The Best of The Rippingtons
# The Best of The Rippingtons

The Best of The Rippingtons is a compilation album by the American jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1997 by the GRP label. The album is a retrospective of their previous GRP albums, and also includes two previously unreleased tracks.

The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.

## Track listing

All songs written by Russ Freeman

* "Garden of Babylon" - 5:40 (previously unreleased)
* "Tourist in Paradise" - 5:41 (from Tourist in Paradise)
* "Affair in San Miguel" - 5:08 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
* "Snowbound" - 4:53 (from Curves Ahead)
* "Aruba!" - 4:17 (from Tourist in Paradise)
* "Sapphire Island" - 4:48 (previously unreleased)
* "Principles of Desire" - 4:42 (from Sahara)
* "Vienna" - 4:51 (from Weekend in Monaco)
* "Kenya" - 5:22 (from Welcome to the St. James' Club)
* "She Likes to Watch" - 5:31 (from Moonlighting)
* "Urban Wanderer" - 4:43 (from Brave New World)
* "Kilimanjaro" - 4:48 (from Kilimanjaro)

## Personnel

* Russ Freeman - guitar, synthesizers, keyboards
* Jeff Kashiwa - saxophone
* Steve Reid - percussion
* Brandon Fields - saxophone
* Kenny G - saxophone
* Gregg Karukas - keyboards
* Kim Stone - bass
* Steve Bailey - bass
* Tony Morales - drums
* Patti Austin - vocals
* Carl Anderson - vocals
* Bill Lanphier - bass
* Eric Marienthal - saxophone
* Kirk Whalum - saxophone
* Mark Portmann - piano

## Charts

| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard Jazz Albums | 10 |
