''Rio'' is an album by jazz guitarist

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

recorded in New York City, Santa Barbara, and Rio de Janeiro, originally titled Lee Ritenour In Rio. It was released in 1979 in Japan on

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Records, then in 1982 in the U.S. on

Elektra/Musician Elektra/Musician was a jazz record label founded as a subsidiary of Elektra Records in 1982. The label was headed by Bruce Lundvall and released its first batch of albums on February 12, 1982. The label ceased when Lundvall left Elektra to start ...

Records, then on GRP in 1985 with a different album cover and track sequence.Jazzlists: Elektra Musician LP discography
accessed March 20, 2018
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Track listing

All titles composed by Lee Ritenour except where noted #"Rio Funk" – 5:10 #"San Juan Sunset" ( Eumir Deodato) – 5:37 #"Rainbow" ( Don Grusin) – 5:48 #"A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That" – 5:09 #"Simplicidad" – 4:58 #"Ipanema Sol" – 5:28 #"It Happens Every Day" ( Joe Sample) – 5:43

Personnel

* Lee Ritenour – guitar *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

– 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 Luiz de Oliveira da Costa Maia (April 3, 1949 – January 28, 2005) is widely acknowledged as the father of the modern Brazilian bass. His unparalleled sense of rhythm and deep subwoofer-like tone stirred the sauce behind the classic recordings of E ...

– bass (3, 5) *

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

– 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 Rubens Bassini (January 26, 1933 in Rio de Janeiro – September 1985) was a percussionist, who played bongos and congas above all. He played together with the band Os Ipanemas: Astor Silva; (trombone), Marinho (bass), Wilson das Neves (drums ...

– percussion (1, 2, 4)

1985 release listing

#"Rainbow" #"San Juan Sunset" #"Rio Funk" #"It Happens Everyday" #"Ipanema Sol" #"Simplicidad" #"A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That"

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control Lee Ritenour albums 1979 albums GRP Records albums Elektra/Musician albums