title: Party Hats
text: # Party Hats
  
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  Party Hats is a jazz studio album by Will Bernard recorded in 2006 and released in 2007. Party Hats received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2007. The album gave Bernard more visibility as a jazz guitarist.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Share the Sea" - 5:38
  * "White Elephant Sale" - 4:16
  * "Ripple Sole" - 6:37
  * "Leo's Cat" - 6:19
  * "Party Hats" - 5:05
  * "Afro Sheen" - 6:55
  * "Chin Up" - 4:57
  * "Newbie" - 4:16
  * "Folding Green" - 4:57
  * "Rattle Trap" - 4:48
  * "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)
  