Festival (Lee Ritenour album)

Festival is an album by American jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour that was released in 1988 by GRP Records. The album is a collaboration between musicians from New York City, Los Angeles, and Brazil. Festival reached No. 3 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

 * 1) "Night Rhythms" (Ritenour) – 4:32
 * 2) "Latin Lovers" (Aldir Blanc, Joao Bosco) – 6:17
 * 3) "Humana" (Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins) – 4:39
 * 4) "Rio Sol" (Tim Landers) – 5:24
 * 5) "Waiting for You" (Ritenour) – 2:23
 * 6) "Odile, Odila" (Joao Bosco, Martinho da Vila) – 4:58
 * 7) "Linda – Voce E Linda" (Caetano Veloso) – 5:28
 * 8) "New York/Brazil" (Ritenour) – 4:22
 * 9) "The Inner Look" (Bob James) – 5:17

Personnel

 * Lee Ritenour – rhythm arrangements, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), acoustic guitar synthesizer (3, 5, 6, 8)
 * Robbie Kondor – synthesizer programming
 * Dave Grusin – keyboards (1, 2, 6, 7), arrangements (6)
 * Bob James – keyboards (3, 4, 8, 9), keyboard solos (9)
 * Joao Bosco – acoustic guitar (2, 6), lead vocals (2, 6)
 * Marcus Miller – bass (1, 4, 6, 9), bass solo (4)
 * Anthony Jackson – 6-string bass (2), bass (3, 7, 8)
 * Omar Hakim – drums (1-4, 6-9)
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 4, 6), bells (7), bongos (7, 8)
 * Carlinhos Brown – pandeiro (1), djembe (2, 6), cabasa (7), percussion (8, 9)
 * Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone (1, 4), alto saxophone (3)
 * Randy Kerber – horns and strings (2, 7)
 * Johnny Mandel – horn and string arrangements (2, 7)
 * Larry Williams – saxophones (3, 4, 8), flute (3, 4, 8), strings (3, 4, 8)
 * Jerry Hey – trumpet (3, 4, 8), flugelhorn (3, 4, 8), strings (3, 4, 8), horn and string arrangements (3, 4, 8)
 * Gracinha Leporace – backing vocals (2, 6)
 * Caetano Veloso – lead vocals (7)

Production

 * Dave Grusin – executive producer
 * Larry Rosen – executive producer
 * Lee Ritenour – producer, liner notes
 * Don Murray – producer, engineer digital recording, digital mixing
 * Kevin Dixon – second engineer
 * Peter Doell – second engineer
 * Arnold Madlener – second engineer
 * Gary Solomon – assistant engineer
 * Larry Walsh – digital editing
 * Wally Traugott – mastering
 * Zero Nylin – production assistant
 * Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
 * Antonio Peticov – front cover artwork
 * Andy Baltimore – creative direction, graphic design
 * David Gibb – graphic design
 * Dave Kunze – graphic design
 * Ivan Salgano – graphic design
 * Dan Serrano – graphic design
 * Chris Cuffaro – black and white photography, back cover photography
 * Judy Schiller – black and white photography
 * Shankman/De Blasio – management