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Rio
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	1979
Studio	Sigla Studio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Santa Barbara Sound Design (Santa Barbara, California) Davlen Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California) A&R Recording (New York City, New York)
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion
Length	40:05
Label	GRP, Elektra/Musician, JVC
Producer	Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
Friendship (1978) Rio (1979) Feel the Night (1979)
1982 Elektra/Musician cover

Rio is an album by jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour, 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 JVC Records, then in 1982 in the U.S. on Elektra/Musician Records, then on GRP in 1985 with a different album cover and track sequence.^[1][2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

The Boston Globe wrote: "The sound is glorious. Each instrument is perfectly defined; the drums are crisp; the bells are like crystal."^[5]

All titles composed by Lee Ritenour except where noted

1. "Rio Funk" – 5:10
2. "San Juan Sunset" (Eumir Deodato) – 5:37
3. "Rainbow" (Don Grusin) – 5:48
4. "A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That" – 5:09
5. "Simplicidad" – 4:58
6. "Ipanema Sol" – 5:28
7. "It Happens Every Day" (Joe Sample) – 5:43

• Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar, rhythm arrangements
• Dave Grusin – keyboards (1, 2, 4), string arrangements
• Don Grusin – keyboards (3, 5-7)
• Jeff Mironov – rhythm guitar (1, 2, 4)
• Oscar Castro-Neves – rhythm guitar (3, 5)
• Marcus Miller – bass (1, 2, 4)
• Luizão Maia – bass (3, 5)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (6, 7)
• Buddy Williams – drums (1, 2, 4)
• Paulinho Braga – drums (3, 5)
• Alex Acuña – drums (6, 7)
• Rubens Bassini – percussion (1, 2, 4)
• Chico Batera – percussion (3, 5)
• Jose Da Silva – percussion (3, 5)
• Armando Marçal – percussion (3, 5)
• Roberto Pinheiro – percussion (3, 5)
• Steve Forman – percussion (6, 7)
• Ernie Watts – soprano saxophone (6, 7), flute (6, 7)
• Jerry Hey – horn arrangements

• Lee Ritenour – producer
• Toshi Endo – co-producer
• Don Murray – recording, mixing
• Larry Rosen – recording, mixing
• Ron Coro – art direction
• Denise Minobe – art direction
• Aaron Rapoport – front cover photography
• L. Villoya – back cover photography

1. "Rainbow"
2. "San Juan Sunset"
3. "Rio Funk"
4. "It Happens Everyday"
5. "Ipanema Sol"
6. "Simplicidad"
7. "A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That"

• Peter Lopez – production coordinator
• Andy Baltimore – creative director
• Reilcichi Nakayama – art design
• Chu Kawahito – photography
• The Mastering Lab and A&M Studios (Hollywood, California) – mastering locations