Weekend in Monaco | ||||
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Released | August 18, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Studio | Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios [1] | |||
Genre | Smooth jazz Jazz | |||
Length | 48:41 | |||
Label | GRP | |||
Producer | Russ Freeman | |||
The Rippingtons chronology | ||||
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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]
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]
All tracks composed by Russ Freeman
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Billboard Jazz Albums [7] | 2 |
Moonlighting is the debut album by the contemporary jazz ensemble the Rippingtons. It was released in 1986 on the GRP label, and reached number 5 on Billboard's Jazz chart.
This is also the first appearance of the Jazz Cat on the album cover by artist Bill Mayer. The Jazz Cat has since been on the cover of every Rippingtons album.
Russ Freeman is a smooth jazz guitarist who is the founder and leader of The Rippingtons.
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Tourist in Paradise is the third album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1989 for the GRP label. The album is primarily the work of Russ Freeman, who acted as producer, arranger, and composer.
Tourist in Paradise reached #4 on Billboard's Jazz chart.
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Curves Ahead is the fifth album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1991 for the GRP label. This album reached #1 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.
Live in L.A. is the seventh album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1992 for the GRP label. It is the group's first live album. The album reached #6 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.
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The album reached #1 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.
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The album reached #2 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.
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The album reached #3 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.
Modern Art is The Rippingtons' fifteenth album which was released in 2009.
Côte D'Azur is The Rippingtons' sixteenth album which was released in 2011. The album features French, Latin, Gypsy and Euro rhythms. Saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa is featured on the album, returning for the second album in a row.
Shadows is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1991, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #2 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.
Every Step of the Way is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1988, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart and received a 1989 Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.
The Benoit Freeman Project is an album by American pianist David Benoit and American guitarist Russ Freeman that was released in 1994 and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 2 on the jazz chart at Billboard magazine. Freeman is the founder and leader of the Rippingtons.
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