Run for Your Life is an album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1994. The album reached a peak position of number eight on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category.
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Critical reception
The Globe and Mail opined that "only tenor saxophonist Bon Mintzer's 'The Red Sea' is particularly memorable." The Charlotte Observer called Run for Your Life "the best jazz album of the year," writing that it "is a collection of nine simply superior jazz cuts, each showing off the band's precision and ability."
Personnel
Yellowjackets
Russell Ferrante – keyboards
Jimmy Haslip – bass, vocals
Will Kennedy – drums
Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, EWI
Additional musicians
Steve Croes – Synclavier
Judd Miller – synthesizer programming
Robben Ford – guitars
Production
Yellowjackets – producers
Mick Guzauski – engineer
James Farber – engineer, mixing
Richard Landers – assistant engineer
Gil Morales – assistant engineer
Chad Blinman – mix assistant
Joseph Doughney – post-production
Michael Landy – post-production
The Review Room (New York City, New York) – post-production location
Kevin Gray – mastering at Location Recording Service (Burbank, California)
Michael Pollard – GRP production coordinator
Diane Dragonette – GRP production coordination assistant
Sonny Mediana – GRP production director
Sharon Franklin – GRP production direction assistant
Andy Baltimore – GRP creative director
Margi Denton – design
Tim Lewis – illustration
Philip Avery Noble – photography
Gary Borman – management
Sally G. Poppe – management