from THE SYMPHONY SESSIONS
Written by David Foster & Lee Ritenour
This Song of the Week review is “Time Passing,” another of the gorgeous instrumentals from David Foster’s seminal cd, The Symphony Sessions. Released in 1988, this project features the great work of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. It is also the perfect opportunity for the gifted music-maker to showcase his classical background.
from FEEL THE NIGHT
Written by Lee Ritenour & Don Grusin
At the end of the seventies, David Foster was building a solid reputation as a gifted songwriter and producer in the pop/rock and R&B fields. Foster was also still part of the A-list in the Los Angeles session world playing keyboards on several high profile releases. He was rightly considered one of the best pop piano players around and his virtuoso skills were enlisted on a wide palette of styles including jazz/fusion projects. Lee Ritenour was another world-class session ace of that decade and Rit’s guitar along with Foster’s keyboards appeared together on several hit records.
from THE CAPTAIN’S JOURNEY
written by Lee Ritenour & Bill Champlin
After the massive crossover success of his 1977 album “Captain Fingers,” guitar virtuoso Lee Ritenour came back one year later with another delicious record entitled “The Captain’s Journey.”
from RIT
written by Lee Ritenour & Eric Tagg
“No Sympathy” is a breathtaking ballad that was included on Lee Ritenour’s 1981 “Rit” album. This beautiful song was one of the highlights of the record together with the refined mid-tempo hit single, “Is It You?.”
From CLAUDIA
Written by Dennis Belfield & Jay Gruska
In the early eighties many young female singers released albums in the wake of the successful light pop trend starter by Olivia Newton John. In 1981, Erich Bulling and Humberto Gatica oversaw one of these projects for Claudia, a newcomer who was signed on the Scotti Bros. label.
