Black Diamond (The Rippingtons album)

Black Diamond
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 1997
RecordedOctober 1996
Studio
  • Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios (Colorado)
  • Sound On Sound (New York City, New York)
  • Werewolf Studio (Oakland, California)
  • Sonic Jungle Studios (North Hollywood, California)
GenreJazz, Smooth jazz
Length52:10
LabelWindham Hill, Peak Records
ProducerRuss Freeman
The Rippingtons chronology
Brave New World
(1996)
Black Diamond
(1997)
The Best of The Rippingtons
(1997)

Black Diamond is the tenth album by American Jazz group The Rippingtons. Released in 1997, it was their first project for the Windham Hill label after the transfer of Peak Records from GRP earlier that year. The album reached number one on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart.