (Santa Monica, CA)
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:32
Label	Warner
Producer	Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
Dreamland (1995) Blue Hats (1997) Club Nocturne (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cape Town"	Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, William Kennedy	5:37
2.	"With These Hands"	Ferrante, Kennedy	6:56
3.	"Prayer for Peace"	Bob Mintzer	6:48
4.	"Statue of Liberty"	Ferrante	6:12
5.	"Coal Miner Blues"	Ferrante	5:57
6.	"Savanna"	Ferrante, Haslip, Kennedy	7:09
7.	"New Rochelle"	Mintzer	6:07
8.	"Coquimbo"	Ferrante, Haslip, Kennedy	4:31
9.	"Angelina"	Ferrante, Haslip	7:15

Personnel

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, synthesizers
• Jimmy Haslip – 5-string basses, 6-string and 7-string fretless basses
• Will Kennedy – drums
• Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, EWI

Production

• Yellowjackets – producers
• Rich Breen – recording
• Troy Gonzales – recording assistant
• Malcolm Pollack – mixing at O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California)
• Brett Swain – mix assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
• Sally Poppy – project coordinator, management
• Margi Denton – art direction, design
• Caroline Greyshock – photography
• Gary Borman – management

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)[2]	9