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The Best of The Rippingtons

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Released
  
1997

Length
  
52:10

Artist
  
The Rippingtons

Producer
  
Russ Freeman

Recorded
  
1986-1995

The Best of The Rippingtons (1997)
  
Topaz (1998)

Release date
  
1997

Label
  
GRP

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Genres
  
Jazz, Smooth jazz, Jazz fusion

Similar
  
The Rippingtons albums, Smooth jazz albums, Other albums

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.

Contents

The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Russ Freeman

  1. "Garden of Babylon" - 5:40 (previously unreleased)
  2. "Tourist in Paradise" - 5:41 (from Tourist in Paradise)
  3. "Affair in San Miguel" - 5:08 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
  4. "Snowbound" - 4:53 (from Curves Ahead)
  5. "Aruba!" - 4:17 (from Tourist in Paradise)
  6. "Sapphire Island" - 4:48 (previously unreleased)
  7. "Principles of Desire" - 4:42 (from Sahara)
  8. "Vienna" - 4:51 (from Weekend in Monaco)
  9. "Kenya" - 5:22 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
  10. "She Likes to Watch" - 5:31 (from Moonlighting)
  11. "Urban Wanderer" - 4:43 (from Brave New World)
  12. "Kilimanjaro" - 4:48 (from Kilimanjaro)

Personnel

  • Russ Freeman - guitar, systhesizers, 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 Lamphier - bass
  • Eric Marienthal - saxophone
  • Kirk Whalum - saxophone
  • Mark Portmann - piano

    • Songs

    1Garden of Babylon5:40
    2Tourist in Paradise5:40
    3Affair in San Miguel5:08

    References

    The Best of The Rippingtons Wikipedia
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