title: Topaz (The Rippingtons album)
text: # Topaz (The Rippingtons album)
  
  Topaz is the 10th studio album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons. It was released in 1999 for the Windham Hill label. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Russ Freeman.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  The Rippingtons
  
  * Russ Freeman – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5-8), acoustic guitar (1, 6, 10), classical guitar (1, 4, 5, 7), bajo sexto (1, 6), bass (1, 2, 6, 8, 10), guitar (2, 3), electric guitar (4, 6, 8, 9)
  * Bill Heller – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5-10), organ (9), grand piano (10)
  * Kim Stone – bass (3, 4, 7)
  * David Hooper – drums (1, 2, 3, 5-10), percussion (7, 9)
  
  Guest Musicians
  
  * David Kochanski – acoustic piano (3, 4)
  * Tom Gannaway – flamenco guitar (4)
  * Tony Morales – drums (4)
  * Steve Reid – percussion (4)
  * Robert Tree Cody – pito (1, 6, 8)
  * Paul Taylor – alto saxophone (3), soprano saxophone (5, 10)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Russ Freeman – producer, executive producer, arrangements, recording, mixing
  * Andi Howard – executive producer, management
  * Patrick Clifford – A&R
  * Nick Sodano – recording, mixing
  * Doug Sax – mastering
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1997) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Billboard Jazz Albums | 4 |
  