Lee Ritenour made quite a splash four years ago with his A Twist of Jobim CD, in which he pulled together a rotating cast of all-stars to offer a program of contemporary jazz updates of classics from ...

Friends and musical partners since the '70s, guitarist Lee Ritenour and pianist Dave Grusin continue their collaboration on Brasil, thanks to Ritenour's Brazilian wife Carmen, who was influential in ...

Guitarist Lee Ritenour, Running on 'Overtime' Ed Gordon talks with smooth jazz and soul guitarist Lee Ritenour about his latest career-retrospective album, Overtime.

In the realm of musical versatility, few can surpass guitarist Lee Ritenour. ... rock and blues, his passion for diverse genres has yielded a remarkable 45 solo albums.

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… ...

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. “I’ve been a moving target my ...

It's not the first time Lee and Dave have worked together. In fact, they've been collaborating for more than two decades, from the music for the 1970s' television series "Baretta" to their ...

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 ...

At the close of what had already been a distinguished Guitar Night, surprise guest Herbie Hancock sauntered out of the wings, playfully shooed Patrice Rushen off the piano bench and joined ...

Guitarist Lee Ritenour’s interests and abilities are so broad, he has to limit himself when he sits down to compose. Sometimes he’ll begin like many writers, by working from musical ideas ...