Rio (Lee Ritenour album)

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Rio
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	1979
Studio	Sigla Studio, Santa Barbara Sound, A&R Studio, Davlen Studio
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	40:05
Label	GRP, Elektra/Musician
Producer	Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
Friendship (1978) Rio (1979) Feel the Night (1979)
1982 Elektra/Musician cover

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Rio is an album by jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour recorded in New York City, Santa Barbara, and Rio de Janeiro. It was released in 1982 in the U.S. on Elektra/Musician Records, then on GRP in 1985 with a different album cover and track sequence.^[2][3]

Track listing[]

All titles composed by Lee Ritenour except where noted

1. "Rio Funk" – 5:10
2. "San Juan Sunset" (Eumir Deodato) – 5:37
3. "Rainbow" (Don Grusin) – 5:48
4. "A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That" – 5:09
5. "Simplicidad" – 4:58
6. "Ipanema Sol" – 5:28
7. "It Happens Every Day" (Joe Sample) – 5:43

Personnel[]

• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Ernie Watts – soprano saxophone, flute (tracks 6 & 7)
• Dave Grusin – keyboards (1, 2, 4)
• Don Grusin – keyboards (3, 5, 6, 7)
• Jeff Mironov – rhythm guitar (1, 2, 4)
• Oscar Castro-Neves – rhythm guitar (3, 5)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (6, 7)
• Luizão Maia – bass (3, 5)
• Marcus Miller – bass (1, 2, 4)
• Alex Acuña – drums (6, 7)
• Paulinho Braga – drums (3, 5)
• Buddy Williams – drums (1, 2, 4)
• Chico Batera – percussion (3, 5)
• Jose Da Silva – percussion (3, 5)
• Armando Marçal – percussion (3, 5)
• Steve Forman – percussion (6, 7)
• Roberto Pinheiro – percussion (3, 5)
• Rubens Bassini – percussion (1, 2, 4)

1985 release listing[]

1. "Rainbow"
2. "San Juan Sunset"
3. "Rio Funk"
4. "It Happens Everyday"
5. "Ipanema Sol"
6. "Simplicidad"
7. "A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That"

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