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Lee Ritenour at Scullers
ByScullers
Boston, MA
October 4, 2015
Guitarist Lee Ritenour has made a career as such a versatile session man (with session work ranging from

Joe Henderson
saxophone1937 - 2001

Pink Floyd
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1964

Nate Smith
drumsb.1974

Chris Potter
saxophone, tenorb.1971

Tom Kennedy
bass, electricb.1960

Dave Weckl
drumsb.1960

Mike Stern
guitarb.1953
Ritenour divided his time between his hollowbody jazz box and his solidbody Les Paul to cover a wide range of his own material ranging from straight ahead bop in the style of his idol

Wes Montgomery
guitar1923 - 1968
The rhythm section of Nate Smith and Tom Kennedy in particular was on fire from the first note to the last in an unusual pairing which one hopes will find its way into more projects from Ritenour and others. Tom Kennedy possesses one of the most solid grooves in electric jazz and can solo over changes at extremely demanding tempos effortlessly and Smith's metric modulation and modern approach to swing and groove made it a very interesting juxtaposition of styles and generations. Ritenour seemed especially intrigued by Smith and gave him ample space with which to display his signature style and Smith and Kennedy pushed Ritenour harder than might otherwise have been the case.
Much of the material was made up by classic Ritenour tracks from A Twist Of Rit, his latest project made up of his own classic tracks revised and revisited. One can only hope that at some point Ritenour finds time to record this ensemble and work in this idiom more often.
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