Festival
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	1988
Recorded	May 16–20, 1988
Studio	The Power Station (New York City) Starlight Studios (Malibu, CA)
Genre	Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length	43:20
Language	English, Portuguese
Label	GRP
Producer	Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
Portrait (1987) Festival (1988) Color Rit (1989)

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AllMusic	[1]

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.

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

• 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)

• 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

• Lee Ritenour - Festival at Discogs
• Lee Ritenour's Official Site