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Black Diamond
Black Diamond
Studio album by The Rippingtons
Released	March 24, 1997
Recorded	October 1996
Genre	Jazz, Smooth jazz
Length	52:10
Label	Windham Hill, Peak Records
Producer	Russ Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology

Black Diamond is the tenth album by American Jazz group The Rippingtons. Released in 1997, it was their first project for the Windham Hill label after the transfer of Peak Records from GRP earlier that year. The album reached number one on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Russ Freeman except where noted.

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

Personnel

The Rippingtons

Russ Freeman – keyboards, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, classical guitar, electric guitars, 12-string guitar, mandolin, bass, drum programming, rhythm loops, rhythm programming, percussion
David Kochanski – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), organ (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11)
Kim Stone – bass (1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11), fretless bass (1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11)
Steve Reid – percussion (8, 11)
Jeff Kashiwa – EWI controller (1), tenor saxophone (2, 4), tenor sax solo (2), soprano saxophone (11)

Guest Musicians

Mark Williamson – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), lead vocals (7), acoustic guitar (7), percussion (7)
Pete Escovedo – percussion (9)
Nelson Rangell – alto saxophone (10), tenor saxophone (10), flute (10)
Mark Ledford – trumpet (5)
Arturo Sandoval – trumpet solo (9)

Production

Russ Freeman – producer, executive producer, arrangements, recording, mixing
Carl Griffin – producer (trumpet sessions on Tracks 5 & 9), mixing
Andi Howard – executive producer, management
Paul Wickliffe – additional engineer
Ray Obiedo – assistant engineer
John Reigart III – assistant engineer
Brian Springer – assistant engineer
Nick Sodano – mixing
Doug Sax – mastering
Patrick Clifford – A&R
Larry Hamby – A&R
Sonny Mediana – art direction
Ilene Weingard – design
Bill Mayer – illustration
Carl Studna – photography

Studios

Recorded and Mixed at Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios (Colorado).
Additional recording at Sound On Sound (New York City, New York).
Assistant recording at Werewolf Studio (Oakland, California) and Sonic Jungle Studios (North Hollywood, California).
Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).