Harlequin

Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grp Records
• ASIN: B0000001PT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Harlequin (Arlequim Desconhecido)

2. Early A.M. Attitude

3. San Ysidro

4. Before It's Too Late (Antes Que Seja Tarde)

5. Silent Message

6. Cats of Rio

7. Beyond the Storm (Depois Dos Temporais) [DePois Do Temporais]

8. Grid-Lock

9. The Bird,The

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grusin and Ritenour at their best! A Must Have Jazz album!, July 9, 2001

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Lawrence Chow (walnut, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harlequin (Audio CD)

Romantic, exotic, intoxicating jazz fusion, quite a few tracks with Brazillian overtones courtesy of engineer turn musician/composer/vocalist Ivan Lins. This is not Antonio Carlos Jobim type breezy, wonderful jazz. But more passionate. Lins married a famous Brazillian beauty and she broke his heart! He turned to song writing and became a respected and popular musician. Here, he collaborates with Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour and their regulars like harvey Mason, Don Grusin(Dave's Brother) etc. Digitally recorded and mastered at Dave's GRP studio, it sounds good, off course, like ALL GRP recordings. Early AM attitude is the most popular track on this disc. Composed by Grusin, you might have heard it before on radio etc. But the Entire disc is excellant. Ritenour also wrote a few tarck. Lins wrote 3 and sings as well(in Brazillian, though he does sing in English in his subsequent albums). This CD is worth every penny and is a MUST have!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lee's Best Work, February 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Harlequin (Audio CD)

Lee does it all on this album. The Brazilian overtones are both beautiful and sexy. This is a great CD for an evening with the one you love.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best collaboration!!, April 10, 2006

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smoothjazzandmore (Ogdensburg, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harlequin (Audio CD)

Grusin and Ritenour recorded their best album in 1986. With the help of Brazilian Jazz extrordanaire, Ivan Linz, the recording becomes an exillarating and refreshing listen. From "Early A.M. Attitude" to "San Ysidro" to "Grid-Lock" to "The Bird", this album is about as complete as it can be and is a landmark release in the development of the Smooth Jazz genre. A "must have" for fans of Contemporary Jazz!!