23/02/2020

Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons "Brave New World" (1996) -Smooth Jazz-



Label : GRP Records


États-Unis 01 - Brave New World (Russ Freeman)
02 - Urban Wanderer (Russ Freeman)
03 - Key To The Forbidden City (Russ Freeman)
04 - Hideaway (Russ Freeman)
05 - Caravan Of Love (Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper)
06 - Faith (Russ Freeman)
07 - First Time I Saw Her (Russ Freeman)
08 - Cicada (Russ Freeman)
09 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (George Harrison)
10 - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead)
11 - Virtual Reality (Russ Freeman)


Produced by Russ Freeman for Russ Freeman Productions in Conjunction with Peak Records
Executive Producers : Russ Freeman & Andi Howard
Recorded & Mixed by Russ Freeman at Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios, CO
Additional Recording by Alan Hirshberg at Pacifique Recorders & Alpha Studios, Burbank, CA
Tracks #05 & 10 Produced by Magic for Magic Muzik Productions / Black The Entertainment
Executive Producer for Tracks #05 & 10 : Nicholas Caldwell for Black Tie Entertainment
Engineered & Mixed by Magic
Assistant Engineers : Harmony, Marrily Garrett
Recorded & Mixed at Magic Muzik Studios, Moorpark, CA
Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab

The Rippingtons are :
Russ Freeman : Keyboards, Guitars, Guitar Synthesizer
Tony Morales : Drums
Kim Stone : Electric Basses & Arco Bass
Steve Reid : Percussion
David Kochanski : Acoustic Piano Solo on #04
Jeff Kashiwa : Alto, Tenor & Soprano Sax, EWI

Additional Musicians :
Brandon Fields : Saxophone on #07 & 11
Eric Marienthal : Saxophone on #01 & 03
Horn Section :
Jerry Hey & Gary Grant : Trumpets
Steve Holtzman, Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Additional Personnel on Tracks #05 & 10 :
Scotty Scott, Walter Scott, Phil Perry (Track #05 only) : Lead vocals
The Whispers, Magic-Background vocals / Harmony, Starr, Merrily Garrett, Meriah Garrett : Additional Background vocals (Track #10 only)
Magic-all Other Instruments, Vocal & Musical Arrangement
Vocalists on Track #09 : Lynne Fiddmont, Bridgette Bryant & Lillian Tynes Perry