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Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour has long been the perfect studio musician,
one who can melt into the background without making any
impact. While he possesses impressive technique, Ritenour
has mostly played instrumental pop throughout his career,
sometimes with a Brazilian flavor. His few jazz efforts
have found him essentially imitating Wes Montgomery, but
despite that he has been consistently popular since the
mid-'70s. After touring with Sergio Mendes' Brasil '77 in
1973, Ritenour became a very busy studio guitarist in Los
Angeles, taking time off for occasional tours with his groups
and in the mid-'90s with Bob James in Fourplay. He also
recorded many albums as a leader.
Over the course of Rit's milestone thirty recordings, (including
1997's Alive in L.A., the first time he chronicled his live
performances), he has earned several gold albums, numerous
#1 spots in guitar polls and the prestigious "Alumnus of
the Year" award from USC. Since the 70s, Rit has been a
huge presence in a cross-section of radio genres. In 1981,
he scored the pop 15 hit "Is It You," featuring vocalist
Eric Tagg, which has also become a smooth jazz radio classic.
Most recently, "Get Up Stand Up," the first single from
the A Twist of Marley recording, was the #1 Radio & Records
NAC airplay single of 2001.
In the 90s, he was a founding member of Fourplay, the most
successful band in contemporary jazz, with keyboardist Bob
James, bassist Nathan East and drummer Harvey Mason. The
first Fourplay album in 1991 spent an unprecedented 33 weeks
at No. 1 on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart, while their
Grammy-nominated follow-up, Between the Sheets, captured
the top slot on the Billboard, R&R, Gavin and NAC charts
on its way to a gold sales certification. In addition to
producing his own recordings, Ritenour has produced projects
for such artists as Eric Marienthal, Phil Perry and Vesta,
which were released on his i.e. music label, along with
A Twist of Jobim. Additional production credits include
Patti Austin, Will Downing and most recently, A Twist of
Marley.
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Lee
Ritenour: Rit's House
The
old Rit is back! His smiling, swaggering guitar-playing
alter ego has resurfaced, and he's invited all his friends
over for a tumultuous jam, including George Duke, Marcus
Miller, and Peter Erskine. Red-hot organist Joey DeFrancesco
brings the Wes Montgomery out of Ritenour on the corner
of "78th & 3rd," and a killer overhaul of
Dave Grusin's movie theme "Three Days of the Condor,"
re-titled "Condor," is a reminder that Rit was
kicking the smooth jazz before they had a name for it.
Some beboppers already know that Ritenour is quite capable
in that genre, too. In case they've forgotten, he's got
Lee Morgan's "Party Time" and Gary McFarland's
nice Brazilian piece, "13." Michael McDonald
sings a Sting song, and the guitarist's buddy, Ernie Watts
is back on sax on "A Little Dolphin Dreamin',"
a tune that harkens back to their old fusion days. There's
no themes or long-form tributes; everyone is just having
a great time and it sounds like it. Rit's House is the
guitarist 30th album, but it's the first "real"
Lee Ritenour record in a long time. --Mark Ruffin.
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