I saw the first set last night at Seattle's Jazz Alley. I was impressed with the energy displayed and Rico showed that he can handle his chair. Jeff sounded great. Karsoney and Heller each had opportunities to shine and Russ showed his brilliance on his acoustic and electric guitars. I didn't write down a set list, but I was impressed with the choice of material. There was a medley about 3 songs in that started with a rare rendition of Snowbound and continued with many classic Ripp's songs that I haven't heard in many years. A nice evening of music. I'm sure all of you will be impressed. (Tourist encore)

Ed E.

Glad to hear that they are off to a good start! They will be in my neck of the woods next month - can't wait!

To a certain lurker - check the Scullers website! Assuming that I make it to all of their upcoming concerts as planned,the Ripp's 2nd show on 11/20 will be my 50th!!!!! I'll probably never catch up to Kat, but that's ok! : )

FYI: The Ripps are also on facebook - you can check out some of their concert dates there as well.

Attended the early show @ Jazz Alley last night - was great as expected. Just wanted to make a couple comments about the show:

1.) Thanks to Russ so much for including the song "Love Story" in the play list - It's my fav tune on Modern Art.

2.) Was great that the band took the time to sign my copy of the CD - Made for an excellent experience...


I hope the Ripps continue to visit Jeff's stompin' grounds up here - It's a great venue that I'll continue to attend ! Thanks

Here's the set list from Saturday night 8pm in Seattle. I'm pretty sure this is correct, but take it with a grain of salt.

Body Art
Welcome To The St. James Club
Modern Art
Medley –
1. Vienna
2. Sweet Lullaby
3. Victoria’s Secret
Bingo Jingo
Love Story (with Jeff playing 'trumpet' on his EWI)
When It Feels Good (Jeff Kashiwa song)
Tourist In Paradise

Encore – South Beach Mambo

They sounded great. One interesting comment that Russ made - he said that Victoria's Secret was his favorite Ripps tune, but he wouldn't name it (said it was a stupid name and a bad album!)

It was a great show. Hope you can catch them if they come your way.

To our table mates on the Ripps cruise, We will be attending all 4 shows at Scullers in Nov. Hope to see you and the family there. Also, we have tickets to the upcoming shows at Rams Head in Annapolis and The Birchmere in Alexandria Va. As I mentioned during the cruise, these are our current favorite venues to see the Ripps.
Hope to see you and the family in November.

I happend to get a look at the set list beforehand:

City of Angels
St. James Club
Modern Art
Ballad Medley
Aspen
Bingo Jingo
Love Story
Feels Good
Weekend in Monaco
Body Art
South Beach Mambo

I'm so glad that they played "Weekend in Monaco". After seeing that young euro band attempt to play it on youtube, (another thread here) it just re-inforces how great of a sax player Jeff really is... Awesome performance - He's just awe -inspiring...

Can't beleive that I got the lurker to make a post! If you haven't done so already, make sure that you ask about the Jazz overnighter (and/or dinner and show) package at Scullers/Doubletree; it's usually a good deal. You will probably see our family in Boston - we will be there in various arrangements throughout the weekend - hopefully no one will be ill this time! ; )

I was on Long Island this weekend - for my son's LAX tournament. We had a six hour wait between games on Saturday so we took a walk to the clubhouse of a neighboring golf course and stayed for lunch - it was a gorgeous day and there we were on the patio, overlooking the beautiful golf course (can't even get the golfer away from the golf course on a "golf free" weekend), when "Paris Groove" began playing in the background - a lovely taste of the Ripps, to hold me over until I can see them live next month!

Today is the day - they're playing in Hartford! And they'll be back in CT again next week! I'll see you in a few hours, Kat!!!!!!

Great show in Hartford last night - even the weather was perfect - thanks guys! Safe travels until we cross paths again (in 3 days)!

Kat - hope you'll post some pictures soon!

This message was posted at 10:03 AM eastern time! : )