TODAY IS MAY 23RD, AND WE HERE AT RIPPITOPEN.COM WANT TO SEND OUT BIRTHDAY WISHES TO JAZZ SAXOPHONIST MINDI ABAIR. WE ALSO WANT TO SEND OUT BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES TO JAZZ VOCALIST RACHELLE FERRELL, AND JAZZ

GUITARIST MATTHEW VON DORAN BOTH ON MAY 21ST, JAZZ DRUMMER RALPH PETERSON JR ON MAY 20TH, JAZZ BASSIST KYLE EASTWOOD, AND JAZZ SAXOPHONIST TOM SCOTT BOTH ON MAY 19TH, AND JAZZ PIANIST GREG KARUKAS ON MAY 18TH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE DIDN'T FORGET TO LET OUR FOLLOWERS IN ON OUR GREAT CONCERT WEEKEND

JUNE 26TH AND JUNE 29TH. WE STARTED THE WEEKEND OFF WITH MAYSA, AND LET ME TELL YOU, SHE DID NOT DISAPPOINT. HER VELVET VOICE KEPT THE CROWD IN

A PERFECT MELLOW MOOD, BEFORE ENDING THE SHOW WITH ANOLD SCHOOL MEDLEY THAT GOT THE CROWD UP AND MOVING TO THE MUSIC. WE FOLLOWED THAT CONCERT WITH THE RETURN OF THE RIPPINGTONS FEATURING RUSS FREEMAN ON THE 29TH. THIS SHOW WAS LONG AWAITED FROM A GROUP THAT HAD BEEN ON A 2YR HIATUS. ONCE AGAIN THE RIPPINGTONS  HAVE NOT MISSED A BEAT. THEY BROUGHT BACK ONE OF THERE ORIGINALS, SAXOPHONIST BRANDON FIELDS, WHO DID A GREAT JOB FILLING IN FOR JEFF KASHIWA WHO WAS ON TOUR WITH THE SAX PACK. ALL IN ALL A GREAT 2 DAY WEEKEND FOR RIPPITOPEN.COM COMING OFF A BUSY MONTH OF JUNE. HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR WEEKEND. ENJOY!!!!!!!

TODAY, JANUARY 1ST 2015, THE JAZZ WORLD LOST A GREAT MAN AND MUSICIAN. TODAY WE MOURN THE LOSS OF JAZZ GUITARIST JEFF GOLUB . JEFF'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE 11 SOLO CD'S AND 3 CD'S AS LEADER OF THE GROUP,

AVENUE BLUE. WE HERE AT RIPPITOPEN.COM WANT TO SEND OUT OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE GOLUB FAMILY. JEFF, YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT YOUR MUSIC LIVES FOREVER. REST IN PEACE.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ROY AYERS ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH AT BLUES ALLEY. WHAT A SHOW!!! MR. AYERS, 73 YEARS YOUNG PUT ON A FANTASTIC SHOW. ROY BELLOWED HIT AFTER HIT, AND KEPT THE CROWD SINGING RIGHT ALONG WITH EACH SONG. DC CITY, SEARCHIN, DON'T STOP, WERE SOME OF THE SONGS THAT HE PLAYED DURING A 2HR STINT. WE CELEBRATED OUR VP TONY HAYES BIRTHDAY, AND ROY MADE SURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS DAY. THANKS ROY,

FOR MAKING OUR NIGHT A MEMORABLE EVENING.

SORRY THAT WE MISSED THIS DAY, BUT WE HERE AT RIPPITOPEN.COM WANT TO WISH A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO JAZZ GUITARIST EARL KLUGH SEPTEMBER 16TH. HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR DAY EARL.

TODAY THE JAZZ WORLD LOST A TRUE PIONEER. TODAY AUGUST 6TH THE MUSIC

WORLD SAID GOODBYE TO LEGENDARY JAZZ KEYBOARDIST GEORGE DUKE WHO PASSED AT THE AGE OF 67. WE HERE AT RIPPITOPEN.COM WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE DUKE FAMILY. WE ARE SADDENED BY THIS NEWS AND WE WILL MISS GEORGE AND HIS MUSIC. REST IN PEACE GEORGE DUKE. YOUR SMILE WILL BE MISSED.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT SOMEHOW WE MISSED A BIRTHDAY ON JULY 13TH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR CREATOR, AND MENTOR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BOSS, MR. RIPPITOPEN.COM HIMSELF, CHARLES CAIN.

TODAY IS JUNE 30TH, AND WE HERE AT RIPPITOPEN.COM WOULD LIKE TO WISH A

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO, IN OUR OPINION THE BEST BASSIST IN THE JAZZ INDUSTRY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY STANLEY CLARKE. DON'T MISS STANLEY IN CONCERT ON OCTOBER 17TH THRU THE 20TH AT BLUES ALLEY. RIPPITOPEN.COM WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

TODAY IS JUNE 26TH, AND WE HERE AT RIPPITOPEN.COM WOULD LIKE TO WISH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE JAZZ PIANIST, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE GRUSIN.

TODAY IS JUNE 12TH AND WE HERE AT RIPPITOPEN.COM WANT TO CONTINUE OUR BIRTHDAY TRADITION, BY WISHING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF THE GREATEST PIANIST IN THE JAZZ INDUSTRY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHICK COREA.