Yellowjackets - Tortoise & The Hare

Second theme from Politics album (1988).

[@jamesdenney9653]

I had this on cassette back when it was released. Took it with me on a business trip to San Francisco in early spring. My boss had an apartment out there and a T-top TransAm in a garage. Lent me the keys to both. HAD to go for a drive down the coast with the top off and this album playing. Left me some magical memories.

[@baaqar1]

This song is so bad ass. I fell in love with song the first time i heard this...never get's old.

[@PlanetBlake]

Always puts me is a good mood

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

One of the most iconic Yellowjackets songs ever

[@thiagoorsetti1977]

I've played this music on my wedding day, in the moment when I made my entrance on church, I'm really love this song.

[@SteepRZ]

What a fantastic moment!

[@bikocyko]

hahaha yess such an epic build up, the whole thing

[@seehearthink]

why is this album NOT on Spotify ?!?!

[@facelen4321]

it is nowhere very odd... there is a live version of this song on Spotify. It is great

[@randymoreau3853]

I just searched up & down for tortoise and the hare finally found it here, my dad was a huge YJ fan

[@marchelleharris4842]

This is my favorite album by Yellowjackets. And I love this tune. You can picture the tortoise and the hare racing.

[@Erdalkizilcay0]

Really sad, Marc Russo and Haslip left the group. I really miss them ..

[@WynMills1]

This tune is just so gorgeous. Never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

[@Hughie1732]

For this guy to sit down and write this ..is simply incredible...

[@Hughie1732]

Tried this on my sax also..damn..sax player is a monster!!!

[@pascaljeanne6520]

@@Hughie1732 sur ! and the solo ...its ...

[@pascaljeanne6520]

Marc Russo ! a beast !

[@EIStudent]

The hell with the thumbs up button, where's the love button. Phenomenal track!

[@bigdog0502]

this album is the truth i grew upon this, and till this day this album is one of my favs!!!!! so dope period!!!!

[@jerryboogaloo6375]

+Isaac Robinson The absolute truth. Well said.

[@bencarson801]

+Isaac Robinson your post makes me feel like you are a long lost brother. Hahaha! The power of music. A book could be written about how i feel about this one song.

[@ORAAKATOY]

Best sax solo....Made the sax cry!! Majesticlly excelsus!!

[@mandylinssen496]

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[@GeorgeM.78]

One of my favorite, if not my favorite from Yellowjackets. Wonderful!

[@MrProgpromoter]

When Marc takes off at 1,48 it's pure joy!

[@WynMills1]

My favourite YJ track. Makes your heart sing...especially the end.

[@dereklewinson3018]

My wife and I "booked it" from church one summer Sunday afternoon in 2014 to see the Yellowjackets at the "Jazz on the Mountain" festival at Blue Mountain resort, ON, Canada...it was sooooooooooooo worth it! front row seats, had the pleasure of great conversation and photos with all the band members...Russell even sent me the original score for this wonderful track. Tortoise and the Hare is my all-time favorite ever since I heard it on the Melodic Bass Library cassette (yes, I said cassette) over 20 yrs ago! I love listening to it and I love practicing it on the bass from time to time! This track was THE reason I got a fretless! #unforgettable

[@brianrudd3051]

Will Kennedy LIVED in the pocket with this track! One of my favorite songs, with or without words.

[@gil3green]

This is my most listened to Yellowjackets LP of them all, in my collection of their recordings. I have the first dozen with a few others after that.

[@baaqar1]

This whole album is bad ass!

[@user-qr8jf5qk4f]

Alors là ce morceau est une boucherie 😍 excellent 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@PlanetBlake]

The YellowJackets are my favorite Jazz Fusion group. Great road trip music.

[@frankiii9165]

This was Yellowjackets at its finest. Jesus that was intense!!

[@jeffreydurrant4838]

Usually the title plays such a subtle relationship to the tune that it is almost irrelevant.Not so with this composition I want to laugh, cry and shout out with joy every time I hear it!

[@jenniferjoshua6565]

Bob Mintzer's saxophone is synonymous with the classic Yellowjackets sound, and I'm grateful for his voice and spirit moving through countless cd's, from "Greenhouse" on . . .But this song on Politics, "Tortoise & The Hare", is my favorite Yellowjackets song, because Mark Russo's own voice and spirit is a custom fit to my own when I'm in that state of projecting memory onto future creation

[@pascaljeanne6520]

++++++++

[@stevencarr9911]

Marc Russo played on this album

[@michaelbowling1576]

@@stevencarr9911 Yup, but this Mintzer solo is unbelievable - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn6qq2Njm69gjtk&ab_channel=DASHIkari

[@pascaljeanne8002]

and perso i think about a girl lol ! oula 8 years ...lol what have you become ?

[@judgemurder]

Damn, this is magical!

