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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Ritenour

Published: 2012-01-11

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Ritenour's birthday today!

b. Lee Mack Ritenour, 11 January 1952, Los Angeles, CA, USA. The prolific Ritenour has established himself as one of the world\'s leading jazz guitarists with a series of accessible albums over three decades. Starting at the age of 16, Ritenour played his first session with The Mama\'s and the Papa\'s. Two years later he was backing Tony Bennett and Lena Horne at L.A.\'s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Know as “Captain Fingers...b. Lee Mack Ritenour, 11 January 1952, Los Angeles, CA, USA. The prolific Ritenour has established himself as one of the world\'s leading jazz guitarists with a series of accessible albums over three decades. Starting at the age of 16, Ritenour played his first session with The Mama\'s and the Papa\'s. Two years later he was backing Tony Bennett and Lena Horne at L.A.\'s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Know as “Captain Fingers... more

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