Weekend in Monaco

1992 studio album by The Rippingtons

Weekend in Monaco is the sixth album by the American jazz group the Rippingtons, released in 1992.^[2][3] The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. It has sold more than 300,000 copies.^[4]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote: "Guitarist Russ Freeman, who now gets top billing in the band, deserves some credit for trying to reflect the band's world travels in its music, but the results are often so tame and homogenized that one has to ask the question, why bother?"^[5] The Globe and Mail stated that "Freeman's formula for assertively tuneful fusion—modestly dramatic, light on raunch—works well enough again on Weekend in Monaco to sustain Rippingtons' high ranking among the idiom's second-generation, West-Coast bands."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Russ Freeman

1. "Weekend in Monaco" - 5:19
2. "St. Tropez" - 5:55
3. "Vienna" - 4:49
4. "Indian Summer" - 5:44
5. "A Place for Lovers" - 5:12
6. "Carnival" - 5:45
7. "Moka Java" - 5:46
8. "Highroller" - 5:56
9. "Where the Road Will Lead Us" - 4:15

Personnel

• Russ Freeman – keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar
• Mark Portmann – acoustic piano solos (1, 2, 3, 7)
• Kim Stone – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 7, 8), bass solo (8)
• Steve Bailey – fretless bass (3, 5, 6, 9)
• Tony Morales – drums
• Steve Reid – percussion, congas, toy, Brazilian percussion (6), soundscapes (6), timbales (7)
• Jeff Kashiwa – alto saxophone (1, 4, 8), tenor saxophone (2), EWI controller (4, 6), soprano saxophone (5, 9), alto sax solo (7), soundscapes (9)

Production

• Russ Freeman – producer, recording, mixing
• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Carl Griffin – assistant executive producer
• Suzy Freeman – additional engineer (1)
• Brian Springer – additional engineer (1)
• Steve Reid – soundscape recording (6)
• Brant Biles – mixing (2-9)
• Robert Margouleff – mixing (2-9)
• Joseph Doughney – post-production editing
• Michael Landy – post-production editing
• Adam Zelinka – post-production editing
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Andi Howard – production coordinator, management
• Michael Pollard – production coordinator
• Doreen Kalcich – production assistant
• Andy Baltimore – creative director
• David Gibb – graphic design
• Scott Johnson – graphic design
• Sonny Mediana – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Emil Bogan – graphic design assistant
• Bill Mayer – front cover artwork

Studios

• Recorded and Mixed at Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios (Colorado).
• Soundscape recording at The Slamm Stack (North Hollywood, California).
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

References

1. Diaz, Sam (September 25, 1992). "The Rippingtons Jazz Up the Night". The Fresno Bee. p. G9.
2. Sutro, Dirk (18 Aug 1992). "The Relaxed Rippingtons Hit the Road". Los Angeles Times. p. F1.
3. Chapman, Geoff (31 Oct 1992). "The popular Rippingtons...". Toronto Star. p. G10.
4. Acord, Deb (16 Jan 1993). "A New Height for Jazz". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. p. E1.
5. Joyce, Mike (23 Oct 1992). "Fusion-Led Tour with Rippingtons". The Washington Post. p. N17.
6. Miller, Mark (12 Oct 1992). "Recordings". The Globe and Mail. p. C1.
7. "The Rippingtons US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

External links

• The Rippingtons-Weekend In Monaco at Discogs
• The Rippingtons-Weekend in Monaco at AllMusic
• The Rippingtons Official Website