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Rit's House
Studio album by
Released2002
Recorded2002 at Sunset Sound Studios-Hollywood, CA and Starlight Studios-Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length66:12
LabelGRP Records
ProducerLee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
A Twist of Marley
(2001)
Rit's House
(2002)
The Very Best of Lee Ritenour
(2003)

Rit's House is an album by American guitarist Lee Ritenour released in 2002, and recorded for the GRP label.
All Music praised Rit's House as "among his more memorable and substantial efforts".[1] The album reached #4 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Track listing

  1. Module 105 (written by: Lee Ritenour) - 5:23
  2. "13" (Gary McFarland) - 5:01
  3. Mizrab (Gabor Szabo) - 5:26
  4. 78th and 3rd (Lee Ritenour) - 5:38
  5. Rit's House (Lee Ritenour) - 5:05
  6. A Little Dolphin Dreamin' (Lee Ritenour) - 5:14
  7. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Sting) - 4:02
  8. Condor (Dave Grusin) - 5:14
  9. Olinda (Lee Ritenour) - 5:11
  10. Night Owl (Lee Ritenour / Mitch Holder) - 6:24
  11. Party Time (Lee Morgan) - 4:19
  12. Just Listen (Lee Ritenour) - 6:00

Personnel

  • Lee Ritenour - guitar
  • Mitch Holder - acoustic guitar (9)
  • Marcus Miller - bass (1, 3)
  • Dave Carpenter - acoustic bass (2, 7, 10, 11, 12)
  • Melvin Davis - bass (5, 6, 8, 9)
  • George Duke - Fender Rhodes (1, 3)
  • Randy Kerber - synthesizers (1, 6, 9); strings (1)
  • John Beasley - Fender Rhodes (2, 5, 7, 8); B-3 organ (6, 9); piano (6)
  • Joey DeFrancesco - B-3 organ (4)
  • Mark Stephens - B-3 organ (5)
  • Alan Pasqua - B-3 organ (10); piano (11, 12)
  • Vinnie Colaiuta - drums (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
  • Will Kennedy - drums (2, 6, 7)
  • Byron Landham - drums (4)
  • Peter Erskine - drums (10, 11, 12)
  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
  • Jochem van der Saag - sound design (1, 3, 7, 8); loops (1); percussion (3); samples (7); keyboards (7); synthesizers (8)
  • Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone (6, 8, 10, 11)
  • Dan Higgins - flute (1); tenor saxophone (2, 4, 5); alto flute (2); Indian flutes (9)
  • Jerry Hey - flugelhorn (1); trumpet (2, 4, 5, 11); horn arrangement (2, 5); synthesizer arrangement (6, 9)
  • Gary Grant - trumpet (2, 4, 5)
  • Bill Reichenbach - trombone (2, 4, 5)
  • Michael McDonald - lead & background vocals (7)

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums[2] 4

References

  1. ^ Henderson, A Rit's House AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Lee Ritenour US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.