Lee Ritenour - 1979 - Rio

Type: Studio Album
Genre: Smooth Jazz / Crossover Jazz
Original Release: 1979 GRP Records (August 1979)
Audio CD Release: 1990 GRP Records [GRD-9524] (October 25, 1990)
Total Playtime: 00:37:46

01. [05:56] Rainbow
02. [05:36] San Juan Sunset
03. [05:11] Rio Funk
04. [05:43] It Happens Everyday
05. [05:29] Ipanema Sol
06. [04:57] Simplicidad
07. [05:07] A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

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Featuring:
- Lee Ritenour - Synthesizer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Rhythm Arrangements
- Dave Green - Synthesizer
- Dave Grusin - Keyboards, String Arrangements
- Don Grusin - Arranger, Keyboards
- Oscar Castro-Neves - Guitar
- Jeff Mironov - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
- Marcus Miller, Luizao Maia, Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - Bass
- Ernie Watts - Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Soprano)
- Jerry Hey - Horn Arrangements
- Armando Marcal, Roberto Pinheiro, Steve Forman, Rubens Bassini, Jose Da Silva, Chico Batera - Percussion
- Alex Acuna - Percussion, Drums
- Paulinho Braga, Buddy Williams - Drums 

Credits:
- Toshio Endo - Producer
- Andy Baltimore - Creative Director
- Larry Rosen, Don Murray - Engineer
- Peter Lopez - Production Coordination
- Chu Kawahito - Photography

Recorded at Sigla Studio, Santa Barbara Sound, A&R Studio, Davlen Studio (Aug - Sep 1979)
Produced by Toshio Endo

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- Billboard Charts:
1982 - Jazz Albums #11
1982 - The Billboard 200 #163

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- Review by Richard S. Ginell - allmusic.com
Recorded by JVC for the Japanese market, first released in the U.S. by Elektra, and now on GRP, Ritenour's first all-acoustic guitar album was recorded in three far-flung cities with three different bands (how's that for musical chairs in packs of three?). The New York tracks, which feature Dave Grusin (keyboards) and Marcus Miller on popping bass, have a nice genteel funky flavor not unlike Larry Carlton's acoustic albums in the next decade. The Rio tracks, with a Brazilian rhythm section and Don Grusin's keyboards, differ only marginally in feeling, mostly in the use of percussion. Out in Santa Barbara, CA, "Ipanema Sol" sounds even more Brazilian than the Rio tracks, as colored by the flute of Ernie Watts and the percussion battery of Alex Acuna and Steve Forman, while Joe Sample's "It Happens Everyday" closes the set on a lyrical note. For all of its continent-trotting ways, the record is remarkably unified -- thanks in no small part to Ritenour's intelligent, beautifully felt playing -- and makes comfortable listening.