''Friendship'' is a studio album by

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 ...

released in 1978. This album was his third out of fourth to be recorded direct to a master disc, with each side of the LP one continuous performance.

Track listing

#"Sea Dance" (Don Grusin) #"Crystal Morning" (Lee Ritenour) #"Samurai Night Fever" (Dave Grusin) #"Life is the Song We Sing" (Ernie Watts) #"Woody Creek" (Dave Grusin) #"It's a Natural Thing" (Watts)

Musicians

*Steve Forman - percussion *

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the ''Modern D ...

- drums *Dave Green - synthesizer *

Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

- piano, electric piano *

Don Grusin Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941) is an American jazz keyboardist, composer, and record producer. He is the younger brother of Dave Grusin. Career Don Grusin grew up in Littleton, Colorado. His father, a native of Latvia, was a classical violinis ...

- electric piano *

Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...

- bass, electric bass *

- guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, vocals *

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 ...

- soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxophone

References

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