Welcome to the St. James' Club

Welcome to the St. James Club is the fourth album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1990 for the GRP label. This album reached #1 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Welcome to the St. James' Club
Studio album by
Released1990
Recorded1988 at The Slam Shack and Pacifique Studios in North Hollywood, CA
GenreJazz
Length47:13
LabelGRP
ProducerRuss Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology
Tourist in Paradise
(1989)
Welcome to the St. James' Club
(1990)
Curves Ahead
(1991)

Track listing

(All tracks composed by Russ Freeman)

  1. "Welcome to the St. James' Club" - 4:41
  2. "Wednesday's Child" - 4:53
  3. "I Watched Her Walk Away" - 5:24
  4. "Kenya" - 5:23
  5. "Affair in San Miguel" - 5:04
  6. "Tropic of Capricorn" - 4:59
  7. "Who's Holding Her Now?" - 3:53
  8. "Soul Mates" - 4:57
  9. "Passion Fruit" - 4:34
  10. "Victoria's Secret" - 3:25

Personnel

  • Russ Freeman – keyboards (1-10), keyboard programming (1-10), acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 7), electric guitar (1-6, 8, 9, 10), guitar synthesizer (1-4, 6, 8, 10), bass (1-10), drums (1-5, 8, 10), classical guitar (3), percussion (4, 8)
  • Mike Lang – acoustic piano (6)
  • Joe Sample – acoustic piano (9)
  • Steve Bailey – additional fretless bass (2, 4, 5, 9, 10)
  • Tony Morales – cymbal (1-5, 8), hi-hat (1-5, 8), additional cymbal (7)
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (6, 7, 9)
  • Steve Reid – percussion (1-10), vocals (6)
  • Brant Biles – additional shaker (1)
  • Jeff Kashiwa – saxophone (1, 6), EWI controller (1)
  • Kirk Whalum – saxophone (2, 8)
  • Judd Miller – EWI controller (2, 4, 10)
  • Brandon Fields – saxophone (3, 5, 7, 9), soprano saxophone (10)
  • Carl Anderson – vocals (1, 4)
  • Lynne Fiddmont – vocals (1)
  • Patti Austin – vocals (3, 8)
  • Dee Dee Bellson – vocals (4)
  • Kevin Guillaume – vocals (4)

Production

  • Russ Freeman – producer, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Dave Grusin – executive producer
  • Larry Rosen – executive producer
  • Anthony Jeffries – additional engineer
  • Robert Margouleff – additional engineer, mixing
  • David Nesse – additional engineer
  • Steve Reid – additional engineer
  • Mike Scotella – additional engineer
  • Brant Biles – mix associate
  • Carl Griffin – additional mixing (2, 4, 8)
  • Bernie Grundman – editing, mastering
  • Bruce Volk – technical support
  • Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
  • Bill Mayer – front cover artwork
  • Andy Baltimore – creative director
  • David Gibb – graphic design
  • Jacki McCarthy – graphic design
  • Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
  • Dan Serrano – graphic design
  • Jeff Sedlik – photography
  • Andi Howard – management
    • Mixed at Aire L. A. Studios (Glendale, California).
    • Edited and Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums[1] 1
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References

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