''Festival'' is an album by American jazz guitarist
Lee Ritenour
Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s.
Biography
Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...
that was released in 1988 by
GRP Records
GRP® Records (Grusin-Rosen Productions) is a jazz record label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen (producer), Larry Rosen in 1978. Distributed by Verve Records, GRP® was originally known for its digital recordings that focuses on its jazz ...
. The album is a collaboration between musicians from New York City, Los Angeles, and Brazil. ''Festival'' reached No. 3 on the
''Billboard'' Contemporary Jazz chart.
Track listing
#"Night Rhythms" (Ritenour) – 4:32
#"Latin Lovers" (Aldir Blanc,
Joao Bosco) – 6:17
#"Humana" (
Ivan Lins,
Vítor Martins
Vítor Martins (born October 22, 1944) is a Brazilian songwriter, known for several hits in Brazil and internationally. Most of these were composed with Ivan Lins (born 1945), with whom Martins began working in the early 1970s. Together, they foun ...
) – 4:39
#"Rio Sol" (
Tim Landers
Timothy Gerard Landers (born November 1, 1956) is an American bassist best known for his contribution to the 1970s-80s jazz-fusion genre and his work with Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, and Gil Evans. Landers is a session musician and was a membe ...
) – 5:24
#"Waiting for You" (Ritenour) – 2:23
#"Odile, Odila" (Joao Bosco,
Martinho da Vila
Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB. He is a prolific songwriter, with hundreds of recorded songs across over 40 solo albums. He a ...
) – 4:58
#"Linda – Voce E Linda" (
Caetano Veloso) – 5:28
#"New York/Brazil" (Ritenour) – 4:22
#"The Inner Look" (
Bob James) – 5:17
Personnel
* Lee Ritenour – guitar, synthesizer
*
Jerry Hey – horn
*
Larry Williams
Larry Williams (born Lawrence Eugene Williams, a.k.a. Lawrence Edward Williams; May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams ...
– horn
*
Ernie Watts
Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...
– alto and tenor saxophones
*
Dave Grusin – keyboards
*
Bob James – keyboards
*
Joao Bosco – guitar, vocals
*
Anthony Jackson – bass
*
Marcus Miller
William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...
– bass
*
Omar Hakim – drums
*
Carlinhos Brown – cabasa, djembe, pandeiro, percussion
*
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
*
Robbie Kondor
Robbie Kondor is an American composer, session musician, and arranger. He has worked as a composer on '' The Significant Other'', ''Ball In The House'', ''Sally Jessy Raphael'', ''Happiness'' (1998), ''The Suburbans'' (1999), '' Forever Fabulous ...
– keyboards
*
Caetano Veloso – vocals
*
Gracinha Leporace
Gracinha Leporace (born Maria da Graça Leporace; 20 January 1950) is a Brazilian singer who works extensively with her husband Sérgio Mendes and his band.
Leporace was born in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. She has a sister, Marianna Leporace, who ...
– backing vocals
Charts
References
External links
Lee Ritenour - Festival at DiscogsLee Ritenour's Official Site
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1988 albums
GRP Records albums
Lee Ritenour albums
Portuguese-language albums