After 43 albums, 3,000 recording sessions and nearly 53 years in the music business, the key to jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour’s success is never sitting still. ... “First Course,” back in 1975.

In the spring of ‘93 when Lee Ritenour’s CD, Wes Bound, came out, WBRH was giving a lot of airplay to “A Little Bumpin’” — it was my first exposure to the work of a man that had been ...

His 1976 album, "First Course," helped define the genre of jazz funk he has come to be known for around the world. Jazz great Lee Ritenour is the definition of a jazz great.

Electric-guitar virtuoso Lee Ritenour was 15 when Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton made electric-guitar players the undisputed front men of popular music. That sent a generation of youths into the gar… ...

Lee Ritenour: This project, Overtime, is really a two-fold project. The CD is derived from the DVD, and it was primarily a DVD project initially. ... First Course (Epic, 1976) Photo Credit Colour ...

Live Review Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin at Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong. by Rob Garratt November 15, 2024. Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin featuring Ivan Lins Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium Hong Kong ...

BB King [front] is joined onstage by Lee Ritenour, Robert Cray and Steve Cropper at the opening of the BB Kings ... Ritenour says experience BB King’s setup first hand made him appreciate the blues ...

GORDON: Lee Ritenour's new CD is called "Overtime." He's also starting a tour this summer, and look for a DVD with the music from "Overtime." It will be released on June 23rd.

The protean guitarist Lee Ritenour was plucking and strumming even before his got his first real instrument at 8. He was one of those music-mad kids who made guitars out of broomsticks, nails and ...

Lee Ritenour is a Los Angeles guitar archetype. His recording session and touring career dates to the late 1960s and includes dates with the Mamas and the Papas, Lena Horne ...

In addition, Lee’s 19-year-old son Wesley plays drums on one track. Ritenour has always been known for supporting up-and-coming musicians. In 2010 he launched his International 6-String Theory ...