Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s.

Biography

Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in

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, United States. At the age of eight he started playing guitar and four years later decided on a career in music. When he was 16 he played on his first recording session with the Mamas & the Papas. He developed a love for jazz and was influenced by guitarist Wes Montgomery. At the age of 17 he worked with Lena Horne and Tony Bennett. He studied classical guitar at the

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1976–1988

Ritenour's solo career began with the album ''First Course'' (1976), a good example of the jazz-funk sound of the 1970s, followed by ''

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'', ''The Captain's Journey'' (1978), and ''Feel the Night'' (1979). In 1979, he "was brought in to beef up" one of Pink Floyd's '' The Wall''s heaviest rock numbers, " Run Like Hell". He played "uncredited rhythm guitar" on "

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". As the 1980s began, Ritenour began to add stronger elements of pop to his music, beginning with ''Rit'' (1981). ''Rit'' became his only release to chart in Australia, peaking at number 98. " Is It You" with vocals by Eric Tagg reached No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart and No. 27 on the Soul chart. The track peaked at number fifteen on

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chart. He continued with the pop-oriented music for ''Rit/2'' (1982) and ''Banded Together'' (1984), while releasing a Direct-Disk instrumental album in 1983 called ''On the Line''. He also provided rhythm guitar on Tom Browne's album ''Funkin' for Jamaica''. He recorded ''Harlequin'' (1985) with Dave Grusin and vocals by Ivan Lins. His next album, ''

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. The album's title track was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Instrumental Composition. ''

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'' (GRP, 1987) included guest performances by

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, Djavan, and

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. In 1988, his Brazilian influence came to the forefront on ''Festival'', an album featuring his work on nylon-string guitar. He changed direction with his straight-ahead jazz album ''Stolen Moments'' which he recorded with saxophonist

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, pianist Alan Broadbent, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer

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. During the same year, he composed the theme song for the Canadian TV series '' Ramona''.

1990–present

In 1991 Ritenour and keyboardist Bob James formed the group Fourplay. He left the group in 1997 and was replaced by

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. He released the career retrospective ''Overtime'' in 2005. ''Smoke n' Mirrors'' came out the next year with the debut of his thirteen-year-old son, Wesley, on drums. Celebrating his fifty years as a guitarist in 2010, Ritenour released ''6 String Theory'', a title that refers to six musical areas covered by the use of guitar. Ritenour has been a judge for the Independent Music Awards.

Lead vocalists

Lee Ritenour’s first few solo albums consisted entirely of instrumentals. Beginning with ''Captain Fingers'' (1977), Ritenour used vocalists on many of his songs: * Djavan * Bill Champlin * Eric Tagg *

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* Ivan Lins * Phil Perry * João Bosco *

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* Maxi Priest * Lisa Fischer * Michael McDonald

Awards

Grammy Awards

Ritenour has received one Grammy award out of sixteen nominations. * Album of the Year, ''Jazziz'' magazine (2010) * Best International Instrumentalist, Echo Jazz Award (2011)

Discography

Albums

Charted singles

As member

Fourplay * '' Fourplay'' (Warner Bros., 1991) * '' Between the Sheets'' (Warner Bros., 1993) * '' Elixir'' (Warner Bros., 1995) * ''Best of Fourplay'' (Warner Bros., 1997) L.A. Workshop * ''Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)'' (Denon, 1988) * ''Norwegian Wood, Vol. 2'' (Denon, 1994) GRP All-Star Big Band * '' GRP All-Star Big Band'' (GRP, 1992)

Other credits

* 1977 " Strawberry Letter 23" from the album '' Right On Time'' by

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As sideman

With

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References

External links

Lee Ritenour official siteLee Ritenour Interview
NAMM Oral History Program (2014) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ritenour, Lee 20th-century American guitarists 21st-century American guitarists American jazz guitarists Smooth jazz guitarists American session musicians Singers from California 1952 births Living people Grammy Award winners USC Thornton School of Music alumni GRP Records artists Epic Records artists Elektra Records artists Warner Records artists Guitarists from California Fourplay members GRP All-Star Big Band members Brass Fever members Discovery Records artists The Love Unlimited Orchestra members