| Portrait | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA) Starlight Sound (Burbank, CA) CMS Digital (Pasadena, California) | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 45:00 | |||
| Language | English, Portuguese | |||
| Label | GRP | |||
| Producer | Lee Ritenour | |||
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Portrait is the sixteenth studio album by American jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour, released in 1987 through GRP Records. The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard magazine Contemporary Jazz chart.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Asa" | Djavan | 5:21 |
| 2. | "Turn the Heat Up" | Kelly McNulty, Ritenour, Eric Tagg | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Windmill" | Ritenour, Harvey Mason | 4:20 |
| 4. | "White Water" | Russell Ferrante | 5:04 |
| 5. | "Portrait" | Ritenour, Harvey Mason | 4:28 |
| 6. | "G-Rit" | Ritenour, Kenny G | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Shades in the Shade" | Ritenour, Tim Landers | 4:32 |
| 8. | "Children's Games" | Antônio Carlos Jobim | 4:20 |
| 9. | "Runaway" | Ritenour | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Route 17" | Richard Bauerle, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip | 4:35 |
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Jazz Albums [1] | 7 |
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