Smooth Jazz pioneers The Rippingtons will release their latest album, Modern Art, on March 10th via Peak Records (Concord Music Group). With a legacy firmly rooted in smooth Jazz, The Rippingtons’ ...

If Fountain of Youth isn't the zenith of The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman it is difficult to imagine what would be. You can't get much more Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman than a Rippingtons ...

Smooth jazz hasn’t always been smooth, or even particularly jazz-like. And in recent years, the label has been more useful as a marketing tool than a description of the music it allegedly encompassed.

Guitarist Russ Freeman had no idea of the impact his group, The Rippingtons, would have on a new radio format called "smooth jazz", when they released their first album in 1987. The Rippingtons can ...

It’s unofficially smooth jazz week at Scullers Jazz Club. Chances are the place will be packed every night with fans eager to groove to Steve Cole, the Rippingtons and Richard Elliot. That’s no small ...

Still ripping along with undiminished verve and fervor, Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons tonight bring their coast-to-coast 20th Anniversary Reunion Tour to the Manchester Community College campus.

MANILA, Philippines - David Benoit (photo), a renowned contemporary jazz pianist whose music and artistry spans over a quarter century has contributed greatly to the growth and evolution of the world ...

Ed Gordon talks with Russ Freeman, founder of the jazz group The Rippingtons, about the band's new CD and DVD, Twentieth Anniversary, which marks their two decades of making music. Russ Freeman and ...

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