Name: This Is Love
Brand: I.E. Music
SKU: 867441
Price: 18.82 USD
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Lee Ritenour (acoustic & electric guitars, synthesizer, bass, drum programming); Phil Perry, Lisa Fischer (vocals); Larry Williams (saxophone, flute, synthesizer, keyboards); Bill Evans (soprano & tenor saxophones); Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Jerry Hey (trumpet, flugelhorn); Gary Grant (trumpet); Bill Reichenbach (trombone); Ralph Morrison (violin); Alan Pasqua (piano, Fender Rhodes); Bob James (Fender Rhodes); Ronnie Foster (Hammond B-3 organ); Frank Becker (synthesizer, programming); James Genus (acoustic & electric basses); Melvin Davis (bass); Dave Weckl, Sonny Emory (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (timbales, percussion).
Recorded at Starlight Studios & Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California between December, 1997 and February, 1998.
Adapters: David Matthews ; Lee Ritenour ; Nina Simone.
Personnel: Lee Ritenour (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, drum programming); Lisa Fischer, Phil Perry (vocals); Ralph Morrison III (violin); Larry Williams (flute, saxophone, alto saxophone, keyboards, synthesizer, vibraphone); Frank Becker (saxophone, synthesizer, programming); Bill Evans (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Jerry Hey (trumpet, flugelhorn); Gary Grant (trumpet); William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (trombone); Alan Pasqua (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Hilary James (Fender Rhodes piano); Ronnie Foster (organ); James Genus (acoustic bass, electric bass); Dave Weckl, Sonny Emory (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (timbales, percussion); Melvin Davis (bass programming).
Audio Mixer: Don Murray .
Recording information: Starlight Studios (1997-1998); Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA (1997-1998).
Unknown Contributor Roles: David McEowen; Frank Becker.
Arrangers: Frank Becker; Jerry Hey; Lee Ritenour .
Lee Ritenour's first solo album for his new i.e. music label is a good one, one of his best actually, whether staying in the strict jazz-lite format that marks a lot of his previous work or straying into the other idioms that pop up here. Whether emulating Wes Montgomery's octaves or curling around in single-string fashion, Ritenour's playing is irresistibly tasty and swinging, perhaps more so than ever, and the material has real melodic interest -- more so than anything his former group Fourplay was performing around this time. Among the most interesting swerves off the track are the title tune, which mixes reggae with Montgomery in a very appealing way, and a surprisingly effective closing take on Faur‚'s "Pavanne." There are extended samples from Sonny Rollins' Alfie score, with "Alfie's Theme" grooving away in a cool, soulful, organ-jazz seam and "Street Runner" tracking Rollins' recording, its quicksilver post-bop clip juxtaposed with repose. On both tracks, Ronnie Foster supplies authentic Hammond B-3 -- perhaps fulfilling a Jimmy Smith-meets-Wes Montgomery fantasy. Bill Evans and Ernie Watts take guest turns on tenor on a few cuts; Bob James chips on agreeably on Rhodes electric piano on "Can You Feel It?"; and Ritenour often takes matters into his own hands, programming electronic drums and performing on synthesizers. Hardcore jazzers who wrote Ritenour off as a lightweight ought to hear how he has grown as a mature jazz guitarist on this album. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Album: This Is Love
#	Song Title	Time
1)	This Is Love
2)	Mr. Papa
3)	Can You Feel It?
4)	Dream Away
5)	Alfie's Theme
6)	And You Know What...I Love You
7)	Baltimore
8)	Ooh Yeah
9)	Street Runner
10)	Dreamwalk
11)	Pavane

Album: This Is Love
#	Song Title	Time
1)	This Is Love
2)	Mr. Papa
3)	Can You Feel It?
4)	Dream Away
5)	Alfie's Theme
6)	And You Know What...I Love You
7)	Baltimore
8)	Ooh Yeah
9)	Street Runner
10)	Dreamwalk
11)	Pavane