| The Best of The Rippingtons | ||||
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| Released | November 11, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1986-1995 | |||
| Genre | Smooth jazz Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 52:10 | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Russ Freeman | |||
| The Rippingtons chronology | ||||
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The Best of The Rippingtons is a compilation album by the American jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1997 by the GRP label. The album is a retrospective of their previous GRP albums, and also includes two previously unreleased tracks.
The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Russ Freeman
- "Garden of Babylon" - 5:40 (previously unreleased)
- "Tourist in Paradise" - 5:41 (from Tourist in Paradise)
- "Affair in San Miguel" - 5:08 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
- "Snowbound" - 4:53 (from Curves Ahead)
- "Aruba!" - 4:17 (from Tourist in Paradise)
- "Sapphire Island" - 4:48 (previously unreleased)
- "Principles of Desire" - 4:42 (from Sahara)
- "Vienna" - 4:51 (from Weekend in Monaco)
- "Kenya" - 5:22 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
- "She Likes to Watch" - 5:31 (from Moonlighting)
- "Urban Wanderer" - 4:43 (from Brave New World)
- "Kilimanjaro" - 4:48 (from Kilimanjaro)
Personnel
- Russ Freeman - guitar, synthesizers, keyboards
- Jeff Kashiwa - saxophone
- Steve Reid - percussion
- Brandon Fields - saxophone
- Kenny G - saxophone
- Gregg Karukas - keyboards
- Kim Stone - bass
- Steve Bailey - bass
- Tony Morales - drums
- Patti Austin - vocals
- Carl Anderson - vocals
- Bill Lanphier - bass
- Eric Marienthal - saxophone
- Kirk Whalum - saxophone
- Mark Portmann - piano
Charts
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Jazz Albums[2] | 10 |
References
- ^ The Best of The Rippingtons charting info
- ^ "The Rippingtons US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
