Wesbound - Lee Ritenour

[@paulelliott7373]

The album Wes Bound exemplifies the greatness of two of the greatest guitarists: Lee and Wes . Outstanding!

[@kauaiman1]

Lee has been an inspiration in my guitar playing for the last 50 years and keeps and inspiring me today. Thank you Lee!

[@CacophonyOfDestruction]

Love the tone he is getting out of that Gibson hollow body. Lee seems to smoothly transition from an old school James Brown funk single coil type tone, right into a delta blues vibe with the slide, to a smooth jazz Wes Montgomery like lead tone on a dime. It’s incredible the versatility he gets out of that Gibson hollow body. First time I ever listened to Lee and already I can tell I’m going to become a lifelong fan.

[@juanjotm4821]

This presentation of Lee Ritenour is one of the best I´ve ever seen. Excellent. And his musicians. Patrice Rushen on keyboards is real good. She´s got the rythm. She´s number 1. well everybody there. !

[@zyxel291]

I keep coming back to this one: Ritenour as always by the best. The lady who, in an incredible way, wraps herself in the keys with her amazing performance, lifts it all into an interaction of absolute best class.

[@kevinlwilliams2342]

Her solo is really out of this world! I love it!

[@bryndis1000]

HI Lee, Thank you so much for the show at "Blue Note! New York, year 198?" We are still expecting you to visit Iceland. We met you at Blue Note NY. Me Bryndis and my mother Gerdur from ICELAND. We Love your music, you have to come and visit and find out how dangerous country we are living. You will get to know a little bit of it, though you won´t be here and have a concert at "HARPA" our Orchestra Hall !!!

[@TheLegenDacster]

Patrice, I will forget you not! Lee Rit and crew as stellar as ever.

[@twofishes8846]

What a great tribute to the unique style that Montgomery was, and the lady keyboardist is groovy baby... great band Lee!!!

[@adekunleotukoya1322]

The combination of Lee Ritnour & Patrice Rushen it's smoky, either studio or live performance want you get is your money's worth. Fantastic show.

[@mickkollins]

WOW..Lee and Patrice...and the whole crew....smokin' this favorite track of mine loved Wes..saw him at The Lighthouse in Hermosa in '67...Redefined guitar grooves for me..Thanks for posting!

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

Mick Kollins You saw Wes - that’s something. There will never be another with his spirit, tone, style - and worldwide impact. He changed jazz guitar and by extension pop and rock.

[@philsarkol6443]

you saw and heard Wes playin in "67..that 's great ... thx for makin me a jealous guy!!

[@brianmi40]

In the 80s, I used to get backstage passes included from the ticket scalper I bought good seats from. Had the balls to knock on the door, pre-concert in Houston, they let me in when I flashed the pass(!), no one but the band in the dressing room, I dropped the quick usual "big fan" stuff, and handed Lee who graciously signed a CD back liner, asking me where I got the sheet, and when I told him I dis-assembled the case to take it out, he remarked how clever that was and that no one had ever done that! Great days, reading the liner notes to learn all the new musicians to check out since they played on each others albums.

[@humblegeorge]

That was the coolest rendition I ever herd ! HUGE talented People.

[@bluenote335]

Getting funky and then the slide on an L-5? Geeez, Lee... thanks for the love

[@kellynickell8195]

Patrice! I LOVE YOU GIRL !!! One of my all-time favorite keys players. I'll listen to anyone who shows up on a Jean-Luc Ponte record.

[@jazzmusic6422]

veeery good ,the best smouth jazz that i listen in may life ! i´m from Brasil, samba country, but i love jazz!! congratulations my friend Massimo Zarro!!!

[@stevedriver1476]

what an unreal keyboard player and crazy sounds,, wow,,,,,,,where do these people come from ,, another world..

[@jeanblandin9253]

patrice rushen super girl on keys

[@rocketpost1]

I keep coming back to listen to this and it just gets better. I think Lee is very much underrated and Patrice is astonishing. Great rhythm section also. Wonderful performance by all players.

