1989 studio album by Lee Ritenour
Color Rit Released 1989 Recorded 1989 Studio A&M Studios (Hollywood, California) Starlight Studios (Malibu, California) Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, California)Genre Jazz Length 43 :28 Label GRP Producer Lee Ritenour
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
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.
All tracks are written by Lee Ritenour except where noted
Lee Ritenour – rhythm arrangements, acoustic guitar, electric guitars (4, 6, 8)
Larry Williams – keyboards (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), flute (2), saxophones (4), synthesizers (9)
David Witham – keyboards (1, 3), keyboard solo (1), MIDI piano (2-4, 9), synthesizers (5, 7, 8), acoustic piano (6)
Russell Ferrante – keyboards (2), synthesizers (3, 6)
Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic rhythm guitar (2)
Jimmy Johnson – bass (1-10, except 5)
Anthony Jackson – contrabass guitar (5)
Carlos Vega – drums (1-9)
Bob Wilson – drums (10)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-9)
Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1), alto saxophone (7)
Jerry Hey – horn and string arrangements, trumpet (2, 4)
Jota Moraes – rhythm arrangements (2)
Johnny Mandel – string arrangements (8)
Gonzaguinha – lead vocals (2)
Gracinha Leporace – backing vocals (2, 3)
Kate Markowitz – backing vocals (2, 3)
Phil Perry – lead vocals (3, 6, 9), backing vocals (3, 9)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 photographyTrack information and credits adapted from Discogs [ 2] and AllMusic ,[ 3] then verified from the album's liner notes.[ 4]