Black Diamond (The Rippingtons album)

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Black Diamond
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 1997
RecordedOctober 1996
Studio
  • Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios (Colorado)
  • Sound On Sound (New York City, New York)
  • Werewolf Studio (Oakland, California)
  • Sonic Jungle Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Genre Jazz, Smooth jazz
Length52:10
Label Windham Hill, Peak Records
Producer Russ Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology
Brave New World
(1996)
Black Diamond
(1997)
The Best of The Rippingtons
(1997)

Black Diamond is the tenth album by American Jazz group The Rippingtons. Released in 1997, it was their first project for the Windham Hill label after the transfer of Peak Records from GRP earlier that year. The album reached number one on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Russ Freeman except where noted.

  1. "Black Diamond" – 4:46
  2. "Deep Powder" – 6:16
  3. "Seven Nights in Rome" – 5:05
  4. "Soul Seeker" – 4:40
  5. "In Another Life" – 5:41
  6. "Big Sky" – 4:23
  7. "If I Owned the World" (Russ Freeman, Mark Williamson) – 3:39
  8. "North Peak" – 4:12
  9. "Angelfire" – 4:13
  10. "Jewel Thieves" – 5:05
  11. "Black Diamond" (Acoustic Version) – 4:09

Personnel

The Rippingtons

Guest Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
US Billboard Jazz Albums [2] 1

References

  1. Black Diamond charting info
  2. "The Rippingtons US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.