Rit's House

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Rit's House
Rits House Ritenour 2002 album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2002
Recorded2002
Studio Sunset Sound Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Starlight Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Jazz
Length62:09
Label GRP Records
Producer Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
A Twist of Marley
(2001)
Rit's House
(2002)
The Very Best of Lee Ritenour
(2003)

Rit's House is an album by American guitarist Lee Ritenour released in 2002, and recorded for the GRP label. AllMusic praised Rit's House as "among his more memorable and substantial efforts". [1] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard jazz albums chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Module 105 (Lee Ritenour) - 5:23
  2. "13" (Gary McFarland) - 5:01
  3. Mizrab (Gabor Szabo) - 5:26
  4. 78th and 3rd (Lee Ritenour) - 5:38
  5. Rit's House (Lee Ritenour) - 5:05
  6. A Little Dolphin Dreamin' (Lee Ritenour) - 5:14
  7. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Sting) - 4:02
  8. Condor (Dave Grusin) - 5:14
  9. Olinda (Lee Ritenour) - 5:11
  10. Night Owl (Lee Ritenour / Mitch Holder) - 6:24
  11. Party Time (Lee Morgan) - 4:19
  12. Just Listen (Lee Ritenour) - 6:00

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums [2] 4

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References

  1. Henderson, A Rit's House AllMusic review
  2. "Lee Ritenour US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.