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LEE RITENOUR   

Banded Together

RELEASED
1984
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
jazz, pop, fusion, instrumental
TRACKS
01, Operator (Thief On The Line)  (4:23)
02, Other Love  (4:04)
03, Sunset Drivers  (4:20)
04, Mandela  (4:38)
05, Amaretto  (3:35)
06, Rit Variations II  (4:15)
07, Be Good To Me  (3:48)
08, I'm Not Responsible  (4:19)
09, Shadow Dancing  (4:23)
10, Heavenly Bodies  (4:37)
DURATION
42:31
MUSICIANS
LEE RITENOUR -guitars, acoustic guitars (5,7), 12 string guitars
      (10), guitar synthesizers (6), synthesizers (1,2,5,6),
      programming drums (1,2,5)
ERIC TAGG -lead vocals (3,7), vocals (1,2,8,9)
JOHN MASSARO -vocals (1,4,8)
PATTI AUSTIN -vocals (3)
TOM KELLY -vocals (7)
GREG MATHIESON -keyboards (3), hammond organ (7),
      synthesizers (2÷4,7÷10), programming drums (9)
DON GRUSIN -synthesizers (5)
MIKE BODDICKER -synthesizers (1,4,5,9,10), programming
      synthesizers (1,2,5,6)
STEVE DE FURIA -programming (6)
MARCUS RYLE -programming synthesizers (2,7,9,10)
ERNIE WATTS -saxophone (5,10)
PAULINHO DA COSTA -percussion (3,9), timbales (1,9)
ABRAHAM LABORIEL -bass (9,10)
LEE SKLAR -bass (7)
NATHAN EAST -bass (1÷3)
CARLOS VEGA -drums (3,7,8)
HARVEY MASON -drums (5,6,10), additional drums (2),
      programming drums (6)
PHIL COLLINS -drums (4)
GARY GRANT -horns
GARY HERBIG -horns
JERRY HEY -horns
LARRY WILLIAMS -horns
PRODUCED BY
LEE RITENOUR
GREG MATHIESON
TREVOR VEITCH
LEE RITENOUR executive producer
REVIEW
"Banded Together" se pohybuje na pomezí smooth popu a lehkého jazzu, skladby jsou velmi silné s bezchybným provedením a zvukově jsou to "klasická" 80. léta. Chvílemi připomíná studiové projekty Alana Parsonse. V rámci žánru vynikající album, kde všechny skladby mají stejnou úroveň podtrženou talentem hlavního protagonisty.