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
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Percussion | Alex Acuna |
Vocals | Regina Werneck |
Vocals | Carol Rogers |
Vocals | Marietta Waters |
2 Early A.M. Attitude
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
3 San Ysidro
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
4 Before It’s Too Late
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Percussion | Alex Acuna |
Background Vocals | Regina Werneck |
Background Vocals | Carol Rogers |
Background Vocals | Marietta Waters |
Vocals | Ivan Lins |
5 Silent Message
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
6 Cats Of Rio
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | Harvey Mason Sr |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
7 Beyond The Storm
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Percussion | Alex Acuna |
Vocals | Ivan Lins |
8 Grid-Lock
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Drums | Carlos Vega |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
9 The Bird
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Drums | Harvey Mason Sr |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Paulinho 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