| I Like to Riff | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Label | Shadow Records | |||
| Producer | Rio Nido, Charlie Campbell, Doug Ackerman | |||
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I Like to Riff was the first recording by the Minneapolis jazz vocal trio Rio Nido, released in 1978. The original LP was long out-of-print until re-released on CD in 2007 by the Japanese label, Bittersweet America.
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