Among those paving the way was Russ Freeman, founder and principal songwriter for the Rippingtons. In the early years, the Rippingtons weren't a band so much as a concept. As Donald Fagen and Walter ...

For six albums Russ Freeman has let the music do the talking as his band, the Rippingtons, pioneered an instrumental style that blends elements of pop, jazz and world-beat music. But after years ...

If Fountain of Youth isn't the zenith of The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman it is difficult to imagine what would be. You can't get much more Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman than a Rippingtons ...

The Rippingtons, often described as a smooth jazz group, are winding down their 20th Anniversary Tour, a trip that has crisscrossed the country since summer and will continue for a few more weeks.

Guitarist Russ Freeman and his long-running smooth-jazz act the Rippingtons sounded as if they wanted to break out of that tightly structured genre, but the lid remained firmly in place.

When Russ Freeman formed The Rippingtons 21 years ago, he looked at it as a part-time gig for a few of his fellow musicians. “I was always surprised when we had more opportunities to make more ...

Last year, The Rippingtons celebrated their 20th anniversarywith a new album and tour. A year later, nothing has changed. “It doesn’t matter if we have a new CD to play from or not,”leader ...

Russ Freeman, leader of the jazz-pop group The Rippingtons, says that over the years he’s paid less and less attention to trends within smooth jazz and new adult contemporary radio — the two ...