Yellowjackets Live at Java Jazz Festival 2016

Will Kennedy just killing it! One of funkiest and soulful drummers in the business. What an excellent concert- thanks for posting!

0:00 Spirit of the West 8:47 Inevitable Outcome 17:10 Tenacity 24:54 Geraldine 33:40 Even Song 43:02 Claire's Song 51:30 Why is it?

I'm amazed by the quality of this live recording. Yellowjackets are always Yellowjackets. I love them!

Love the YellowJackets.... Quite naturally being a drummer. Will Kennedy is my man.

I think the kid on the bass can grove and solo fine, but Jimmy's tone on the bass was something out of this earth. Great band , love them still, but Jimmy's tone on the bass and compositional chops will be forever missed. Im glad he is still growing as a musician and producer. His solo albums are great too, awesome latin jazz fusion.

Bob Mintzer is flawless as usual...a true Sax players Sax man....he is in my mind the ultimate sax player and jazz writer....just a beast of a musician. Bob Mintzer truly rules!

Greatest quartet on the planet. Will Kennedy is beyond spectacular, what a drummer.

There needs to be a rule all musicians names are listed

William Kennedy: Drums (Pearl drums Zildjian Cymbals, REMO Heads & ProMark Sticks) Dane Anderson: bassist Bob Mintzer: saxophonist Russell Ferrante: piano and synths.

These guys are just as tight as they were when I first saw them in Montreux back in 1981. Their musicianship is extraordinary. Keep on keepin' on guys. Brilliant.

Huge Yellowjacket fan for 20 yrs. Its a shame that there wasn't more people in attendance that night. Great performance.

Saw them in 2019, and it was a dream come true. I was in a state of awe throughout. I've always loved Will's playing and the way he's able to meld with the the other players in a way that is so musical, you almost stop thinking in terms of 'drummer', 'bassist', 'pianist' and start hearing a unified sound. He's so unique. He's a genius, in my opinion.

phenomenal Band in every respect... Claires Song.. always wow when I hear that!

Always enjoy watching Kennedy drum He does so much by using so little. Very clever drummer.

Inevitable Outcome is one of the two best tunes The Yellowjackets have ever composed, among the tens of fine compositions they have made along their four decades of wonderful music. In my opinion, this one and The Red Sea represent their trademark.

One of the best things my big brother brought home from his freshman year of college was a copy of four corners. Years later I was waiting around for one of my friends gigs to start. I hear him yell my name and I look over and my friend's pointing to a bass player playing Haslip's part from Out of Town. Needless to say this band's been part of my life for most of my life

All Brilliant Musicians 👌🏿 The Sound Engineer ✅🔥 Dane Adelson's Bass playing 👌🏿 Will Kennedy 👌🏿🔥🔥 Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

Will is so good, I love the way he sets points !

I have always "loved" Jimmy Haslip, he is my bass Hero since my youth with "Yellowjackets, Mirage a Trois, Samurai Samba aso ", which means i´m not young anymore ;-) And i really like the new man in the band Dane A., he is a marvelous bassman as well. What I do not like is the idea about comparing two musicians like they were two blue cars. Let them be what they are, as well as we- individuals with talent and creativity and different ways to express it. I will see them here in Denmark the 1´November 2019, and I look so much forward to it ;-)

I'd never heard of BM or the YellowJackets until my sax tutor suggested I buy his etudes. Wow. I'm hooked. He's one of the best.