Color Rit

Color Rit
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
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
Lee Ritenour chronology
Festival (1988) Color Rit (1989) Stolen Moments (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Ritenour except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bahia Funk"		4:50
2.	"É"	Gonzaguinha	4:41
3.	"All The Same Tonight"	Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Eric Tagg	4:37
4.	"Mister Reggae"		4:06
5.	"Etude"		3:06
6.	"I Can't Let Go"	The Isley Brothers	4:15
7.	"Color Rit"		4:56
8.	"The Kiss"		3:59
9.	"Malibu"	Ritenour, Phil Perry	4:47
10.	"Tropical Storm"		3:59

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 ^[2] and AllMusic , ^[3] then verified from the album's liner notes. ^[4]

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums [5]	4

References

1. Ginell, Richard S.. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
2. "Discogs Credits". Discogs. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
3. "AllMusic Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
4. Color Rit (liner notes). Lee Ritenour. GRP. 1989. GRD-9594.
5. "Lee Ritenour US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

External links

• Lee Ritenour - Color Rit at Discogs
• Lee Ritenour's Official Site