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Jimmy Haslip
“The Hornet”
Yellowjackets
1981 — Yellowjackets (Debut)  
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Yellowjackets
Russell Ferrante (keyboards)
Robben Ford (guitars)
Jimmy Haslip (bass)
Ricky Lawson (drums)
Jimmy Haslip (Bass Guitar)
Mile High Stadium (Denver) w/ Tommy Bolin
Yellowjaclkets at the Montreux  Jazz Festival (1981)
Jing Chi (Fusion Power Trio)
Robben Ford (Guitar)
Jimmy Haslip (Bass)
Vinny Colaiuta (Drums)

“Apollo”
Jing Chi
2017 — Supremo
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JIMMY HASLIP DISCUSSES HIS LIFE AS A MUSICIAN
It could be said that Jimmy Haslip’s musical career started when he was five years old and watched a Salsa band setting up for a backyard, family wedding. Jimmy was in the Bronx, New York, and with both his mother and father being born in Puerto Rican, the Haslip home was steeped in Latin culture and sound. [RAY BARETTO]

Always staying musically true to his ancestral roots, Jimmy’s mind was open to all he heard around him. And living in New York City, he was introduced to everything, and in a career that’s going on fifty years, he’s played it “all,” and used every influence in writing and creating his own sound.

Listen to Jimmy describe his first concert being Billy Joel (The Hassles) on Long Island; playing popular Rhythm & Blues and Rock, in his first band, at high-school parties; and seeing Jimi Hendrix five times, including the legendary performances at Woodstock and the Fillmore East.

This before moving to Los Angeles in 1973, where he met Tommy Bolin just after Deep Purple and Robben Ford with whom he partnered to found the Yellojackets. Jimmy still lives in Los Angeles, the city where he evolved into the Jimmy Haslip so many Jazz lovers know today.

An interview with Jimmy (2007), while on a tour supporting Blues For Tony, a record paying tribute to Tony Williams, the drummer often credited as the first to play the Electric Jazz/Jazz Rock music that became known as “Fusion.” Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua, Chad Wackerman, and Jimmy made LIVE AT YOSHI’S.

Here, in a conversation with a Jazz writer in Paris, France, Jimmy, as usual, tells his story in a relaxed, informational, and entertaining way.

“Revelations”
Yellowjackets
1986 — Shades  
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“Blacktop”
Yellowjackets
1995 — Dreamland
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With Tommy Bolin and Norma Jean Bell in the last carnation of the Tommy Bolin Band.

TOMMY BOLIN WILL NOT APPEAR TONIGHT

 

Red Sun
Jimmy Haslip w/ Joe Vanelli
2000 — Red Heat
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Greenhouse
Yellowjackets 
2003 — 25 Live
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Blues MD
Jing Chi 
2003 — Live at Yoshi’s
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On Green Pepper Street
Jing Chi
2017 — Supremo
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“You See Red, I See You.”
Renegade Creation
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“Zig Zag”
Oz Noy
w/ Jimmy Haslip, Dennis Chambers
2023 — Triple Play
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“Chocolate Souffle”
Oz Noy
w/ Jimmy Haslip, Dennis Chambers
2023 — Triple Play
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SOUL MINE — First band, a high school group that played soul music (Motown) at parties and school dances (1968).

STREET PUNK — New York glam band Street Punk in the early 1970s, gaining road experience before relocating to Los Angeles.

TOMMY BOLIN —

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YELLOWJACKETS — In 1978, Jimmy and keyboardist Russell Ferrante joined guitarist Robben Ford to record Ford’s first solo album, The Inside Story. It turned out to be a landmark for all three, in that it led to the formation of Yellowjackets, who recorded their self-titled debut in 1980.