Lifecycle (album)

Lifecycle is the 17th studio album by the American jazz group Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern, released in 2008. The album reached a peak position of number six on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.

Lifecycle
Studio album by Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern
Released	May 20, 2008
Studio	BiCostal Music (Ossining, NY)
Genre	Jazz
Label	Heads Up
Producer	Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets chronology
Twenty Five (2006) Lifecycle (2008) Timeline (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Falken's Maze"	Bob Mintzer	6:25
2.	"Country Living"	Jimmy Haslip	6:25
3.	"Double Nickel"	Mike Stern	6:43
4.	"Dreams Go"	Stern	6:49
5.	"Measure of a Man"	Russell Ferrante	7:34
6.	"Yahoo"	Mintzer	4:53
7.	"I Wonder"	Mintzer	6:01
8.	"3 Circles"	Marcus Baylor, Ferrante, Haslip, Mintzer	7:32
9.	"Claire's Closet"	Ferrante	5:06
10.	"Lazaro"	Haslip, Mintzer	5:15

Personnel

Yellowjackets

• Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano, keyboards, percussion
• Jimmy Haslip – electric bass, programming (10), sequencing (10)
• Marcus Baylor – drums, percussion
• Bob Mintzer – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, EWI

Special Guest

• Mike Stern – guitars

Production

• Dave Love – executive producer
• Yellowjackets – producers
• Rich Breen – engineer, mixing, mastering
• Daryl Bornstein – assistant engineer
• Hal Winer – assistant engineer, technician
• Michael Bishop – mastering
• Jerry Mitkowski – piano technician
• Mike Sciotto – technician
• Margi Tobey – video editor
• Natalie Singer – product manager
• Margi Denton – graphic design
• KVON – photography

Management

• Megan Ehrlich, Jeff Neben and Gerry Puhara at Axis Artist Management, Inc.
• Roy Holland – management for Mike Stern.

Studios

• Recorded at BiCostal Music (Ossining, NY).
• Mixed and Mastered at Dogmatic Studios (Burbank, CA).

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Billboard Top Jazz Albums	6