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.

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

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)	9