Ripps’ Jazz Cat Makes List »
By John Hilderbrand on May 16, 2009 in rippingtons | 0 Comments
Just put up a tweet on this: Rippingtons’ Modern Art cover makes Smashing Magazine’s list of 100 Obscure and Remarkable CD Covers. Congrats, Bill Mayer!
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Rippingtons Interview and Review »
By John Hilderbrand on Apr 21, 2009 in rippingtons | 2 Comments
Shannon West recently interviewed Rippingtons main man Russ Freeman at the SmoothViews site. Check out Freeman’s thoughts on composing, painting, balancing new songs with the classics when touring, what may be his favorite saxophone performance on a Rippingtons recording, and more. Shannon also reviewed the new Rippingtons recording Modern Art, saying “these are tight, short, [...]
Try It Out Tuesdays – The Rippingtons »
By John Hilderbrand on Mar 10, 2009 in new releases, rippingtons, smooth jazz | 1 Comment
The new Rippingtons recording, Modern Art, is out today. The Rippingtons is a Russ Freeman project that I very much enjoyed in the 80s and 90s. Freeman has kept it going for over 20 years with above-average pop-jazz compositions and a changing roster of musicians. Modern Art marks some changes in the group: a new [...]
