Fine and excellent fusion jazz can be heard on Brave New World by Russ Freeman & The Rippingtons. Very commercial, but this CD has a lot of quality and certainly provides the fan of this fusion / soul jazz a lot of listening pleasure. On the cover of the pop classic Caravan Of Love, singer Phil Perry makes his mark; another soul hit is Ain't No Stoppin 'Us Now with The Whispers among others.
The third cover on this CD is George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Guitarist / keyboard player Russ Freeman wrote the other eight songs of this eleven-track album. The dynamics sparkle on this album, on which besides The Rippingtons you can also hear guest players, such as: the saxophonists Brandon Fields and Eric Marienthal and the trumpet players Jerry Hey and Gary Grant.more