Lee Ritenour - Rit 2

Gitarist Lee Ritenour “Rit” ve “Rit 2”nin iki Klasik Caz Funk Albümü. 1981 ve 1982'de kaydedilen bu iki albümde Harvey Mason, Tom Scott, Richard Tee, Nathan East, Greg Philinganes, Carlos Vega ve Paulinho Da Costa gibi modern caz müzisyenlerinden bir kim var. “Rit”, Lee Ritenour'un Billboard listesinde 26. sıraya kadar yükselen en başarılı albümü oldu ve 23 hafta boyunca listede kalan albümde 'Mr. Evrak Çantası' ve 'Geri sayım (Captan Finger). “Rit 2”, Caz listelerinde ilk 5'e girdi ve 14 hafta Billboard listesinde kaldı, “Cross My Heart”, “Rit”te de öne çıkan Eric Tagg'ın vokal yaptığı albümün ilk single'ı oldu. ”

MÜZİSYENLER :

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer – Lee Ritenour

Backing Vocals – Bill Champlin (tracks: A4)

Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: A3, B4, B5), Nathan East (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B3), Neil Stubenhaus (tracks: A4, B2)

Bass [Synthesizer] – Nathan East (tracks: A5)

Contractor – Frank DeCaro

Drums – Alex Acuna* (tracks: B5), Carlos Vega (tracks: A5), Harvey Mason (tracks: B3, B4), Jeff Porcaro (tracks: B2), John Robinson (2) (tracks: A1 to A4)

Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Greg Mathieson (tracks: A3, A4)

Flute – Gary Herbig, Larry Williams

Graphics [Working Drawing Cover] – James Hegedus

Keyboards – Don Grusin (tracks: B3), Eric Tagg (tracks: A2), Greg Phillinganes (tracks: B4), Lee Ritenour (tracks: A1)

Lead Vocals – Eric Tagg (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B2)

Percussion – Harvey Mason (tracks: A3 to A5, B5), Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1, B3, B4)

Synthesizer – Don Grusin (tracks: A5, B5), Eric Tagg (tracks: B2), Lee Ritenour (tracks: A4, B1), Michael Boddicker (tracks: B1, B2, B4)

Synthesizer [OBX Drums] – Lee Ritenour (tracks: B1)

Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott (tracks: A2)

Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2), Charles Loper, Lou McCreary*

Trumpet – Gary Grant

Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Jerry Hey, Larry Hall

Vocals – Bill Champlin (tracks: A1, A2), John Farrar (tracks: B1), Richard Page (tracks: B2), Steve George (tracks: B2)

Written-By – Lee Ritenour

ŞARKI LİSTESİ :

A1 Cross My Heart  3:45

A2 Promises, Promises   4:03

A3 Dreamwalkin' (Along With You)  4:10

A4 Keep It Alive  4:52

A5 A Fantasy  3:10

B1 Tied Up  4:54

B2 Voices  4:22

B3 On The Boardwalk  4:11

B4 Road Runner  3:44

B5 Malibu  2:48