[@mrboston9229]

Love, love...LOVE THIS SONG!!! The entire album is brilliant!

[@lezahyoung373]

Fell in love with the Yellow Jackets in the 80's in Alaska. A love affair that never ended I'm happy to say.

[@jorgeband1111]

This is a master piece ! I'll never understand why Marc Russo left the band and as far as I know never played again compositions like this,, as a front sax in a band., he stayed playing just accompanying Hue Lewis and joining Doobie Bross, what a talent and feeling he has .... and what a pity that he never played again as a frontman sax in other band .... (why?) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Este tema es una joya!, precioso Nunca entenderé porque Marc Russo dejó Yellowjackects, pero todavia entiendo menos que ha estado haciendo todos estos años con los Doobie Brothers sin tocar con alguna otra banda en la que ejercer como saxo frontman y hacer temas propios....., una pena

[@cabjdavid]

could not have imagined jazz this smooth existed. so funky.

[@pascaljeanne6520]

1988 ! it sounds like yesterday !

[@rosejackson9672]

I love this group. I started listening to them and going to their concerts in the 80's. There is nothing like listening to this song, it takes me to a good place.

[@davidweise9018]

An mesmerizing piece of music

[@akguess]

The deal is Marc Russo. Baddest sax player out there. I met him in Dallas in 2010. I made a comment like "you got the same name as my favorite sax guy" and he took the comment so well. We talked for 45 minutes to an hour.

[@sebastianlange1986]

MalaTemporaCurrunt I Think he means bad as in good... Right?

[@cjames11]

Man You Lucky!!!

[@SuperBeretta391]

Bad as in great..;)

[@Hughie1732]

Sad day for me when he left th yellowjackets...

[@Stumpbeefknob]

I'm in a mood. This music suits it perfectly

[@jerryboogaloo6375]

Marc Russo starting @ 1:40 and @ 4:20 makes the hair on my arms stand up every single time I hear this song. What a fantastic player.

[@amedeocorsi9106]

+jerry boogaloo i'm still wondering if he improvised the solo....it's too perfect

[@jerryboogaloo6375]

amedeo corsi I hear ya! I can only imagine that something like this came at one magical moment from somewhere deep within that dude's soul...and the sound of it is so big - I wonder how it was recorded. Russo's phrasing, his sound,. the combinations in the notes he chooses...something about this music makes the synapsis in my brain fire very quickly. Thanks for bringing me back to it with your reply.

[@amedeocorsi9106]

+jerry boogaloo nice to share the same feelings (sorry about my bad english)

[@jerryboogaloo6375]

+amedeo corsi Your English is excellent I assure you - much better than my _______. Peace to you Amedeo from North Carolina, USA - where are you from?

[@jerryboogaloo6375]

+amedeo corsi I wish they would release some live music from this tour.

[@walkthestreet2951]

This song is powerful.. The best...

[@bloodyzig]

Damn Marc, why'd you ever leave the Yellowjackets..? Still love you!:)

[@MCONELINE]

LIFE TIME FAN!!!!!!!

[@josejgomezq3810]

One of my fever songs from YELLOW JACKETS .......EXCELLENT.

[@alg573]

Masterpiece!!

[@miles-178]

powerful song, lots of emotion during the high note saxophone solo .... love it a lot !!!! astounding, goose bumps instantly

[@andersgranstrom7128]

One of the best songs I have ever heard!

[@tomaspalsson280]

what a saxplayer! im blown away

[@williemcglown8001]

marc never should have left. period

[@GiveMeLiberty221]

My YellowJackets since I first heard you in 1982! Still the best!

[@simeonklein5735]

Right in this moment for me like an energy source ☀️

[@kenjones6441]

Only on KZbin can you access such beautiful music you’ve never heard before. Yellowjackets played such an important part in my musical journey of discovery

[@mystic4panda285]

It is a pity that we can not find this song on streaming platforms...

[@cybrkhatru]

THANK YOU for posting this. Sad that this great record is out of print....!

[@ferssio]

If my memory dont fail me, this was my first CD album of the Yellowjackets""" big memories""".

[@petercahill3823]

local hero on the album politics is the Babe Ruth of Tenor Sax jazz....ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL the way Local Hero touches my soul

[@JonasClark]

+Peter Cahill It is indeed incredible. I think their song "Mile High" also has an absolutely magical melody part on saxophone. The only other song I've ever heard with as excellent a sax part is Dave Koz' "Castle of Dreams," the first saxophone song I ever heard that blew me away.

[@mettamoose5074]

A very gentle correction, friend (from a lifetime YJ lover) - that's Marc Russo on alto and soprano sax, he never played tenor that I'm aware of. And yes, Local Hero is absolutely magical (as is the whole Politics album imho)! Cheers! :)

[@SuperBeretta391]

Simply great number..!

