The Rippingtons: 20th Anniversary album review by Woodrow Wilkins, published on October 21, 2006. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

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The Rippingtons will bring their latest sound to The Tin Pan on Tuesday, Oct. 18. “The band has certainly changed,” said Freeman, speaking from Los Angeles.

For six albums Russ Freeman has let the music do the talking as his band, the Rippingtons, pioneered an instrumental style that blends elements of pop, jazz and world-beat music. But after years of… ...

Contemporary jazz musicians The Rippingtons are set to perform at Infinity Music Hall in Hartford on Thursday, Oct. 13. Formed in 1986 by guitarist and band leader Russ Freeman, their career has ...

Since then, The Rippingtons have recorded 16 albums. Freeman said another will be recorded next year, due for release in 2009. There’s been a lot of consistency with the group, he said.

A smooth-jazz concert that doesn't entirely live up to its billing isn't necessarily a bad thing. Take, for example, the Rippingtons concert at the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis on Wednesday night.

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.

The headliners, the Rippingtons, revealed their entertaining capacity to remain unrestricted by the pop music definitions of the genre. With guitarist Russ Freeman and saxophonist Eric Marienthal ...

Last year, The Rippingtons celebrated their 20th anniversarywith a new album and tour. A year later, nothing has changed.”It doesn’t matter if we have a new CD to play from or not,&#822… ...

If guitarist Russ Freeman had followed his initial inclination for the Rippingtons’ new disc , “Topaz” (Windham Hill), it might very well have been the first all-acoustic record b… ...

Contributed photo Contemporary jazz musicians The Rippingtons are set to perform at Infinity Music Hall in Hartford on Thursday, Oct. 13.