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
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

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

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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