Curves Ahead is the fifth album by the American Jazz group The Rippingtons, released in 1991 for the GRP label. This album reached #1 on Billboard's contemporary Jazz chart.

All tracks written by Russ Freeman.

1. "Curves Ahead" - 5:39
2. "Aspen" - 5:28
3. "Santa Fe Trail" - 5:14
4. "Take Me With You" - 5:34
5. "North Star" - 5:24
6. "Miles Away" - 5:17
7. "Snowbound" - 4:51
8. "Nature of the Beast" - 6:21
9. "Morning Song" - 4:09

• Russ Freeman – arrangements (1-9), keyboards (1-9), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 7), electric guitar (1, 2, 5-8), guitar synthesizer (1, 8), horn arrangements (1, 3), bass (3-7), classical guitar (4, 9), steel-string guitar (9)
• Mark Portmann – acoustic piano (2, 4, 9), keyboards (8)
• Dave Grusin – acoustic piano (5)
• Kim Stone – bass (1, 2, 8)
• Steve Bailey – additional fretted and fretless basses (7), fretless bass (9)
• Tony Morales – drums (1-4, 6, 7, 9)
• Omar Hakim – drums (5, 8)
• Steve Reid – assorted percussion (1-9), vocals (3)
• Jeff Kashiwa – alto saxophone (1, 7), tenor saxophone (1), soprano saxophone (2)
• Nelson Rangell – alto saxophone (1, 3, 8), flute (3, 9), piccolo flute (9), whistling (9)
• Bobby Martin – tenor saxophone (1, 6)
• Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (5, 6)
• Bruce Fowler – trombone (1, 3)
• Steve Szabo – trumpet (1, 3)