Harlequin | ||||
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Released | 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
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Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 46:38 | |||
Label | GRP | |||
Producer | Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour | |||
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Harlequin is a collaborative studio album by American pianist Dave Grusin and American guitarist Lee Ritenour, released in 1985 through GRP Records. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart, and earned a 1986 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental for "Early A.M. Attitude". Harlequin also earned Grammy nominations for Best Engineered Recording, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance. In 1988, Perri sisters sampled Grusin's “The Bird” into their track called “The Flight”, from their album “The Flight” under Zebra Records, that song was produced by Michael J. Powell.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Harlequin" (Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins) | 4:40 |
2. | "Early A.M. Attitude" (Dave Grusin) | 4:58 |
3. | "San Ysidro" (Lee Ritenour) | 4:57 |
4. | "Before It's Too Late" (Lins, Martins) | 5:16 |
5. | "Silent Message" (Dave Grusin) | 6:07 |
6. | "Cats of Rio" (Don Grusin) | 5:15 |
7. | "Beyond the Storm" (Lins, Martins) | 5:36 |
8. | "Grid-Lock" (Ritenour) | 4:02 |
9. | "The Bird" (Harvey Mason, Mike Lang) | 5:47 |
Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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US Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [1] | 2 |
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