Smooth Jazz pioneers The Rippingtons will release their latest album, Modern Art, on March 10th via Peak Records (Concord Music Group). With a legacy firmly rooted in smooth Jazz, The Rippingtons’ ...

Smooth jazz enveloped Kunstplatz last night, generated by one of the most innovative main stage acts to play Musikfest in recent years. The Rippingtons, which sounds like the name for a television ...

When Russ Freeman formed The Rippingtons 21 years ago, he looked at it as a part-time gig for a few of his fellow musicians. “I was always surprised when we had more opportunities to make more records ...

As the title suggests, the latest from Russ Freeman does indeed have a tropical, Caribbean feel throughout most of the program. "Caribbean Breeze" is a sunsual classical guitar duet with Peter White. ...

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 formats ...

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 can ...

The Smooth Cruise jazz series is back! This summer's lineup features live intimate performances by artists including Down to the Bone, Spyro Gyra, Najee, Alex Bugnon, Marion Meadows, Pieces of a Dream ...

It’s unofficially smooth jazz week at Scullers Jazz Club. Chances are the place will be packed every night with fans eager to groove to Steve Cole, the Rippingtons and Richard Elliot. That’s no small ...

The genres that are generally grouped under the smooth jazz label actually consist of a collection of far-ranging musical styles--in some cases only distantly related to each other. New age artists, ...

Perhaps it’s counterproductive to talk trash about a free music festival, but what happened to the 32nd annual Jazz’SAlive? For decades, the fall concert has been a bastion for jazz of all kinds, a ...