I probably first heard The Rippingtons when I began listening to Smoooooth Jazzzzzz in the mid-1980′s. We have a great college radio station here, on the lower FNM dial, that plays and played jazz even before the mainstream radio started. Then, in the late 80′s/early 90′s a small station started playing the label, “Smooooth Jazzzzz”. We now have the national station that plays this music, and used to give out “a trip a day”!

In my earlier youth, I used to enjoy going to jazz clubs to sip wine and listen to cool ensembles playing sophisticated tunes.