This Is Love (Lee Ritenour album)

This Is Love
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	1998
Recorded	1997–1998
Studio	Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA) Starlight Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:39
Label	GRP Records
Producer	Lee Ritenour Don Murray
Lee Ritenour chronology
A Twist of Jobim (1997) This Is Love (1998) Two Worlds (1999)

This Is Love is a studio album by American guitarist Lee Ritenour released in 1998 on GRP Records. ^[1] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. ^[2]

Overview

Artists such as Lisa Fischer and Phil Perry appear upon the album. ^[1]

Covers

Ritenour covers "Alfie's Theme" by Sonny Rollins and "Baltimore" by Randy Newman on the album. ^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

AllMusic noted that Ritenour "has grown as a mature jazz artist on this album". ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Ritenour, unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This is Love"		4:47
2.	"Mr. Papa"		4:41
3.	"Can You Feel It?"		5:20
4.	"Dream Away"		4:28
5.	"Alfie's Theme"	Sonny Rollins	6:01
6.	"And You Know That… I Love You"		5:18
7.	"Baltimore"	Randy Newman	4:53
8.	"Ooh-Yeah"		3:50
9.	"Street Runner"	Sony Rollins	7:36
10.	"Dreamwalk"		5:25
11.	"Pavane"	Gabriel Faure	6:45
Total length:			59:04

Personnel

• Lee Ritenour – arrangements, synthesizers (1-4, 6-8), guitars (1-9, 11), bass (1, 7, 8), drum programming (1-4, 7, 8), BGV arrangements (4), acoustic guitars (10)
• Bob James – Fender Rhodes (3)
• Ronnie Foster – Hammond B3 organ (5, 9), organ bass (5)
• Alan Pasqua – Fender Rhodes (6), acoustic piano (9-11)
• Melvin Lee Davis – bass (2-4, 11), bass pops (8)
• James Genus – electric bass (6), acoustic bass (9, 10)
• Sonny Emory – drums (2-10)
• Dave Weckl – drums (11)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 4, 6, 7, 11), timbales (7)
• Larry Williams – saxophones (1, 9), keyboards (2, 4, 6, 9), synthesizers (3, 8), flute (3, 8), alto saxophone (5)
• Bill Evans – tenor saxophone (5, 9), soprano saxophone (6)
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (11)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1-3, 5, 8, 9)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (1-3, 5, 8, 9)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1-3, 5, 8, 9), horn arrangements (1, 5, 9), flugelhorn (2), additional horn arrangements (3, 8), additional synthesizer arrangements (3, 6, 8)
• Ralph Morrison – violin (7, 10, 11)
• Frank Becker – additional string sounds (7), synthesizers (10, 11), arrangements (10), programming (11)
• Phil Perry – vocals (4), BGV arrangements (4)
• Lisa Fischer – vocals (7)

Production

• Michael Fagien – executive producer
• Mark Wexler – executive producer
• Lee Ritenour – executive producer, producer, additional engineer
• Don Murray – producer, recording, mixing, mastering
• Bryan Aee – additional engineer
• Doug Bohem – assistant engineer
• Kevin Dean – assistant engineer
• Tom Nellan – assistant engineer
• Paul Read – assistant engineer
• Robert Vosgien – digital editing at CMS Mastering (Pasadena, CA)
• Paul May – additional technical assistance
• David McEowan – mastering assistant
• Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA) – mastering location
• Phil Shackleton – computer technical support, music transcription, music copyist
• Sari Zee – production coordinator
• Patricia Lie – art direction, design
• Catherine Ledner – photography
• Theodora Kuslan – release coordinator

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[1]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Contemporary Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [2]	4

References

1. This is Love (liner notes). Lee Ritenour. GRP Records. 314 557 290-2.
2. "Lee Ritenour: This Is Love (Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
3. "This Is Love by Lee Ritenour". secondhandsongs.com.
4. Ginell, Richard S.. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• This Is Love at Discogs
• This Is Love at AllMusic