Color Rit Explained
| Color Rit |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Lee Ritenour |
| Cover: | Lee_Ritenour_Color_Rit_1990_Album.png |
| Released: | 1989 |
| Recorded: | 1989 |
| Studio: | A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
Starlight Studios (Malibu, California)
Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, California) |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 43:28 |
| Label: | GRP |
| Producer: | Lee Ritenour |
| Prev Title: | Festival |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Stolen Moments |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Color Rit is an album by American jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour that was released in 1989 by GRP Records. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard magazine Contemporary Jazz chart.
Personnel
- Lee Ritenour – rhythm arrangements, acoustic guitar, electric guitars (4, 6, 8)
- Larry Williams – keyboards (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), flute (2), saxophones (4), synthesizers (9)
- David Witham – keyboards (1, 3), keyboard solo (1), MIDI piano (2-4, 9), synthesizers (5, 7, 8), acoustic piano (6)
- Russell Ferrante – keyboards (2), synthesizers (3, 6)
- Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic rhythm guitar (2)
- Jimmy Johnson – bass (1-10, except 5)
- Anthony Jackson – contrabass guitar (5)
- Carlos Vega – drums (1-9)
- Bob Wilson – drums (10)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-9)
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1), alto saxophone (7)
- Jerry Hey – horn and string arrangements, trumpet (2, 4)
- Jota Moraes – rhythm arrangements (2)
- Johnny Mandel – string arrangements (8)
- Gonzaguinha – lead vocals (2)
- Gracinha Leporace – backing vocals (2, 3)
- Kate Markowitz – backing vocals (2, 3)
- Phil Perry – lead vocals (3, 6, 9), backing vocals (3, 9)
Production
- Dave Grusin – executive producer
- Larry Rosen – executive producer
- Lee Ritenour – producer
- Don Murray – co-producer, engineer, mixing, recording
- Kevin Dixon – mix assistant
- Andrew Madlener – mix assistant
- Tom Banghart – additional mix assistant
- Terry Bower – additional mix assistant
- Zero Nylin – additional mix assistant
- Bob Salcedo – additional mix assistant
- Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
- CMS Digital (Pasadena, California) – digital editing location
- Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
- Andy Baltimore – creative direction, graphic design
- Lee Corey – graphic design
- David Gibb – graphic design
- Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
- Dan Serrano – graphic design
- Vincente Kutka – front cover art
- Susan Silton – title design
- Chris Cuffaro – back cover photography, black and white photography
Track information and credits adapted from Discogs[1] and AllMusic,[2] then verified from the album's liner notes.[3]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Discogs Credits . Discogs . 29 March 2021 .
- Web site: AllMusic Credits . AllMusic . 29 March 2021 .
- Color Rit . Lee Ritenour . liner notes . 1989 . . GRD-9594.
- Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=lee-ritenour-mn0000228444/awards|pure_url=yes}} Lee Ritenour US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2013-03-09.
