Friday, July 28, 2006

Tribute To The Rippingtons (Two Best Albums)





Artist-The Rippingtons

Album1-Curves Ahead
Album2-Black Diamond

Release Date-
Album1-1991
Album2-1997

Genre/Style-Smooth Jazz/Crossover Jazz
Format-mp3
Size-107M/119M
Quality-320kbps

Personal Rating-These two albums are their best recordings so far. Recommended Strongly!

Biography-by Scott Yanow

One of the most popular groups in what is loosely termed "contemporary jazz," the Rippingtons were formed (and have been led ever since) by guitarist/keyboardist Russ Freeman (no relation to the veteran West Coast bop pianist of the same name). Freeman (born February 11, 1960, in Nashville) studied at Cal Arts and UCLA, and recorded Nocturnal Playground as a leader in 1985 for the Brainchild label, a one-man project. In 1987, he was approached to record for the Japanese Alfa label and came up with the Rippingtons name for the all-star group he used on the disc (Moonlighting), an ensemble featuring David Benoit, Kenny G., and Brandon Fields. Their album was released domestically by Passport and became a hit. Freeman soon formed a regular touring band (usually including saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, bassist Kim Stone, drummer Tony Morales, and percussionist Steve Reid), cut a second disc for Passport, and the group recorded regularly for GRP. Russ Freeman writes all of the music for the Rippingtons, much of which falls in the pop/R&B genre. In the late '90s, the group moved over to the Windham Hill label, recording such albums as Black Diamond (1997), Topaz (1999), Live! Across America, and Life in the Tropics (both in 2000). For 2003's Let It Ripp, the band relied heavily on their horn section to carry the weight of the album. The Latin-flavored Wild Card followed in 2005.

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Download-
Album1-Curves Ahead
Part1-http://7el4avilcn.rapidsafe.de (File Name:TR-CA_PART1.zip)
Part2-http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=144330

Album2-Black Diamond
Part1-http://7el4avilcn.rapidsafe.de (File Name:TR-BD_PART1.zip)
Part2-http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=144335

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Rapidshare download doesn´t work...it locks up..could it be changed? thanks