The Best of The Rippingtons
Compilation album by The Rippingtons
Released	November 11, 1997
Recorded	1986-1995
Genre	Smooth jazz Jazz fusion
Length	52:10
Label	GRP
Producer	Russ Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology
Black Diamond (1997) The Best of The Rippingtons (1997) Topaz (1999)

The Best of The Rippingtons is a compilation album by the American jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1997 by the GRP label. The album is a retrospective of their previous GRP albums, and also includes two previously unreleased tracks.

The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Russ Freeman

1. "Garden of Babylon" - 5:40 (previously unreleased)
2. "Tourist in Paradise" - 5:41 (from Tourist in Paradise)
3. "Affair in San Miguel" - 5:08 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
4. "Snowbound" - 4:53 (from Curves Ahead)
5. "Aruba!" - 4:17 (from Tourist in Paradise)
6. "Sapphire Island" - 4:48 (previously unreleased)
7. "Principles of Desire" - 4:42 (from Sahara)
8. "Vienna" - 4:51 (from Weekend in Monaco)
9. "Kenya" - 5:22 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
10. "She Likes to Watch" - 5:31 (from Moonlighting)
11. "Urban Wanderer" - 4:43 (from Brave New World)
12. "Kilimanjaro" - 4:48 (from Kilimanjaro)

Personnel

• Russ Freeman - guitar, synthesizers, keyboards
• Jeff Kashiwa - saxophone
• Steve Reid - percussion
• Brandon Fields - saxophone
• Kenny G - saxophone
• Gregg Karukas - keyboards
• Kim Stone - bass
• Steve Bailey - bass
• Tony Morales - drums
• Patti Austin - vocals
• Carl Anderson - vocals
• Bill Lanphier - bass
• Eric Marienthal - saxophone
• Kirk Whalum - saxophone
• Mark Portmann - piano

Charts

References

External links

• The Best of The Rippingtons at Discogs
• The Best of The Rippingtons at AllMusic
• The Rippingtons Official Website