Black Diamond (The Rippingtons album)

Black Diamond
Studio album by The Rippingtons
Released	1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Jazz - Smooth jazz
Length	52:10
Label	Windham Hill
Producer	Russ Freeman, Carl Griffin
The Rippingtons chronology
Brave New World (1995) Black Diamond (1997) The Best of The Rippingtons (1997)

Black Diamond is the tenth album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons. Released in 1997, it was their first project for the Windham Hill label.
The album reached #1 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart. ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Russ Freeman except as noted

1. "Black Diamond" - 4:46
2. "Deep Powder" - 6:16
3. "Seven Nights in Rome" - 5:05
4. "Soul Seeker" - 4:40
5. "In Another Life" - 5:41
6. "Big Sky" - 4:23
7. "If I Owned the World" (Russ Freeman, Mark Williamson) - 3:39
8. "North Peak" - 4:12
9. "Angelfire" - 4:13
10. "Jewel Thieves" - 5:05
11. "Black Diamond" (Acoustic Version) - 4:09

Personnel

• Russ Freeman - guitar, systhesizers, keyboards
• Jeff Kashiwa - saxophone
• Steve Reid - percussion
• Kim Stone - bass
• Dave Kochanski - keyboards, organ
• Mark Ledford - trumpet
• Brian Moore - bass
• Tony Morales - drums

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums[2]	1

References

1. Black Diamond charting info
2. "The Rippingtons US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

External links

• The Rippingtons-Black Diamond at Discogs
• The Rippingtons-Black Diamond at AllMusic
• The Rippingtons Official Website