The Rippingtons, featuring Russ Freeman, have undergone numerous personnel changes over the years. Although the band has been more stable since Let It Ripp (Peak, 2003), it's still evolving. Modern ...

Contemporary jazz musicians The Rippingtons are set to perform at Infinity Music Hall in Hartford on Thursday, Oct. 13. Formed in 1986 by guitarist and band leader Russ Freeman, their career has ...

Guitarist and bandleader Russ Freeman laughed as he considered the idea of an identifiable sound for his jazz group, the Rippingtons. “I remember a huge, longtime fan basically told me, ‘I can tell it ...

Ed Gordon talks with Russ Freeman, founder of the jazz group The Rippingtons, about the band's new CD and DVD, Twentieth Anniversary, which marks their two decades of making music. Russ Freeman and ...

The new album by the Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman arrives March 10 from Peak Records; Blue Note/EMI compiles singer Cassandra Wilson's best covers of pop/rock hits on "Closer to You: The Pop… By ...

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 records ...

The Rippingtons, keyboardist Brian Culbertson and saxophonist Mindi Abair duly revealed the strengths and weaknesses of presenting contemporary instrumental music in concert. On this particular night, ...

Hot Summer Nights looked like an agreeable package for a nine-stop tour of outdoor facilities and casinos of the West and upper Midwest. The music was mostly celebratory, sprinkled with some familiar ...

Musicians don’t really become members of the Rippingtons. It’s more like they serve time there. The institution is still run by its founder and principal architect, Russ Freeman, who recruited the ...

Get in the pioneer spirit and attend this summer's first annual Elk Creek Jazz Festival, featuring the one-and-only The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman. Also appearing are UK Faculty Jazz, The ...