Friendship
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	December 13, 1978
Studio	Filmays/Heider Studio (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:58
Label	Jasrac
Producer	Toshi Endo
Lee Ritenour chronology
Sugar Loaf Express (1977) Friendship (1978) The Captain's Journey (1978)

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Friendship is a studio album byLee Ritenour released in 1978.^[1] This album was his third out of fourth to be recorded direct to a master disc, with each side of the LP one continuous performance.

1. "Sea Dance" (Don Grusin) - 6:12
2. "Crystal Morning" (Lee Ritenour) - 6:46
3. "Samurai Night Fever" (Dave Grusin) - 6:59
4. "Life is the Song We Sing" (Ernie Watts) - 6:17
5. "Woody Creek" (Dave Grusin) - 5:55
6. "It's a Natural Thing" (Watts) - 6:21

• Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
• Dave Grusin – acoustic piano, electric piano
• Don Grusin – electric piano
• Abraham Laboriel – electric bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Steve Forman – percussion
• Ernie Watts – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone

• Toshi Endo – producer
• Phil Schier – recording
• Stan Ricker – mastering

• 1978 albums
• Lee Ritenour albums

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