Weekend in Monaco

Weekend in Monaco is the sixth album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1992 for the GRP label.
The album reached #2 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.

Weekend in Monaco
Studio album by
The Rippingtons
ReleasedAugust 18, 1992
Recorded1992
GenreSmooth jazz
Jazz
Length48:41
LabelGRP
ProducerRuss Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology
Curves Ahead
(1991)		 Weekend in Monaco
(1992)		 Live in L.A.
(1992)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Russ Freeman

  1. "Weekend in Monaco" - 5:19
  2. "St. Tropez" - 5:55
  3. "Vienna" - 4:49
  4. "Indian Summer" - 5:44
  5. "A Place for Lovers" - 5:12
  6. "Carnival" - 5:45
  7. "Moka Java" - 5:46
  8. "Highroller" - 5:56
  9. "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
Billboard Jazz Albums[1] 2

References
  1. "The Rippingtons US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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