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.
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| Released | August 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound Studios (Hollywood, CA) Starlight Studios (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 62:09 | |||
| Label | GRP Records | |||
| Producer | Lee Ritenour | |||
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Track listing edit
- Module 105 (Lee Ritenour) - 5:23
- "13" (Gary McFarland) - 5:01
- Mizrab (Gabor Szabo) - 5:26
- 78th and 3rd (Lee Ritenour) - 5:38
- Rit's House (Lee Ritenour) - 5:05
- A Little Dolphin Dreamin' (Lee Ritenour) - 5:14
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Sting) - 4:02
- Condor (Dave Grusin) - 5:14
- Olinda (Lee Ritenour) - 5:11
- Night Owl (Lee Ritenour / Mitch Holder) - 6:24
- Party Time (Lee Morgan) - 4:19
- Just Listen (Lee Ritenour) - 6:00
Personnel edit
- Lee Ritenour – guitars, arrangements
- George Duke – Fender Rhodes (1, 3)
- Randy Kerber – synthesizers (1, 6, 9), strings (1)
- Jochem van der Saag – sound design (1, 3, 7, 8), loops (1), percussion (3), keyboards (7), samples (7), arrangements (7, 8), synthesizers (8)
- John Beasley – Fender Rhodes (2, 5, 7, 8), Hammond B3 organ (6, 9), acoustic piano (6)
- Joey DeFrancesco – Hammond B3 organ (4)
- Mark Stephens – Hammond B3 organ (5)
- Alan Pasqua – Hammond B3 organ (10), acoustic piano (11, 12)
- Mitch Holder – acoustic guitar (9), arrangements (10)
- Marcus Miller – bass (1, 3)
- Dave Carpenter – acoustic bass (2, 7, 10, 11, 12)
- Melvin Lee Davis – bass (5, 6, 8, 9)
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
- Will Kennedy – drums (2, 6, 7)
- Byron Landham – drums (4)
- Peter Erskine – drums (10, 11, 12)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 5-9)
- Dan Higgins – flute (1), tenor saxophone (2, 4, 5), alto flute (2), Indian flutes (9)
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (6, 8, 10, 11)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (2, 4, 5)
- Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1), trumpet (2, 4, 5, 11), horn arrangements (2, 5), synthesizer arrangements (6, 9)
- Gary Grant – trumpet (2, 4, 5)
- Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals (7)
Production edit
- Lee Ritenour – producer
- Don Murray – recording, mixing
- Eric Ferguson – additional engineer, Pro Tools engineer
- Kevin Dean – assistant engineer
- Chris Reynolds – assistant engineer
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Sharlene Bazeghi – production coordinator
- Kelly Pratt – release coordinator
- Robert Silverberg – release coordinator
- Hollis King – art direction
- Gravillis Inc. – graphic design
- Beth Herzhaft – photography
- David K – stylist
- Mark Wexler – management
Charts edit
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Jazz Albums[2] | 4 |
References edit
- ^ Henderson, A Rit's House AllMusic review
- ^ "Lee Ritenour US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.