Friendship "Friendship" (1979) -Jazz Funk / Jazz Rock-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Bullet Train (Lee Ritenour & Ernie Watts)

02 - Tighten Up (Ernie Watts)

03 - The Situation (Lee Ritenour & Don Grusin)

04 - Let's Not Talk About It (Don Grusin)

Side Two

01 - Here Today Hear Tomorrow (Abraham Laboriel)

02 - Waterwings (Don Grusin)

03 - The Real Thing (Don Grusin)

Produced by Lee Ritenour & Don Grusin in Association with Friendship

Sound Engineered by Don Murray

Recorded at Dawnbreaker Studios, San Fernando, Ca.

Additional Engineering by Matthew Hyde

Mixed at Santa Barbara Sound, Santa Barbara, Ca.

Mixed by Don Murray, Lee Ritenour & Don Grusin

Second Engineers : Debbie Thompson & Daniel Protheroe

Mastered by Mike Reese at Mastering Lab

Alex Acuña : Drums, Timbales

Ernie Watts : Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Saxophone Synthesizer, Piccolo

Don Grusin : Keyboards

Abraham Laboriel : Bass

Steve Forman : Percussion

Lee Ritenour : Acoustic & Electric Guitars

Session II "Session II" (1977) -Jazz Funk / Smooth Jazz-

Label : Yamaha Records

 Side A

01 - Puzzle People (Ernie Watts)
02 - The Baron (Pat Kelley)
03 - Fly By Night (Dave Grusin)

Side B

01 - Single Again (Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell)
02 - All Night Lover (Jerry Ragovoy & Len Roberts)
03 - Souvenirs / Tahiti, Tahiti (Marc Chantereau, Pierre-Alain Dahan & Slim Pezin)


Executive Producer : Hiroshi Kawakami
Producer : Toshi Endo
Recording Engineer : Phil Schier
Recorded at Filmways / Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles

Musicians :
Electric Guitar (Semi -Acoustic Electric Guitar & Analog Echo) : Lee Ritenour
Electric Bass (Electric Bass & Amplifier) : Bill Dickenson
Keyboards 1 (Acoustic Piano, Electric Grand & Electronic Piano) : Don Grusin
Keyboards 2 (Programmable Synthesizer, Polyphonic Synthesizer & Analog Echo) : Pete Robinson
Drums (YD-9000, Bass Drum, Floor Tom, Concert Tom-toms & Snare Drum) : Alex Acuña
Sax & Flute (Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax & Flute) : Ernie Watts
Percussion (Timbales) : Steve Forman
Bill Champlin, Venette Gloud & Carmen Twillie : Vocals


Side A

01 - Puzzle People

Arrangement by Ernie Watts

02 - The Baron

Arrangement by Ernie Watts

03 - Fly By Night

Arrangement by Ernie Watts

Side B

01 - Single Again

Arrangement by Don Grusin

02 - All Night Lover

Arrangement by Don Grusin

03 - Souvenirs / Tahiti, Tahiti

Arrangement by Don Grusin