[@davidwinn721]

Very gifted musicians.....Lee comes out of a rock genre world....but can easily break into jazz, pop, quasi-funk, but a guitar guy who excels at his interpretation, incredible finger dexterity or command, and a master of tone and using instruments to expand and enrich his sound range and challenge the listener.

[@SelfHealingGod]

Jazz is pure and this why I'm here. Pure music is very hard to play especially for guitarist. You don't see a jazz guitarist yelling around he is a guitar hero. They just put their head down, play and humble.

[@lahoucinezineeddine5432]

quelle ambiance ! merciiiiiiiiiiii

[@BethBoynton]

I could listen to this all day!

[@greggillian737]

patrice played on Jean-Luc Ponty's Aurora album. total awesomeness!

[@massimos6863]

Awesome video Lee is one of the greatest guitarist of our time ♥️ 🎸

[@studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272]

The sound is so good - fresher than lime juice

[@joserodriguezqueqezana6639]

Muy bien, esta es la música que siempre quería escuchar. desde Perú Arequipa.

[@johnpoling3831]

Lee R and Patrice....it doesn’t get any better than this!

[@DocDondy]

Cooool! Grooving, swinging, funky at the same time. The opening has shades of "Superstition", eh? Sets the RIGHT mood from the go. And the keyboard player is a treat, too! Thanx a lot for sharing!

[@joskal1965]

I`m not sure she(key player) is his wife?

[@joskal1965]

@BLOGAN BURGESS I usually dont mix in others private life but as fan of Lee's music I dreaded Norwegian wikipedia and been surprised that following text is not included in English version " Ritenour is engaged to Japanese singer and songwriter Anri. His music is inspired by Wes Montgomery. Not only has he paid tribute to his hero in several contexts; he has also named his son (born 1993) Wesley."

[@Sis4Real]

Love this track! One of my favorites by him!!

[@rossco289]

I first heard him in the late 70's subsequently bought the Captain Fingers Album as a guitarist of 55 years plus I'm going to take up knitting, brilliant Mr Ritenour.

[@jameslawrencewirth]

U B bad 2 the bone! I have listened to this (yes, own the CD) prob 100+X! SICK how cool you are, and of course the late great Wes!

[@ChicotAlainVenturachic161]

Cette musique est ravissante. Bravo au magnifique Lee Ritenour et à son groupe !!

[@bluesman97]

I'm came back for the smile at 7:53?.. Thanks Lee you put a smile on my face.

[@brobb9780]

Patrice!!! My baby since the ‘80s

[@pips98]

That was so darn good 👍. I noticed the late Wes Montgomery flavor influenced.

[@fredericducomet.boquier7920]

Magnifique 👍 et vraiment heureux de revoir Patrice Rushen et ses Chorus ♥️

[@snowstorm5590]

Will Kennedy on drums! Perfect!

[@filirani]

Devo ammettere che l'avevo sottovalutato (nella mia ignoranza) e invece l'ho riscoperto da qualche tempo e lo stimo sempre di più. Grazie

[@soerenguitarlessons9947]

This is Lee Ritenour at his best. The whole band, Patrice Rushen included, is simply outstanding. Thanks a lot for loading.

[@BIgRon2176]

This has to be one of the coolest things I ever heard. Big Ron

[@russeleffandy]

Always nice to hear Lee! Regards from Jakarta, jazz city

[@davidgaffney1718]

Love that beat, funky guitar LEE! P Rushen - "Forget Me Nots", Keyboard Goddess

[@joejohnson2814]

Maravilhoso improviso da pianista Patrice Rushen! Bom Demais!

[@MikeJohnsonsTube]

My Man...Lee Ritenour...one of my mentors, although I've never met him...he epitomizes contemporary jazz artistry...love him...a brilliant mentor and Artist...on that slide too...💜 #MikeJohnsonJazz

[@htm1600]

What treat to see Miss Rushen with Mr. Ritenour. Love her playing 🤙🏼🤩❤️

[@eloisehughes9081]

I never knew music like this before so amazing in it's beautiful sounds 😊❤

[@marthanavarro1962]

Lee ritenour, uno de los mejores músicos de jazz, amo su música, melodiosa.

