''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".Henderson,
Rit's House AllMusic review
/ref> The album reached No. 4 on the '' Billboard'' jazz albums chart.

Track listing

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Gary McFarland Gary Robert McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 3, 1971) was an American composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist. He recorded for the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. '' Down Beat magazine'' said he made "on ...

) - 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 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 ...

) - 5:14 #Olinda (Lee Ritenour) - 5:11 #Night Owl (Lee Ritenour / Mitch Holder) - 6:24 #Party Time (

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

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Personnel

* Lee Ritenour – guitars, arrangements * George Duke – Fender Rhodes (1, 3) *

Randy Kerber Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema.SeRandy Kerberat the IMDb Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national ...

– 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 Joey DeFrancesco (April 10, 1971August 25, 2022) was an American jazz organist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and occasional singer. He released more than 30 albums under his own name, and recorded extensively as a sideman with such leading jazz perfo ...

– Hammond B3 organ (4) * Mark Stephens – Hammond B3 organ (5) *

Alan Pasqua Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. As a ...

– Hammond B3 organ (10), acoustic piano (11, 12) * Mitch Holder – acoustic guitar (9), arrangements (10) * Marcus Miller – bass (1, 3) *

Dave Carpenter Dave Carpenter (November 4, 1959 – June 24, 2008) was an American bass player. During his early professional career he played with jazz musicians Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman. During the late 1990s he was a touring member of t ...

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acoustic bass The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar ...

(2, 7, 10, 11, 12) *

Melvin Lee Davis Melvin Lee Davis is an American bass player, vocalist, keyboard player, producer, TV composer and engineer based in Orange County, California. He is the music director for Grammy-award winning artist Chaka Khan and has recorded with The Pointer ...

– bass (5, 6, 8, 9) *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Cola ...

– drums (1, 3, 5, 8, 9) * Will Kennedy – drums (2, 6, 7) * Byron Landham – drums (4) *

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the dru ...

– drums (10, 11, 12) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 5-9) *

Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...

– flute (1), tenor saxophone (2, 4, 5), alto flute (2), Indian flutes (9) * Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (6, 8, 10, 11) *

Bill Reichenbach Jr. William Frank Reichenbach Jr. (born November 30, 1949) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He is the son of Bill Reichenbach, who was the drummer for Charlie Byrd from 1962 to 1973. He is best known as a session musician for television, ...

– trombone (2, 4, 5) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...

– 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

* Lee Ritenour – producer * Don Murray – recording, mixing * Eric Ferguson – additional engineer, Pro Tools engineer * Kevin Dean – assistant engineer * Chris Reynolds – assistant engineer *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charl ...

– 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

References

External links

Rit's House at DiscogsRit's House at AllMusicLee Ritenour's Official Site
{{Authority control 2002 albums GRP Records albums Lee Ritenour albums