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Lee Ritenour
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Lee Ritenour currently has 7 upcoming concerts; the next one is scheduled for Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at New Orleans Jazz Market in New Orleans, LA, United States.
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About Lee Ritenour
Hometown
Los Angeles, United States of America
Born
1952
Genre
Jazz
The work of amiable and prolific smooth-jazz hero Lee Ritenour is steeped in the sublime tones and techniques of jazz guitarists such as Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, and Kenny Burrell. Exposed to those six-string masters as a child in Los Angeles, where he was born in 1952, Ritenour got his first studio gig with The Mamas & The Papas in 1968 and eventually appeared on upwards of 3,000 recordings, including more than 30 albums of his own. Ritenour’s dexterous digits earned him the moniker Captain Fingers, the title of the first of his three influential instrumental jazz-funk albums released in the late ‘70s. He dove into vocal-driven pop during the '80s, winning a Grammy for Harlequin in 1985, and never quit exploring. Festival (1988) launched a prolonged fascination with Brazilian jazz, while Stolen Moments (1990) released his inner jazz purist. Pop-jazz always remained his specialty, however, and Ritenour spent much of the '90s in fusion supergroup Fourplay. Losing his home and studio in a Malibu fire inspired Ritenour's first solo-guitar release, 2020's Dreamcatcher.
Lee Ritenour has also released music as a member of Joyride, Fourplay, and The Love Unlimited Orchestra.
Influenced by Lee RitenourLee Ritenour has influenced the music of Carambo & the crew, Kevin Hwang, OUTPUT / INPUT and more.
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