[@plumhunter9158]

Looking forward tom seeing Ritenour in Gloucester next month. A treat for my ears.

[@dr-stephennewdell3882]

Beautiful hand positioning, knows rules of 7 and 12, keys and cords solidly. His education is showing and he's Just Excellent!

[@Plekteret04]

I did hear Lee Ritenour at the Direct-Disk LP recording from Sheffield Lab for the firt time with Dave Grusin's ''Discovered Again'' from 76. Then I did buy all his LP recordings from Captains Journey etc. He also was with some JVC Direct to Disk recordings like ''Ritenour Friendship'' 78 and ''Gentle Toughts'' 77. Has both these ''rare'' and maybe hard to find recorings right now. With people like Dave Grusin, Patrice Rushen, Anthony Jackson, Harvey Mason, Ernie Watts, Steve Forman, Don Grusin, Abraham Laboriel and Steve Gadd.

[@jonRboy]

Man, I love Patrice Rushen's playing!

[@levis6945]

Wow all that talent on that stage it gives me chills..

[@rcdgtx1]

This guy is friggin' great. He's been around for quite awhile and he can work that guitar very well.

[@PauloRoberto-uh1nc]

Todo show desse nobre guitarrista é fantásticos juntos então com esses músicos que são fantásticos melhor ainda saúde a todos

[@bobbynoe1]

Lee on slide - what a surprise to me! Delicate sound!

[@MegaDuvaldo]

Patrice Rushen is Aweeeeeeeeeeeeesooooooooooome!!!!

[@claudioexplica]

totally!

[@Thundergod-]

Nobody does funk like Patrice except maybe the late great George Duke....

[@Thundergod-]

@ Wow, that must have been a thrill meeting him. I'm most familiar with his work with Zappa and Jean-Luc-Ponty but I'll check out his other stuff for sure. I'm a fusion freak if that's still what it's called but George had a sound all his own. Besides that he was an ultra cool cat who surely is missed but his music lives on. Cheers, Tgod....

[@DonaldKolenda]

I wasn't sure who that was on keys, but I won't forget anymore!

[@bourgeoisbrats]

@@Thundergod- .Hah! You took the words right outta my mouth! Lol What Thundergod129-7307 said :-)

[@kozo33channel]

Lee's guitar , Lovely sound and clear sound , good ！

[@BrassThunder]

One of my favorite albums!

[@IvaldoGTR]

sou frã de carteirinha da obra de Lee Ritnour , é um dos poucos guitar player que podemos dizer que é fusion de verdade, parabéns , do Rock ao Jazz

[@jamestonguet1737]

Love Lee .... never saw him use a slide before .. exquisite

[@eduardoreneariascisneros252]

Uno de mis guitarristas favoritos Ritenour!!

[@estelasimas9699]

Thats amazingly good !!

[@oscarguadalupemorenoestrad792]

I saw him with four play...! So fantastic..!! He is the lead guitar that most rendicion has in four play.!!

[@BillRoberts242]

The VERY BEST in jazz/funk!!!

[@PaoloLongo]

very nice Music; bravo Lee Ritenour!

[@davidmiller4078]

Wow Patrice Rushen almost forget how good she is id i remember her and Lee on Alponsos Johnson s solo album s inspirational great to hear again its still great

[@warrendoris9669]

Leeeee. One of my favourites from my misspent youth. Patrice was hitting the choice licks too!

[@gianfrancobiagini5275]

..and William Kennedy (Yellojackets) on drums...great!

[@dansaghin1]

Awesome, Patrice Rushen is killing it. She's awesome

[@leiflindkvist5316]

I am a fan of your music Thank you

[@KevinKallhoff-mk4su]

Love the groove!!!

[@JoseSilva-qk4tw]

Escutei uma vez esta música e passei a admirar o talento deste grande músico , Lee Ritenour sou seu fã, grande guitarrista, músico maravilhoso....

