Curves Ahead is the fifth album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1991 for the GRP label. This album reached #1 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.
Track listing
All tracks written by Russ Freeman. "Curves Ahead" - 5:39 "Aspen" - 5:28 "Santa Fe Trail" - 5:14 "Take Me With You" - 5:34 "North Star" - 5:24 "Miles Away" - 5:17 "Snowbound" - 4:51 "Nature of the Beast" - 6:21 "Morning Song" - 4:09
Personnel
Russ Freeman – arrangements (1-9), keyboards (1-9), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 7), electric guitar (1, 2, 5-8), guitar synthesizer (1, 8), horn arrangements (1, 3), bass (3-7), classical guitar (4, 9), steel-string guitar (9) Mark Portmann – acoustic piano (2, 4, 9), keyboards (8) Dave Grusin – acoustic piano (5) Kim Stone – bass (1, 2, 8) Steve Bailey – additional fretted and fretless basses (7), fretless bass (9) Tony Morales – drums (1-4, 6, 7, 9) Omar Hakim – drums (5, 8) Steve Reid – assorted percussion (1-9), vocals (3) Jeff Kashiwa – alto saxophone (1, 7), tenor saxophone (1), soprano saxophone (2) Nelson Rangell – alto saxophone (1, 3, 8), flute (3, 9), piccolo flute (9), whistling (9) Bobby Martin – tenor saxophone (1, 6) Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (5, 6) Bruce Fowler – trombone (1, 3) Steve Szabo – trumpet (1, 3)
Production
Russ Freeman – producer, engineer, mixing
Carl Griffin – associate producer
Dave Grusin – executive producer
Larry Rosen – executive producer
Brant Biles – engineer, mixing
Robert Margouleff – engineer, mixing
David Hesse – additional engineer
Joseph Doughney – post-production editing
Michael Landay – post-production editing
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Andi Howard – production coordinator, management
Michele Lewis – production coordinator
Andy Baltimore – creative director
David Gibb – graphic design
Scott Johnson – graphic design
Sonny Mediana – graphic design
Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
Dan Serrano – graphic design
Bill Mayer – front cover artwork
Jeff Katz – photography
Studios
Recorded at Alpha Studios and Underwear Studios (Burbank, California); The Slam Shack (North Hollywood, California). Mixed at Alpha Studios Post-Production Editing at The Review Room (New York City, New York). Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).