Lee Ritenour - 1987 - Portrait

Type: Studio Album
Genre: Smooth Jazz / Crossover Jazz
Original Release: 1987 GRP Records (Jan 1987)
Audio CD Release: 1987 GRP Records [GRD-9553] (USA)
Total Playtime: 00:45:00

01. [05:21] Asa
02. [04:00] Turn the Heat Up
03. [04:20] Windmill
04. [05:04] White Water
05. [04:28] Portrait
06. [03:30] G-Rit
07. [04:32] Shades in the Shade
08. [04:20] Children's Games
09. [04:40] Runaway
10. [04:35] Route 17

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Featuring:
- Lee Ritenour - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Synthesizer), Producer, Engineer, Synthaxe
- Barnaby Finch - Keyboards, MIDI Piano
- Russell Ferrante, Greg Philinganes - Keyboards
- Nathan East, Jimmy Haslip, Tim Landers - Bass
- Jr. Paul Jackson - Guitar
- Djavan - Guitar, Vocals
- Eric Tagg, Phil Perry - Vocals
- Kevyn Lettau - Vocals (bckgr)
- Marc Russo - Sax (Alto)
- Kenny G - Sax (Tenor)
- Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Arranger
- Larry Williams - Synthesizer, Programming, Sax (Tenor) 
- Dave Boroff - Programming
- Sr. Harvey Mason - Percussion, Drums
- William Kennedy, Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
- Alex Acuna, Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion

Credits:
- Don Murray - Producer, Engineer
- Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen - Executive Producer
- Terry Bower - Assistant Engineer
- Andy Baltimore - Design, Creative Director
- David Gibb - Design
- Dave Kunze, Ivan Salgado, Dan Serrano - Design
- Glenn Wexler - Photography
- Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, Kelly Waite Mcnulty, Jay Beckenstein, Richard George Bauerle, Gene Lees - Composer

Recorded at Sunset Studios
Produced by Lee Ritenour

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- Billboard Charts:
1987 - Top Contemporary Jazz Albums #7

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- Review by Richard S. Ginell - allmusic.com
Portrait is predominantly a series of encounters between Ritenour and several guest interlopers, presumably to provide a well-rounded stylistic composite. The more heartening result is the acceleration of Ritenour's growth into a tastier, more musical guitarist, whether in the lead or sharing the spotlight. "Asa" is excellent, a fine Djavan tune with the composer's vocals adding immeasurably and possibly inspiring some tasty electric work from Lee -- and there is a sweetly-played Brazilian-styled tune, "Windmill," where Rit's playing almost resembles that of Chet Atkins in its smooth deceptive simplicity. "G-Rit" has Kenny G exchanging riffs with the far more inventive Ritenour, but you can tell that Kenny is definitely stoking Lee's engine. There are three tracks with a restrained quorum from Yellowjackets; "White Water" is not bad, has a nice flow, while Jobim's "Children's Games" receives a lovely performance and "Runaway" closes the LP on an attractive note (the CD has an additional cut). One of Rit's better records of the '80s.