Harlequin (Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour album)

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Harlequin is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin and American guitarist Lee Ritenour released in 1985, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.

Harlequin earned a 1986 Grammy award for Best Arrangement On An Instrumental for "Early A.M. Attitude". The album also earned Grammy nominations for Best Engineered Recording, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Harlequin" (Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins)	4:40
2.	"Early A.M. Attitude" (Dave Grusin)	4:58
3.	"San Ysidro" (Lee Ritenour)	4:57
4.	"Before It's Too Late" (Lins, Martins)	5:16
5.	"Silent Message" (Dave Grusin)	6:07
6.	"Cats of Rio" (Don Grusin)	5:15
7.	"Beyond the Storm" (Lins, Martins)	5:36
8.	"GridLock" (Ritenour)	4:02
9.	"The Bird" (Harvey Mason, Mike Lang)	5:47

Personnel

• Dave Grusin – keyboards, conductor
• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Ivan Lins – vocals
• Jimmy Johnson – bass
• Abraham Laboriel – bass
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Alex Acuña – percussion

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums	2

External links

• Dave Grusin-Harlequin at Discogs
• Dave Grusin-Harlequin at AllMusic