The Best of The Rippingtons

The Best of The Rippingtons
Compilation album by The Rippingtons
Released	November 11, 1997
Recorded	1986–1995
Genre	Smooth jazz Jazz fusion
Length	52:10
Label	GRP
Producer	Russ Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology
Black Diamond (1997) The Best of The Rippingtons (1997) Topaz (1999)

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.

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, synthesizers, 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 Lanphier - bass
• Eric Marienthal - saxophone
• Kirk Whalum - saxophone
• Mark Portmann - piano

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard Jazz Albums	10

External links

• The Best of The Rippingtons at Discogs
• The Best of The Rippingtons at AllMusic
• The Rippingtons Official Website