Curves Ahead

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.
 * 1) "Curves Ahead" - 5:39
 * 2) "Aspen" - 5:28
 * 3) "Santa Fe Trail" - 5:14
 * 4) "Take Me With You" - 5:34
 * 5) "North Star" - 5:24
 * 6) "Miles Away" - 5:17
 * 7) "Snowbound" - 4:51
 * 8) "Nature of the Beast" - 6:21
 * 9) "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).