[@klausluttgen4310]

great music!

[@chmartin444]

This guys so awesome very talented x

[@SuperNoobTroll]

Fusion: The only style where you can play a "Machine Gun"-esque riff followed by a distorted slide solo and call it a tribute to Wes Montgomery.

[@johnmaer]

Ugh, he wasn't doing a cover of a W-Mont recording now, was he? Lee was channeling Montgomery's style/tone....playing octave chords/harmonics and sans pick in the realm of Wes. Not sure you know who Wes Montgomery was....he didn't play or sound like Jimi, guy. Lee plays in a smooth jazz genre....a niche where the artists try to bring jazz down to a more accessible level for us neophytes. I'd troll elsewhere...

[@douglaslamveg8913]

Can you do better ?

[@Bronco7656]

impeccable musicianship

[@PutItAway101]

That bass! Heavy and deep but nimble and light at the same time.

[@shaygahweh]

Bloody amazing.

[@hervebrami1514]

fantastic patrice rushen

[@josefbruckner7154]

Amazing !

[@lexeyperepelkin9814]

Pure awsomness!

[@fx802]

Smooth!!!!Nothing like great music.

[@meerkatandpug]

Wow..effortless!

[@gaca2737]

Awesome - and the drumming too

[@뱅스C]

들을 때마다 매우 좋아서, 눈물도 질금 흘린다.

[@gerardmanjoue]

Madre de dios , Patrice Rushen is stellar !!!!

[@123must]

Beautiful ! A lot of thanks

[@Sis4Real]

One of my favorite songs by Lee 🎶🎵🎼♥️

[@StefanGBucher]

Such fantastic music, such... unfantastic graphic design on that festival branding. :^D

[@StefanGBucher]

(Sorry... pet peeve.)

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

It’s intentional. They want to keep the lettering as it always was - and keep the focus on the sounds rather than a cute logo with a talking turtle or something.

[@StefanGBucher]

@@AFaceintheCrowd01 What?! They could've had a talking turtle?! Dammit, people... Talking turtles put asses in seats! 😉

[@vincentcarron545]

Lee is so relaxed and likes to have fun playing his guitar always great guitar, as for the Drummer what can I say , he is great in his playing , all these year's as have went by and I though I was the only one that played this style of drumming no kidding , now I do not feel so quite alone in this style of drumming .

[@pallhe]

Exquisite. Lee is the reason I want an L5. Fantastic band.

[@orion681]

Ironically, Wes is the reason Lee plays one.

[@pallhe]

@@orion681 Yes, I believe you're right. You probably meant something like "incidentally" rather than "ironically".

[@orion681]

@@pallhe whether or not I used the correct term, I meant what I said. You just don't know the heritage of the L5 apparently. Thank you language police.

[@pallhe]

@@orion681 Yes, I understood what you meant, but it actually took me a second. Don't take it the wrong way. I thought about whether to mention it or not, as I know it's a drag to be corrected. It's a common misuse of the word, so it's not your fault if you picked it up from someone else. But I thought I would be doing you a favor, because that use of the word can cause miscommunication and even friction. I would suggest looking up what "irony" really means in case you're unsure. Then you can be the grammar nazi. Your point about Lee, Wes and the L5 is well taken.

[@paultreacy5248]

My favorite Ritenour tune!

[@TheLuvi03]

M u s i c i a n S !!! Great performance....

[@soerenguitarlessons9947]

Everything seems to work, one would believe they might almost be able to walk on water as well. What a performance!

[@montysoomer6575]

Check out LEE'S album WESBOUND, dedicated to WES MONTGOMERY. One of the best guitar albums ever.

[@JSanduBrus]

wonderful guitar performance !

[@bradymorgan6955]

I love Lee ritenour,that man can play that guitar.

[@pablopicardi7589]

that keyboard solo made me cry

[@EyesWideOpen61]

PERFECTION

[@CarlyWaarly]

Love the guitar playing! Just recently bought a Motif xf great piece of kit! That is a beautiful sound.