The Rippingtons, Two Decades Later Ed Gordon talks with Russ Freeman, founder of the jazz group The Rippingtons, about the band's new CD and DVD, ...

Album Review The Rippingtons: Built to Last. by Ernest Barteldes August 29, 2012. Bandleader, guitarists and songwriter Russ Freeman pulls no stops on the Rippingtons' 25th anniversary release, Built ...

Whatever the classification, the Rippingtons are one of contemporary music's dominant forces: each recording is different from the last, and their live shows rock with energy. With a twenty-year track ...

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.

Guitarist Russ Freeman had no idea of the impact his group, The Rippingtons, would have on a new radio format called "smooth jazz", when they released their first album in 1987. The Rippingtons ...

Guitarist and bandleader Russ Freeman laughed as he considered the idea of an identifiable sound for his jazz group, the Rippingtons. “I remember a huge, longtime fan basically told me, ‘I can ...

The Rippingtons, keyboardist Brian Culbertson and saxophonist Mindi Abair duly revealed the strengths and weaknesses of presenting contemporary instrumental music in concert. On this particular ...

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 ...

Longtime fans of The Rippingtons are likely to react, on first listening to the group’s 25th anniversary release, with “Wow!” or “What?” Because this group, noted for … ...

The Rippingtons keep it smooth at Soiled Dove Underground. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 39°F. Thursday, February 1st 2024 Home Page. Close Menu. News. Latest Headlines; ...

Some bands are fortunate enough to survive for a decade with afew chart hits to their credit.Others are able to keep churning out hit after hit for 20 yearsor more, a place that The Rippingtons ...

Russ Freeman, leader of the jazz-pop group The Rippingtons, says that over the years he’s paid less and less attention to trends within smooth jazz and new adult contemporary radio — the two ...