Weekend in Monaco

Weekend in Monaco
Studio album by The Rippingtons
Released	August 18, 1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Smooth jazz Jazz
Length	48:41
Label	GRP
Producer	Russ Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology
Curves Ahead (1991) Weekend in Monaco (1992) Live in L.A. (1992)

Weekend in Monaco is the sixth album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1992 for the GRP label.
The album reached #2 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Russ Freeman

1. "Weekend in Monaco" - 5:19
2. "St. Tropez" - 5:55
3. "Vienna" - 4:49
4. "Indian Summer" - 5:44
5. "A Place for Lovers" - 5:12
6. "Carnival" - 5:45
7. "Moka Java" - 5:46
8. "Highroller" - 5:56
9. "Where the Road Will Lead Us" - 4:15

Personnel

• Russ Freeman – keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar
• Mark Portmann – acoustic piano solos (1, 2, 3, 7)
• Kim Stone – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 7, 8), bass solo (8)
• Steve Bailey – fretless bass (3, 5, 6, 9)
• Tony Morales – drums
• Steve Reid – percussion, congas, toy, Brazilian percussion (6), soundscapes (6), timbales (7)
• Jeff Kashiwa – alto saxophone (1, 4, 8), tenor saxophone (2), EWI controller (4, 6), soprano saxophone (5, 9), alto sax solo (7), soundscapes (9)

Production

• Russ Freeman – producer, recording, mixing
• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Carl Griffin – assistant executive producer
• Suzy Freeman – additional engineer (1)
• Brian Springer – additional engineer (1)
• Steve Reid – soundscape recording (6)
• Brant Biles – mixing (2-9)
• Robert Margouleff – mixing (2-9)
• Joseph Doughney – post-production editing
• Michael Landy – post-production editing
• Adam Zelinka – post-production editing
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Andi Howard – production coordinator, management
• Michael Pollard – production coordinator
• Doreen Kalcich – production assistant
• Andy Baltimore – creative director
• David Gibb – graphic design
• Scott Johnson – graphic design
• Sonny Mediana – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Emil Bogan – graphic design assistant
• Bill Mayer – front cover artwork

Studios

• Recorded and Mixed at Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios (Colorado).
• Soundscape recording at The Slamm Stack (North Hollywood, California).
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums	2

External links

• The Rippingtons-Weekend In Monaco at Discogs
• The Rippingtons-Weekend in Monaco at AllMusic
• The Rippingtons Official Website