Lee ritenours solo career continues to glide along with the release of his latest record, smoke n mirrors, which contains exactly what weve come to expect. Studio album 20 compilation 1 live 1 grammywinner and leading contemporary jazzman lee ritenour has celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his musical career with a release of a very intriguing and ambitious album 6 string theory. Unfortunately, lee ritenour went a little too far on this album, and used most. Lee ritenour captain fingers 1977 full album by driving a stolen car. Biographical information and photos about lee ritenour. Fusion lee ritenour captain fingers 1977, vinyl discogs. He is noted for playing his red gibson es335 and his gibson l5 guitars. Produced by ritenour with john burk, the set is performed by. If this instrument does not appear on the instruments page it has been sold, and is no longer available.
Ive transcribed the melody of this song, yes, incuding that middle and end bit it was a neardeath experience, took at least 10 manhours to transcribe and revise. Fast download for credit 1 minute 0,01 slow download for free 10 minut 0 downloading file in progress. Lee ritenour captain fingers free download as pdf file. Captain fingers sheet music free download as pdf file. Check lee s latest news, recordings, upcoming tour dates and more. Lee ritenours six string theory competition is a nonprofit foundation formed with the objective of supporting aspiring musicians with opportunities in professional recording, performing, education, mentoring and prizes. This project marked the groups first with chuck loeb, a veteran jazz guitarist whose resume includes. Lee ritenour is it you with eric tagg by antonvalenzuela.
With over 30 charting contemporary jazz hits since 1976, ritenour has been busy, contributing to over 3000 sessions of jazz, rock and brazilian music. Lee ritenour captain fingers 1977 full album youtube. Captain fingers is the third studio album by guitarist lee ritenour, released in 1977 by epic records. Lee mack ritenour is an american jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer. Free guitar backing tracks for lee ritenour in mp3 format. Pricing and hold status for all instruments currently available is shown on our instruments page here. Lee ritenour you caught me smilin by universalmusic2012.
Often and, in many cases, unfairly linked too heavily with a genre that he helped formulate in the midtolate 1970s through his own fusion lite albums like captain fingers epic, 1977, to call ritenour a smooth jazz guitarist would be unfairly exclusionary, as 6. Session ace lee ritenour once more employs the cream of l. From what i recall 1512 body, 2512 scale, spruce top, maple sides and back, theone i saw had the fingers tailpiece, one volume conrol and a floating johny smith pickup. Ritenour has contributed to over 3000 sessions, and has charted over 30 contemporary jazz hits since 1976. Lee decided to go for a specifically more pop sound to try to appeal to the new audience who had been exposed to his music after the extremely smooth ballad that was is it you. In the main an instrumental album, with one track being a vocal, a cover of stevie wonders isnt she lovely, which, i feel kind of lets the album down a bit, as an all instrumental album. Lee ritenour while he possesses impressive technique, ritenour has mostly played instrumental pop throughout his career, sometimes with a brazilian flavor. On concord records is lee ritenours 6 string theory, a collection of 15 songs that celebrate the worlds most popular instrument. Nicknamed captain fingers, he along with larry carlton was a soughtafter session guitarist by the mid1970s. He developed a great knowledge of guitar techniques having watched and or worked with many of his guitar heroes.
The best of lee ritenour, an album by lee ritenour on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Print and download night rhythms sheet music in pdf. Free guitar backing track for rio funk 2 by lee ritenour in mp3 format. His few jazz efforts have found him essentially imitating wes montgomery, but despite that he. He played his first session when he was 16 with the mamas and the papas. Known as captain fingers, ritenour became a soughtafter session player in. Media in category lee ritenour the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Lee mack ritenour born january 11, 1951 is an american jazz guitarist who has been active. Lee ritenour is a chopmeister from way back, penned bill milkowski in down beat, describing the versatile studio musician, producer, arranger, composer, and guitarist.
Download lee ritenour mp3 songs and albums music downloads. Nicknamed captain fingers, he along with larry carlton was a soughtafter session guitarist by the. When he was 16 years old he accompanied jazz singer lena horne, which opened up many doors for lee. Check lees latest news, recordings, upcoming tour dates and more. Captain fingers is the third studio album by guitarist lee ritenour, released in 1977 by epic records track. Lee ritenour captain fingers sheet music pdf notes, chords. Characteristics of lee ritenours l5 discussion in guitars in general started by jose luis garci, feb 2, 2007. Ritenour says one of his inspirations for doing the cd is his fiftieth anniversary of taking up the guitar.
Photos and descriptions of previously sold instruments may be found here. The title track captain fingers is an amazing uptempo track and lee strings together some fabulous chords, fantastically backed up by fabulous bass and drums. Rit is a fine player, but his music of this era is too smoothjazzy. If you found mistakes, please help us by correcting them. Starting at the age of 16, lee played his first session with the mamas and the papas. Captain fingers lee ritenour sheet music, music books. The best of lee ritenour by lee ritenour on spotify. Where can i get a lead sheet or chords for captain fingers by lee ritenour. Lee ritenours 6 string thoery is an ambitious and in many ways gracious project allowing the spotlight to fall on other guitarists ritenour has admired. Lee ritenour captain fingers sheet music notes and chords arranged for guitar tab. As the 1980s began, ritenour began to add stronger elements of pop to his music. Lee ritenour night rhythms alto, bass, acoustic guitar. Two years later he was backing tony bennett and lena horne at l.
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