[@Hughie1732]

Who put a thumbs down to this? Well I think this is tight work.. And OMG.... the Sax work is great.

[@ZeePortugues]

Man, thanks for posting this tune from the 'Politics' LP, ... you'd make a fellow jazz lover very happy if you could post the song, 'Avance' from the same pressing here as well, ... thanks so much!

[@SteepRZ]

You're welcome friend!

[@collision1974]

Wonderful music

[@ChukwuemekaAfigbo]

I first heard this jam in 1999 on a friend's mixed tape. I didn't know the name or the band though I suspected that it was the Yellow Jackets. I have been looking for it since then. Finally found it here just yesterday. Thank you!

[@levarrleary3325]

the concept of this whole song is genius... mainstream chords progressions with with crazy key changes with occasional complex jazz chord progressions.. man I dig!

[@EarlAtlanta]

The stuff on top of Honey! The foundation of excellence!

[@20shampoo]

for me...the Best Song of the World..

[@JuanJose-22864]

qué maravilla de música y de músicos! Por suerte pude estar en un par de sus shows.

[@ArielBerdugo]

another fave from the cd

[@lemusiclover01]

ce niveau...faut beaucoup etre musicien pour ça !

[@roisangster1760]

take flight, ethereal flow.....

[@cjames11]

WHO THE F**K IS PLAYING THAT SAX, OMG, they making it cry, sounds so good. Who is that really????

[@alg573]

cjames11 Marc Russo

[@WynMills1]

You right. That sax is just killing it with emotion. Tears, man.

[@eroberts2293]

believe it or not you can still find it at some local record shops. I just picked the album up about a month ago

[@IlsaZapata]

Me acuerdo de Miguel a quien le encanta esta pieza musical. Gracias a Dios por hacer vibrar

[@SteepRZ]

Who is Miguel, Ilsa?

[@IlsaZapata]

@@SteepRZ mi son

[@SteepRZ]

@@IlsaZapata I'm so glad to know about that :)

[@alanchristopher2024]

I still say this song couldn't possibly have been written by mere mortals, if EVER there was definitive proof of extraterrestrials this is pretty much it...

[@lemusiclover01]

russo doesnt play he sings ! too many nuances ! he speaks...

[@mateuszstaniec9333]

Mark Russo is LEGEND❤

[@erickford1624]

Label politics why this isn't on streaming platforms

[@chairmanoftheboard2560]

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pascaljeanne8002]

man what does he playin marc russo ...this is not notes just feeling ! and what a feeling !

[@josejgomezq3810]

YELLOW JACKETS WITH MARC RUSO WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST .....

[@josejgomezq3810]

This original song with MARC RUSSO is exceptional ......even the other live song version sounds nice too, but not as wonderful as this one with Mr. RUSSO performance ...........some thing else !!!!!!!!

[@mezzica01]

Tight.

[@dimitriskaraganis]

russo was beautiful...mintzer is also another power !

[@sdrob40]

Nothing without Russ.

[@stephencroes55]

lou dime: This is harsh!! This is the most egalitarian band in history. I was incredibly lucky to contribute wee bits to several albums and even to perform live with them on an album.

[@mettamoose5074]

@@stephencroes55 Wow, so nice to hear from you! What an incredible joy & honor it must be to live with those experiences! As some people have already said here, this album is my absolute truth & a book could be written about my feelings for this one song. I've had the great fortune of seeing the YJ's four times with both Russo and Minter, plus got to hang out & chat awhile with my bass hero Jimmy Haslip in the privacy of their tour bus (he invited me).

[@robertosolito1276]

MY EXPERIENCED BRASIL ALBUM

[@erickford1624]

Listening in 2019 not on tidal

[@seehearthink]

why is this the only album by The Yellowjackets NOT on Spotify ?!?!

[@fred1642]

2:55 miami vice - boat race

[@alessiozuccamusic]

From 2:48 to 3:21 is the road to the heaven

[@VittorioCazzadore]

Hi guys, Yellowjackets Backing Tracks are Available here: www.vittoriocazzadore.it/yellowjackets-backing-tracks/

[@miles-178]

marc russo = (y) NO.1 !!! could imagine how YJ sounds now with him and kennedy together - more funky, tight, aggressive, punchy ... what a pity he left the band

[@MrsKarenColumbo]

[@pascaljeanne6520]

man i play guitar for 40 years , i just want to play 3 notes from marc russo !

[@pascaljeanne6520]

maybe the best time for yellow jackets ?

[@animation-music]

:-)

[@LuisGustavo-pm2pp]

better im going the circle five bye

[@cristianobrito9044]

Como alguém dá dislike?

[@pascaljeanne2653]

what a pity he left the band miles your right...russo ...every musician want to reach his level...