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.The Best of The Rippingtons charting info
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) Peakposition US Billboard Jazz Albums 10
References
External links The Best of The Rippingtons at Discogs The Best of The Rippingtons at AllMusic The Rippingtons Official Website