{{More citations needed|date=March 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Samurai Samba | type = studio | artist = Yellowjackets | cover = Samurai Samba Yellowjackets Album Cover.png | alt = | released = 1985 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Larrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA) <br> Mad Hatter Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) <br> Music Grinder (Los Angeles, CA) <br> Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA) | genre = Jazz | length = {{Duration|m=39|s=12}} | label = Warner | producer = Tommy LiPuma, Yellowjackets | prev_title = Mirage a Trois | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Shades | next_year = 1986 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r150589 |tab=review |label=Yellowjackets: ''Samurai Samba'' > Review |first= |last= |accessdate=December 1, 2011}}</ref> }}

'''''Samurai Samba''''' is the third album of the American jazz group Yellowjackets, released in 1985. The album reached a peak position of number 179 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 10 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} Jazz Albums chart.<ref name=Charts>{{Cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/yellowjackets-p7862/charts-awards|title=Yellowjackets: Charts & Awards|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=August 1, 2011}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Homecoming | writer1 = Russell Ferrante | length1 = 5:13 | title2 = Deat Beat | writer2 = Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Ricky Lawson, Marc Russo | length2 = 5:25 | title3 = Daddy's Gonna Miss You | writer3 = Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson, Russo | length3 = 4:33 | title4 = Sylvania | writer4 = Ferrante, Haslip, Lawson | length4 = 4:14 | title5 = Silverlake | writer5 = Ferrante | length5 = 5:45 | title6 = Lonely Weekend | writer6 = Ferrante, Joseph Curiale, Lawson, Caldwell | length6 = 4:20 | title7 = Los Mambos | writer7 = Ferrante, Russo, Paulinho da Costa | length7 = 4:24 | title8 = Samurai Samba | writer8 = Ferrante | length8 = 5:18 }}

== Personnel ==

'''Yellowjackets''' * Russell Ferrante – keyboards * Jimmy Haslip – 5-string bass * Ricky Lawson – acoustic drums, Simmons drums * Marc Russo – alto saxophone

'''Additional musicians''' * Rory Kaplan – Fairlight CMI programming * Michael Landau – guitars * Carlos Rios – guitars * Paulinho da Costa – percussion, vocals, lead vocals (7, listed as Paulo da Costa Jr.) * Marilyn Scott – vocals * Carl Caldwell – vocals * Bobby Caldwell – lead vocals (6)

== Production == * Yellowjackets – producers * Tommy LiPuma – producer * Erik Zobler – engineer, mixing * Terry Christian – second engineer * Toni Greene – second engineer * Jon Ingoldsby – second engineer * Peggy McCreary – second engineer * Casey McMackin – second engineer * Steve Shelton – second engineer * Gary Wagner – second engineer * Simon Levy – art direction, design * Lou Beach – cover artwork * Jeff Katz – photography

'''Studios''' * Recorded at Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Sunset Sound and Music Grinder Studios (Hollywood, CA); Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA). * Mixed at Sunset Sound

==Charts== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1985) ! Peak<br>position |- | ''Billboard'' 200<ref name=Charts/> | style="text-align:center" | 179 |- | Billboard Jazz Albums<ref name=Charts/> | style="text-align:center" | 10 |}

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