Rio

Lee Ritenour | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grp Records
• ASIN: B0000001PU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,766 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine introduction, July 23, 2001

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Paul Corcoran (Dublin 14 Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rio (Audio CD)

I first bought this album on vinyl sometime in 1983. To date it has been the best £2.00 I ever spent! Rio was my first introduction to two artists; Lee Ritenour himself, and Joe Sample, who wrote 'It happens everyday'. The acoustic guitar playing and delicate keyboards combined with the Brazilian elements create a wonderfully evocative album. It was well worth replacing on CD when it finally wore out!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A glamorous album!, December 30, 2004

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rio (Audio CD)

To name Rio is to remember one of the most memorable works done in the 80 `s by Lee Ritenour .

Impressive and high mood . Specially in Rio Funk ; the lovely ballad It happens everyday , the opening track Rainbow a special rendez vous to Rio , his people and its landscapes.

The Major league musicians who accompanied to Ritenour the legend : Marcus Miller : the ineffable Dave Gruisin in the keyboards shinning in Rainbow , San Juan Sunset and Rio Funk , Luiazo Nieves in the bass with Rainbow . Listen to Steve Forman in the percussion in Ipanema Soul and Alex Acuña in the drums for instance .

This album is a must for all lovers of the Brazilian music and above all the Jazz fusion

One of the five best album of Jazz Fusion in the eighties .

The magic acoustic guitar of Ritenour in Simplicidad is filled of Saudade and those erotic effluvious floating in the atmosphere .

And finally this excellent piece A little bit of this and a little bit of that , where the bass of Marcus Miller sounds terrifically expressive and with glorious musical curtains . Rubens Bassini is OK too .

The only complaint I have is the album was very short in its dimensions . I `d rather and I think to be the real spokesman of thousand and thousand people who expected some more of this inspired and mesmerizing album .

A winner work!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars favorite lee ritenour cd, July 22, 2001

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anthony s. sarmiento (Vallejo, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rio (Audio CD)

This is for me the best cd of Lee Ritenour. This latin jazz fusion cd where Lee used a nylon string guitar all through out is very relaxing.