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.

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.

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

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 ...