Lee Mack Ritenour is an American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer. Ritenour has contributed to over 3000 sessions, and has charted over 30 contemporary jazz hits since 1976.
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella, Porin Award for Best Foreign Jazz Music Album, Is It You?, Rio Funk, Night Rhythms, Denmark, Århus C, Denmark, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
Music Groups
Fourplay (1991 – 1998), Love Unlimited Orchestra
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Movies
GRP All-Stars
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Quote
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There's no insurance program for being a musician. The deeper you are as a musician,the further you can go. You have to keep up with the latest technology - music, styles. You don't just keep jumping around, but adapt to keep yourself fresh and your audience fresh.
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The music business is more flexible than it used to be. Young musicians, if they are creative, have a positive sense of who they are, and have a vision, can almost map their own destiny. What that means is, not only do you have to be a very good musician, you have to have a head on your shoulders for business.
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Fact
1
Son Wesley is an accomplished drummer who often jams with Lee and his fellow musicians.
2
Dedicated his album "Wes Bound" (1992) to his idol Wes Montgomery.
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Won a Grammy Award in the "Best Arrangement On An Instrumental" category for "Early A.M. Attitude" (with Dave Grusin). [1985]
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Havana
1990/I
musician: guitar - uncredited
The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
musician: guitar - as Lee Rittenour
Tequila Sunrise
1988
musician: guitar solos
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982
additional musician
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980
TV Special musical director
Grease
1978
musician: guitar - uncredited
Big Wednesday
1978
musician: guitar - uncredited
Coma
1978
musician: guitar - uncredited
Demon Seed
1977
electronic performances
The Big Bus
1976
musician: guitar - uncredited
All the President's Men
1976
musician: guitar - uncredited
The Yakuza
1974
guitars - uncredited
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown!
1990
TV Special documentary performer: "Red Baron"
Olivia: Soul Kiss
1986
Video short "Emotional Tangle", "Toughen Up"
American Flyers
1985
writer: "Brand New Day"
Olivia Newton-John: Twist of Fate
1984
Video short writer: "Tied Up"
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
arranger: "Theme from 'An Officer and a Gentleman'" 1982 / performer: "Theme from 'An Officer and a Gentleman'" 1982, "Love Theme From 'An Officer And A Gentleman'" / writer: "Love Theme From 'An Officer And A Gentleman'"
Moment by Moment
1978
"Everybody Needs Love"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shannon's Deal
1990
TV Series
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1988
TV Series 1 episode
American Flyers
1985
Lee Ritenour: RIT/Special - Lee Ritenour Live
1984
Video documentary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jazz at the White House
2016
TV Special
Himself - Performer
Unsung
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
Jazz for Japan
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Nathan East: For the Record
2014
Documentary
Himself
Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Showcase
2006
TV Movie
Himself
An Evening of Fourplay: Volumes 1 & 2
1994
Video
The 36th Annual Grammy Awards
1994
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1988
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest
GRP All-Stars: Live from the Record Plant
1985
Video
Himself - Performer
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin Live from the Record Plant
1985
Video
Himself - Performer
Lee Ritenour: RIT/Special - Lee Ritenour Live
1984
Video documentary
Himself
New American Bandstand 1965
1981-1983
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) as Soundtrack
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) as Music Department
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) as Music Department
$4 Million
