Lee Ritenour - 1989 - Color Rit

Type: Studio Album
Genre: Smooth Jazz / Crossover Jazz
Original Release: 1989 GRP Records (Mar 1989)
Audio CD Release: 1989 GRP Records [GRD-9594]
Total Playtime: 00:43:23

01. [04:50] Bahia Funk
02. [04:41] E (It Is)
03. [04:37] All the Same Tonight
04. [04:06] Mister Reggae
05. [04:15] I Can't Let Go
06. [04:56] Color Rit
07. [04:59] The Kiss
08. [04:47] Malibu
09. [03:59] Tropical Storm
10. [03:06] Etude

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Featuring:
- Lee Ritenour - Guitar (Acoustic), Arranger, Producer, Rhythm Arrangements
- Larry Williams - Keyboards, Flute, Saxophone
- Russell Ferrante - Keyboards, Synthesizer
- David Witham - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, MIDI Piano
- Oscar Castro-Neves - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm)
- Anthony Jackson - Contrabass Guitar
- Johnny Mandel - String Arrangements
- Jimmy Johnson - Bass
- Carlos Vega, Bob Wilson - Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
- Gonzaguinha, Gracinha Leporace, Kate Markowitz - Vocals
- Phil Perry - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
- Ernie Watts - Sax (Tenor)
- Jota Moraes - Rhythm Arrangements

Credits:
- Don Murray - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Wally Traugott - Mastering
- Bob Salcedo, Zero Nylin, Tom Banghart - Mixing Assistant
- Terry Bower - Assistant Engineer
- Benny Carter - Composer
- Kevin Dixon, Arnold Madlener - Digital Mixing Assistant
- Larry Rosen, Dave Grusin - Executive Producer

Recorded at A&M Studios
Produced by Lee Ritenour

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- Billboard Charts:
1989 - R&B Albums #62
1989 - Top Contemporary Jazz Albums #4

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- Review by Richard S. Ginell - allmusic.com
Color Rit begins right where Festival left off, with Brazilian-flavored electric jazz and Rit handling the acoustic guitar, but soon veers closer to a more generic L.A.-based series of sounds and textures. Ritenour adds electric guitar to several tracks, although the acoustic instrument dominates the album. Ernie Watts is back on a couple of cuts, but the bulk of the backup is provided by the likes of keyboardists Dave Witham, Larry Williams and Russ Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Johnson, percussionist Paulinho Da Costa and drummer Carlos Vega. "All the Same Tonight," "Malibu" and "I Can't Let Go," with vocals by Phil Perry, thankfully don't sound quite as commercial as previous attempts on earlier Ritenour albums. Yet this CD represents a slight dip for Ritenour at a stage in his career when his albums were gradually becoming classier and more musical.