Party Hats

Party Hats
Studio album by Will Bernard
Released	2007
Recorded	San Pablo Recorders, Berkeley, California, 2006
Genre	jazz
Length	58:27
Label	Palmetto
Producer	Will Bernard and
Will Bernard chronology
(2004) Party Hats (2007) Blue Plate Special (2008)

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Party Hats is a jazz studio album by Will Bernard recorded in 2006 and released in 2007.^[1] Party Hats received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2007.^[2] The album gave Bernard more visibility as a jazz guitarist.^[3]

Track listing[]

1. "Share the Sea" - 5:38
2. "White Elephant Sale" - 4:16
3. "Ripple Sole" - 6:37
4. "Leo's Cat" - 6:19
5. "Party Hats" - 5:05
6. "Afro Sheen" - 6:55
7. "Chin Up" - 4:57
8. "Newbie" - 4:16
9. "Folding Green" - 4:57
10. "Rattle Trap" - 4:48
11. "Penske" - 4:42

Personnel[]

• Will Bernard - guitar
• Wil Blades - Hammond B3
• Keith McArthur - bass (1,7)
• Ryan Newman - bass (2-6, 8-11)
• Jan Jackson - drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11)
• Paul Spina - drums (3, 6, 8-10)
• Cochemea Gastelum - alto saxophone (1)
• Joe Cohen - tenor saxophone (1, 2, 5, 6, 7)
• Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone, qarqabas, melodica (3, 6, 7)
• Dave Ellis - tenor saxophone (9, 10)
• Mike Olmos - trumpet (1, 6, 7)
• Adam Theis - trombone (1, 6, 7)
• Josh Jones - percussion (1, 4-7)
• Michael Bluestein - Hammond B3, electric piano (3, 7)

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