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.

Color Rit
Studio album by
Released1989
Recorded1989
StudioA&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
Starlight Studios (Malibu, California)
Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, California)
GenreJazz
Length43:28
LabelGRP
ProducerLee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
Festival
(1988)
Color Rit
(1989)
Stolen Moments
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Lee Ritenour except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bahia Funk" 4:50
2."É"Gonzaguinha4:41
3."All The Same Tonight"Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Eric Tagg4:37
4."Mister Reggae" 4:06
5."Etude" 3:06
6."I Can't Let Go"The Isley Brothers4:15
7."Color Rit" 4:56
8."The Kiss" 3:59
9."Malibu"Ritenour, Phil Perry4:47
10."Tropical Storm" 3:59

Personnel

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Production

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  • 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

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

References

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  1. ^ Ginell, Richard S.. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Discogs Credits". Discogs. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ^ "AllMusic Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. ^ Color Rit (liner notes). Lee Ritenour. GRP. 1989. GRD-9594.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Lee Ritenour US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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