Wes Bound is an album by American jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour that was released in 1993 by GRP Records. The album comprises a mix of cover versions of original songs by famed jazz electric guitarist Wes Montgomery and Lee Ritenour originals in similar style, with a stellar cast of supporting musicians and studio technicians. Some years after its original release, it was reissued (in limited numbers) with the benefits of 20 Bit digital remastering, which many consider transformed it from merely good to a truly great album. 'Wes Bound' received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group and reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Contemporary Jazz chart.

Wes Bound
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedSeptember – October 1992
Studio
GenreJazz
Length53:31
LabelGRP
ProducerLee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour chronology
Collection
(1991)
Wes Bound
(1993)
Larry and Lee
(1995)

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wes Bound"Ritenour5:52
2."Boss City"Wes Montgomery4:46
3."4 on 6"Wes Montgomery6:05
4."A Little Bumpin'"Ritenour4:27
5."Waiting in Vain" (with Maxi Priest)Bob Marley5:09
6."Goin' on to Detroit"Wes Montgomery4:34
7."A New Day"Ritenour5:28
8."Ocean Avenue"Ritenour4:14
9."Road Song"Wes Montgomery4:45
10."West Coast Blues"Wes Montgomery4:30
11."N.Y. Time" (bonus track on international edition)Ritenour3:16

Personnel

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Horns and Flutes

Strings

  • Jerry Hey – arrangements (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
  • Alan Broadbent – arrangements (6)
  • Murray Adler – concertmaster
  • Jodi Burnett, Paula Hochhalter, Raphael Kramer and Fred Seykora – cello
  • Steve Gordon, Carol Mukogawa, Simon Oswall and Harry Shirinian – viola
  • Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Robert Brosseau, Bonnie Douglas, Juliann French, James Getzoff, Clayton Haslop, Eun Sun Lee, Gordon Marron, Paul Shure, Dorothy Wade and John Wittenberg – violin

Production

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  • Dave Grusin – executive producer
  • Larry Rosen – executive producer
  • Lee Ritenour – producer, additional engineer
  • Don Murray – recording, mixing
  • Geoff Gillette – additional engineer
  • Mike Kloster – second engineer, technical assistant
  • Pamela Meadows – executive technical assistant
  • Kevin Dixon – additional technical assistant
  • Paul May – additional technical assistant
  • Robert Vosgien – digital editing at CMS Digital (Pasadena, CA)
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Joseph Doughney, Michael Landy and Adam Zelinka – post-production at The Review Room (New York, NY)
  • Michael Pollard – production coordinator
  • Doreen Kalcich – production coordination assistant
  • Andy Baltimore – creative direction
  • Margo Chase – album design
  • John Casado – photography

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums[1] 1

References

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  1. ^ "Lee Ritenour US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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