1988 Lee Ritenour – Festival

Festival is an album by American jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour that was released in 1988 by GRP Records. 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.

Tracks

1  Night Rhythms (Lee Ritenour) 4:37
2  Latin Lovers (Incompatibilidata de Ginios) (Aldir Blanc; Joao Bosco) 6:22
3  Humana (Ivan Lins; Vitor Martins) 4:43
4  Rio Sol (Tim Landers) 5:29
5  Waiting for You (Lee Ritenour) 2:28
6  Odile, Odila (Over Here, Over There) (Joao Bosco; Martinho da Vilial) 5:03
7  Linda (Voce e Linda) (Caetano Veloso) 5:33
8  New York / Brazil (Lee Ritenour) 4:27
9  The Inner Look (Bob James) 5:22

Musicians

1 Night Rhythms

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Omar Hakim
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Keyboards Dave Grusin
Sax Ernie Watts
Pandeiro Carlinhos Brown
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa


2 Latin Lovers (Incompatibilidata de Ginios)

Bass Anthony Jackson
Drums Omar Hakim
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Acoustic Guitar Joao Bosco
Keyboards Dave Grusin
Horns Randy Kerber
Strings Randy Kerber
Percussion Carlinhos Brown
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals Gracinha Leporace
Vocals Joao Bosco


3 Humana

Bass Anthony Jackson
Drums Omar Hakim
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Keyboards Bob James
Horns / Strings Jerry Hey
Horns / Strings Larry Williams
Sax Ernie Watts
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa


4 Rio Sol

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Omar Hakim
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Keyboards Bob James
Sax Ernie Watts
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa


5 Waiting for You

Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Synthesizer Lee Ritenour


6 Odile, Odila (Over Here, Over There)

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Omar Hakim
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Acoustic Guitar Joao Bosco
Keyboards Dave Grusin
Percussion Carlinhos Brown
Background Vocals Gracinha Leporace
Vocals Joao Bosco


7 Linda (Voce e Linda)

Bass Anthony Jackson
Drums Omar Hakim
Keyboards Dave Grusin
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Horns / Strings Randy Kerber
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Percussion Carlinhos Brown
Vocals Caetano Veloso


8 New York / Brazil

Bass Anthony Jackson
Drums Omar Hakim
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Keyboards Bob James
Horns / Strings Jerry Hey
Horns / Strings Larry Williams
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Percussion Carlinhos Brown


9 The Inner Look

Bass Marcus Miller
Drums Omar Hakim
Acoustic Guitar Lee Ritenour
Keyboards Bob James
Percussion Carlinhos Brown

Liner Notes

Producer – Don Murray, Lee Ritenour
Producer (Executive) – Dave Grusin, Larry Rosen
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Jerry Hey (Tracks 3, 4, 7)
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Johnny Mandel (Track 6)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Lee Ritenour
Edited By – Larry Walsh
Engineer – Don Murray
Engineer (Second) – Arnold Madlener, Kevin Dixon, Peter Doell
Mastered By – Wally Traugott
Mixed By – Don Murray
Programmed By (Synthesizer) – Robbie Kondor
Recorded By – Don Murray

Design – Andy Baltimore, Dan Serrano, Dave Kunze, David Gibb, Ivan Salgado
Design  – Antonio Peticov
Photography – Chris Cuffaro, Judy Schiller

Edited At Capitol Studios
Mastered At Capitol Studios
Mixed At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Power Station
Recorded At Starlight Studio
Phonographic Copyright GRP Records Inc
Copyright GRP Records Inc