Harlequin (album)

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Harlequin
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Studio album by
Released1985 (1985)
Recorded1985
StudioStarlight Studio, Burbank California
GenreJazz
Length46:38
LabelGRP
ProducerDave Grusin, Lee Ritenour
Dave Grusin chronology
Banded Together
(1984)
Harlequin
(1985)
Cinemagic
(1987)
Lee Ritenour chronology
Banded Together
(1984)
Harlequin
(1984)
Earth Run
(1986)

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.

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
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[]

Charts[]

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums[1] 2

References[]

  1. ^ "Dave Grusin US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

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