Lee Ritenour - 2002 - Rit's House

Type: Studio Album
Genre: Smooth Jazz / Crossover Jazz
Original Release: 2002 GPR Records
Audio CD Release: 2002 GPR Records [GRP 589825] 
Total Playtime: 01:02:10

01. [04:32] Module 105
02. [05:01] "13"
03. [05:27] Mizrab
04. [05:38] 78th & 3rd
05. [05:05] Rit's House
06. [05:15] A Little Dolphin Dreamin'
07. [04:03] Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
08. [05:15] Condor
09. [05:11] Olinda
10. [06:24] Night Owl
11. [04:20] Party Time
12. [06:00] Just Listen
...[A Japanese version added a bonus track]
13. [__:__] ...

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Featuring:
- Lee Ritenour - Guitar
- Mitch Holder - Guitar (Acoustic)
- George Duke - Fender Rhodes
- John Beasley - Piano, Organ (Hammond), Fender Rhodes
- Alan Pasqua - Piano, Organ (Hammond)
- Gary Grant - Trumpet
- Dave Carpenter - Bass (Acoustic)
- Marcus Miller, Melvin Davis - Bass
- Joey DeFrancesco - Organ (Hammond)
- Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Arranger, Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements, Synthesizer Arrangements
- Dan Higgins - Flute, Flute (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Indian Flute
- Randy Kerber - Synthesizer, Strings
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Trombone
- Ernie Watts - Sax (Tenor)
- Peter Erskine, Vinnie Colaiuta, Will Kennedy, Byron Landham - Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
- Michael MacDonald - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)

Credits:
- Lee Ritenour - Arranger, Producer
- Doug Sax - Mastering
- EMI Ferguson - Engineer
- Don Murray - Engineer, Mixing
- Chris Reynolds, Kevin Dean - Assistant Engineer
- Jochem van der Saag, Mitch Holder - Arranger
- Hollis King - Art Direction
- Beth Herzhaft - Photography
- Robert Silverberg - Release Coordinator

Recorded at Sunset Sound, Starlight Studios [Jan 2002-Mar 2002]
Produced by Lee Ritenour

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Billboard Charts:
- 2002 - Top Contemporary Jazz Albums #4

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- Review by Alex Henderson - allmusic.com 
Creatively, Lee Ritenour has had his ups and downs over the years. Many of the guitarist's commercial pop-jazz efforts have wasted his skills as an improviser; when Ritenour is catering to NAC/smooth jazz radio, improvisation is the usually the first thing to go. But when Ritenour does have a chance to stretch out, he can be an appealing improviser. Although quite accessible, Rit's House is among his more memorable and substantial efforts. This 2002 release has a soul-jazz/post-bop outlook that often recalls the late '60s and early '70s; for the most part, it is the sort of album that guitarist Grant Green would have been comfortable recording during that era. But Ritenour's guitar playing owes a lot more to Wes Montgomery, who is obviously his primary influence on Gabor Szabo's "Mizrab," as well as original tunes like "78th & 3rd" (which features organist Joey DeFrancesco) and the dusky "Olinda." One of the CD's best tracks has nothing to do with jazz: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic." Featuring former Doobie Brothers vocalist Michael McDonald, this interesting remake of the Police's 1981 hit is not only a departure from the rest of the album -- it is also a big departure from the original version. While the Police's version was up-tempo pop/rock, Ritenour and McDonald transform "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" into an adult contemporary/quiet storm ballad. That track is the CD's only vocal offering; the rest of Rit's House is instrumental. Arguably, 1992's Wes Bound is still Ritenour's best studio album -- certainly from a jazz perspective. But this CD is also respectable, and those who enjoyed hearing the guitarist stretching out on that mostly straightahead disc will also find a lot to enjoy about Rit's House.