1985 Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour – Harlequin

Harlequin is a collaborative studio album by American pianist Dave Grusin and American guitarist Lee Ritenour, released in 1985 through GRP Records. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart, and earned a 1986 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental for “Early A.M. Attitude”. Harlequin also earned Grammy nominations for Best Engineered Recording, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance. In 1988, Perri sisters sampled Grusin’s “The Bird” into their track called “The Flight”, from their album “The Flight” under Zebra Records, that song was produced by Michael J. Powell.

Tracks

1  Harlequin (Ivan Lins; Victor Martins) 04:43
2  Early A.M. Attitude (Dave Grusin) 04:59
3  San Ysidro (Lee Ritenour) 04:59
4  Before It’s Too Late (Ivan Lins; Victor Martins) 05:19
5  Silent Message (Dave Grusin) 06:09
6  Cats Of Rio (Don Grusin) 05:18
7  Beyond The Storm (Ivan Lins; Victor Martins) 05:37
8  Grid-Lock (Lee Ritenour) 04:03
9  The Bird (Harvey Mason Sr; Mike Lang) 05:49

Media

Musicians

1 Harlequin

BassJimmy Johnson
DrumsCarlos Vega
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa
PercussionAlex Acuna
VocalsRegina Werneck
VocalsCarol Rogers
VocalsMarietta Waters


2 Early A.M. Attitude

BassJimmy Johnson
DrumsCarlos Vega
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa


3 San Ysidro

BassJimmy Johnson
DrumsCarlos Vega
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa


4 Before It’s Too Late

BassJimmy Johnson
DrumsCarlos Vega
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa
PercussionAlex Acuna
Background VocalsRegina Werneck
Background VocalsCarol Rogers
Background VocalsMarietta Waters
VocalsIvan Lins


5 Silent Message

BassJimmy Johnson
DrumsCarlos Vega
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa


6 Cats Of Rio

BassAbraham Laboriel Sr
DrumsHarvey Mason Sr
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa


7 Beyond The Storm

BassJimmy Johnson
DrumsCarlos Vega
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa
PercussionAlex Acuna
VocalsIvan Lins


8 Grid-Lock

BassJimmy Johnson
DrumsCarlos Vega
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa


9 The Bird

BassAbraham Laboriel Sr
DrumsHarvey Mason Sr
GuitarLee Ritenour
KeyboardsDave Grusin
PercussionPaulinho Da Costa

Liner Notes

Producer – Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour
Arranged By – Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour
Mastered By – Wally Traugott
Mixed By – Don Murray
Programming (Drums) – Don Grusin, Harvey Mason
Programming ([Midi-piano) – Randy Goodrum
Programming (Synthesizer) – Marcus Ryle
Recorded By – Don Murray

Design – Andy Baltimore, Dan Serrano, Dario Campanile
Cover – Dario Campanile
Photography By – Ron Slenzak

Mastered At Capitol Studios
Mastered At Capitol Mastering
Recorded At Sunset Sound
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) GRP
Copyright (c) GRP