Weekend in Monaco

Weekend in Monaco
Weekend in Monaco
Studio album by the Rippingtons
Released	August 18, 1992
Recorded	1992
Studio	Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios (Colorado) ;
Genre	Smooth jazz ; Jazz
Length	48:41
Label	GRP
Producer	Russ Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology

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

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

Personnel

The Rippingtons

Russ Freeman – keyboards, guitars (1), acoustic guitars (2-4, 7), electric guitars (2-6, 8, 9), classical guitar (3, 5, 9), bass (8)
Mark Portmann – acoustic piano solos (1-3, 7)
Kim Stone – bass (1, 2, 7), fretted bass (4), bass solo (8)
Steve Bailey – fretless bass (3-5, 9), bass (6)
Tony Morales – drums
Steve Reid – percussion (1-5, 7-9), congas (1-5, 7-9), toys (1-5, 7-9), Brazilian percussion (6), soundscapes (6), vocals (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

Dave Grusin – executive producer
Larry Rosen – executive producer
Carl Griffin – assistant executive producer
Russ Freeman – producer, recording, mixing
Suzy Freeman – additional engineer (1)
Brian Springer – additional engineer (1)
Steve Reid – soundscape recording (6) at The Slam Shack (North Hollywood, California)
Brant Biles – mixing (2-9)
Robert Margouleff – mixing (2-9)
Joseph Doughney – post-production
Michael Landy – post-production
Adam Zelinka – post-production
The Review Room (New York City, New York) – post-production location
Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
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

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Billboard Jazz Albums^[7]	2

References

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

External links

[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.

[allmusic_albums-7] "The Rippingtons US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

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