Color Rit

Color Rit is an album by American jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour that was released in 1989 by GRP Records. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard magazine Contemporary Jazz chart.

Color Rit
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	A&M Studios (Hollywood, California) Starlight Studios (Malibu, California) Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:28
Label	GRP
Producer	Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
Festival (1988) Color Rit (1989) Stolen Moments (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bahia Funk"		4:50
2.	"É"	Gonzaguinha	4:41
3.	"All The Same Tonight"	Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins, Eric Tagg	4:37
4.	"Mister Reggae"		4:06
5.	"Etude"		3:06
6.	"I Can't Let Go"	The Isley Brothers	4:15
7.	"Color Rit"		4:56
8.	"The Kiss"		3:59
9.	"Malibu"	Ritenour, Phil Perry	4:47
10.	"Tropical Storm"		3:59

All tracks are written by Lee Ritenour except where noted.

Personnel

• Lee Ritenour – rhythm arrangements, acoustic guitar, electric guitars (4, 6, 8)
• Larry Williams – keyboards (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), flute (2), saxophones (4), synthesizers (9)
• David Witham – keyboards (1, 3), keyboard solo (1), MIDI piano (2-4, 9), synthesizers (5, 7, 8), acoustic piano (6)
• Russell Ferrante – keyboards (2), synthesizers (3, 6)
• Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic rhythm guitar (2)
• Jimmy Johnson – bass (1-10, except 5)
• Anthony Jackson – contrabass guitar (5)
• Carlos Vega – drums (1-9)
• Bob Wilson – drums (10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-9)
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1), alto saxophone (7)
• Jerry Hey – horn and string arrangements, trumpet (2, 4)
• Jota Moraes – rhythm arrangements (2)
• Johnny Mandel – string arrangements (8)
• Gonzaguinha – lead vocals (2)
• Gracinha Leporace – backing vocals (2, 3)
• Kate Markowitz – backing vocals (2, 3)
• Phil Perry – lead vocals (3, 6, 9), backing vocals (3, 9)

Production

• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Lee Ritenour – producer
• Don Murray – co-producer, engineer, mixing, recording
• Kevin Dixon – mix assistant
• Andrew Madlener – mix assistant
• Tom Banghart – additional mix assistant
• Terry Bower – additional mix assistant
• Zero Nylin – additional mix assistant
• Bob Salcedo – additional mix assistant
• Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
• CMS Digital (Pasadena, California) – digital editing location
• Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
• Andy Baltimore – creative direction, graphic design
• Lee Corey – graphic design
• David Gibb – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Vincente Kutka – front cover art
• Susan Silton – title design
• Chris Cuffaro – back cover photography, black and white photography

Track information and credits adapted from Discogs^[2] and AllMusic,^[3] then verified from the album's liner notes.^[4]

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums[5]	4