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8 from 1989 – Mix Online!

John Hilderbrand — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:12:51 +0000

Take a step into the past with these eight tracks from contemporary jazz releases that came out in the year 1989! Listen to classics from the Rippingtons, Miles Davis, and Hiroshima. Also, who put the meat in my bed?! It’s the second mix I’ve published on 8tracks. If you like this blast from the past, check out my 1988 mix with David Sanborn, David Benoit, Spyro Gyra, Tom Grant, Kim Pensyl, and Al Jarreau.

1989 Contemporary Jazz from contemporaryjazz on 8tracks.

8 from 1988 – Playlist Online!

John Hilderbrand — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:58:48 +0000

Take a step into the past with these eight tracks from contemporary jazz releases that came out in the year 1988! Hear music from Kim Pensyl’s first series of sketches, Al Jarreau feeling so good, David Benoit taking every step along the way, and David Sanborn missing someone so far away. It’s one of a number of mixes I hope to be putting up on 8tracks in the future.

Click on the Play button in the lower left corner of the blown-up image below to listen right now!

Ripps’ Jazz Cat Makes List

John Hilderbrand — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:24:08 +0000

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!

Rippingtons Interview and Review

John Hilderbrand — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:32:54 +0000

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, melodic songs that give the musicians a lot of room to breathe and take some fascinating twists and turns along the way.”

I posted samples of two tracks from Modern Art last month. Check out that Try It Out Tuesdays post!

Try It Out Tuesdays – The Rippingtons

John Hilderbrand — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:41:08 +0000

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 bassist and no percussionist. Long-time Ripps saxman Jeff Kashiwa returns as a “special guest.”

Check out a couple of tracks from it (Windows Media Player required):

> Paris Groove
> Modern Art

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