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 Rippingtons: Wild Card album review by Mark Sabbatini, published on June 10, 2005. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

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The Rippingtons: Built to Last album review by Ernest Barteldes, published on August 29, 2012. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

Along with the Rippingtons’ sound, the “jazz cat” depicted on every album cover is another element closely associated with the band.

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 ...

Musicians don’t really become members of the Rippingtons. It’s more like they serve time there. The institution is still run by its founder and principal architect, Russ Freeman, who recruited ...