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LEE RITENOUR   

First Course

RELEASED
1976
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
jazz, pop, fusion, instrumental
TRACKS
01, A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That  (6:16)
02, Sweet Syncopation  (4:47)
03, Theme From Three Days Of The Condor  (4:08)
04, Fatback  (4:18)
05, Memories Past  (1:51)
06, Caterpillar  (4:21)
07, Canticle For The Universe  (6:12)
08, Wild Rice  (5:32)
09, Ohla Maria (Amparo)  (3:50)
DURATION
41:15
MUSICIANS
LEE RITENOUR -guitars (1÷4,6÷8)
DAVE GRUSIN -piano (1÷3,6,8,9), synthesizers (2,3,6,7,9),
      clavinet (8), organ (4)
BILL DICKINSON -bass (1.8)
CHUCK RAINEY -bass (3,4,7)
LOUIS JOHNSON -bass (2,6)
ED GREENE -drums (4)
HARVEY MASON -drums (1÷3,6÷8), percussion (2,3)
JERRY PETERS -piano (7), clavinet (3)
LARRY NASH -piano (4), clavinet (2,4,6)
MICHAEL OMARTIAN -clavinet (1)
PATRICE RUSHEN -clavinet (8)
JERRY STEINHOLTZ -congas (7), percussion (3,7)
IAN UNDERWOOD -programming (2,3,6,7,9)
FRANK ROSOLINO -trombone (1,2,4,6,8)
CHUCK FINDLEY -trumpet (1,2,4,6,8)
JEROME RICHARDSON -saxophone (1,2,4,6,8)
TOM SCOTT -saxophone (1,2,4,6,8), lyricon (4,8)
ERNIE WATTS -saxophone (1)
PRODUCED BY
SKIP DRINKWATER
REVIEW
Lee Mack "Captain Fingers" Ritenour je mezinárodně uznávaný jazzový kytarista a skladatel. Své první veřejné vystoupení absolvoval již v šestnácti letech s kapelou The Mamas & The Ppapas a od té doby se podílel na nesčetných jazzových sessionech a improvizacích. V 70. letech dvakrát vyhrál cenu "Guitar Player Magazines Best Studio Guitarist". "First Course" je jeho první sólové studiové album.