SACD. When a formidable jazz quartet like the Yellowjackets convenes in the studio with a high-energy guitar virtuoso like Mike Stern, the resulting reaction will be a singular event - one that's likely to create something entirely new on the jazz landscape. This phenomenon is captured on Lifecycle , the 2008 collaborative recording by the Jackets and Stern. The first Yellowjackets recording in 15 years to feature a guitar player, Lifecycle illustrates the kind of energy and creative brilliance that results when five talented players pool their individual talents as songwriters and musicians and merge into an entity that's far greater than the sum of its parts. 10 tracks.