Yellowjackets

Name: Yellowjackets
Start: 2027-05-19T19:45:00+02:00
End: 2027-05-19T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Luxor Live

Wed, 19 May 2027 · 19:45 — 23:00

Luxor Live, Arnhem

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The American jazz fusion band Yellowjackets is now in their fifth decade, showing no signs of slowing down. Their 27th album, Fasten Up, points in the opposite direction.

With original keyboardist Russell on board, the band returns to Luxor Live in Arnhem.

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About: Yellowjackets

For over four decades this Los Angeles band has woven jazz, funk and soul into a sound that holds up both critically and commercially. Their 27th studio album Fasten Up (2025) shows that the creative drive of Russell Ferrante, Bob Mintzer, Will Kennedy and Dane Alderson is far from spent.

101.7K

monthly listeners on Spotify

Grammy nominations (2 won)

studio albums released

highest position on Billboard Top Jazz Albums (Timeline, 2011)

What's new

2026-03
Yellowjackets performed as headliner at the 28th Twin Cities Jazz Festival in Saint Paul, Minnesota (June 19-20, 2026).
2026-01
Fasten Up was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album at the 2026 ceremony.
2025-07
The band performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam.

Tour

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Tracks

Fasten Uptitle track of the 27th studio album (2025)

The Lionsingle from Fasten Up (2025), featuring Raul Midón

PoliticsGrammy winner Best Jazz Fusion Performance (1989)

And You Know ThatGrammy winner Best R&B Instrumental (1987), from the album Shades

Claire's Songone of the band's most famous compositions, considered characteristic of their sound

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