Lee Ritenour - Captain Fingers

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1977
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:05
Size: 94,7 MB
Art: Front

(7:10)  1. Captain Fingers
(7:04)  2. Dolphin Dreams
(5:10)  3. Fly By Night
(5:10)  4. Margarita
(4:33)  5. Isn't She Lovely
(5:10)  6. Space Glide
(6:47)  7. Sun Song

Lee Ritenour was born January 11, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. He played his first session when he was 16 with The Mamas & The Papas. Nicknamed "Captain Fingers," he (along with Larry Carlton) was a sought-after session guitarist by the mid-70s. He is noted for playing his red Gibson ES-335 and his Gibson L5 guitars. One of his most notable influences is the pioneering jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. In 1976, he released his first solo album, First Course. This was followed up by his famous fusion work Captain Fingers in 1976. Since First Course he has released over 30 albums - the 30th being Rit's House in 2002. One of his most notable works is his 1981 pop album Rit (featuring vocalist Eric Tagg), which contained the chart hits "Is It You," and "Mr. Briefcase." In the 90s, he was one of the founding members of smooth jazz group "Fourplay".

Throughout his career, Lee has not been afraid to experiment with different styles of music, often incorporating elements of funk, pop, rock, blues and Brazilian music with Jazz (much to the dislike of many critics). In the early 1980s, Lee was given his own Ibanez signature model guitar, the LR-10. The LR-10 was produced from 1981 to 1987. It can be heard exclusively on Rit. Currently, Lee plays the Gibsons that he first played in the 1970s (the ES-335 & L5), and now also plays his signature Lee Ritenour Model archtop guitar made by Gibson.

Personnel:  Lee Ritenour electric guitar, classical guitar, guitar synthesizer, associate producer, writer;  Dave Grusin keyboards, string arrangements, conductor, writer;  Dawilli Gongakeyboards;  Ian Underwood keyboards;  Patrice Rushen keyboards;  David Foster keyboards;  Dennis Budimir guitar;  Jay Graydon guitar;  Mitch Holder guitar, writer;  Ray Parker Jr. guitar;  Anthony Jackson bass;  Alphonso Johnson bass;  Bill Dickinson bass;  Charles Meeks bass;  Mike Porcaro bass;  Harvey Mason drums, percussion Jeff Porcaro drums;  Steve Forman percussion;  Victor Feldman congas;  Ernie Watts saxophone;  Bill Champlin vocals.

Captain Fingers

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Dan Fogelberg - The Very Best Of Dan Fogelberg

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 73:45
Size: 168.9 MB
Styles: Soft rock
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[5:33] 1. Nether Lands
[3:17] 2. Part Of The Plan
[4:10] 3. Heart Hotels
[3:14] 4. Longer
[3:57] 5. Hard To Say
[4:18] 6. Leader Of The Band
[5:19] 7. Same Old Lang Syne
[4:16] 8. Run For The Roses
[4:31] 9. Make Love Stay
[4:04] 10. Missing You
[3:41] 11. The Language Of Love
[4:34] 12. Believe In Me
[5:26] 13. Lonely In Love
[4:43] 14. She Don't Look Back
[4:21] 15. Rhythm Of The Rain
[4:19] 16. Magic Every Moment
[3:55] 17. A Love Like This

Although nine of the ten songs on Dan Fogelberg's 1982 release Greatest Hits also show up here, this is a definite improvement on that prior disc. It has more songs (17), and extends its chronological reach all the way up to 1993. A few post-1982 chart singles are on here that weren't on Greatest Hits, though only one of them, "The Language of Love," was a big hit, and it could be argued that Fogelberg's most popular and familiar material is adequately summarized by Greatest Hits anyway. ~ Richie Unterberger All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Dan Fogelberg, Graham Nash, Tom Scott, Mike Porcaro, Jerry Hey, Jimmy Fadden, Michael Brecker, Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit.

The Very Best Of Dan Fogelberg

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