Overtime

by Lee Ritenour

Overview

Overtime is really two CDs in one. On the instrumentals, particularly "Bass City" and "Blue in Green," guitarist Lee Ritenour sounds a lot like Wes Montgomery and he leads his group (which features either Ernie Watts or Eric Marienthal on tenor) through some relatively straight-ahead numbers filled with soulful and creative playing. However the five vocals numbers are much more in the R&B/smooth vein and are largely throwaways despite the occasional presence of Ivan Lins. Clearly Ritenour was going for variety on this project but will probably only satisfy his greatest fans. The jazz listeners will be turned off by the vocals and the pop/smooth fans will probably only tolerate some of the more adventurous originals. Ritenour sounds fine in both settings but probably should have recorded twice as much music and split this CD into two. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	06/07/2005
Label:	Concord Midline / Peak Records / Universal
UPC:	0013431853121
Rank:	54051

Tracks

1. Boss City
2. Blue in Green
3. Ocean Ave.
4. She Walks This Earth
5. Sugarloaf Express
6. Possibilities
7. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
8. Morning Glory
9. Captain Fingers
10. P.A.L.S.
11. Night Rhythms
12. Lil' Bumpin'
13. Is It You?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lee Ritenour   Primary Artist,Guitar
Steve Forman   Percussion
Patrice Rushen   Synthesizer,Guest Artist,Piano,Fender Rhodes
Melvin Davis   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Ivan Lins   Fender Rhodes,Guest Artist,Vocals
Eric Marienthal   Saxophone,Guest Artist,Sax (Soprano),Sax (Tenor),Flute
Chris Botti   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Dave Carpenter   Double Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Alex Acuna   Guest Artist,Percussion
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Guest Artist,Drums
Anthony Jackson   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Dave Grusin   Guest Artist,Piano,Keyboards,Fender Rhodes
Oscar Seaton   Drums
Kenya Hathaway   Vocals
Ernie Watts   Sax (Tenor)
Grady Harrell   Vocals
Barnaby Finch   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Eric Ferguson   Audio Engineer
Don Murray   Audio Engineer
Lee Ritenour   Audio Production,Digital Editing,Producer,Composer,Arranger
Wes Montgomery   Composer
Miles Davis   Composer
Brenda Russell   Composer
Dave Grusin   Arranger
Eric Tagg   Composer
Kenya Hathaway   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Tim Carmen   Programming,Vocal Arrangement
Mark Wexler   Management
Sharleen Bazeghi   Production Coordination
Jochem van der Saag   Programming
Vitor Martins   Composer
Doug Sax   Mastering
Barrett Strong   Composer
Ivan Lins   Composer
Chico Cesar   Composer
Bill Champlin   Composer