Lee Ritenour Overtime (Blu-ray)

With his distinctly fluid playing style, Lee Ritenour has established himself as one of the world's leading jazz fusion guitarists. Dubbed "Captain Fingers" for his manual dexterity, Ritenour began his career in the early 1970s as a session player for artists as diverse as the Mamas and the Papas, Tony Bennett, Pink Floyd, and Dizzy Gillespie before launching himself as a solo artist in 1976. Since then, Ritenour's long and varied career has moved from traditional jazz and jazz fusion in the 1970s to Brazilian music and smooth jazz in he 1980s and '90s. The aptly titled OVERTIME captures Ritenour in every stage of his career with a selection of 19 songs that feature guest appearances by longtime cohorts Dave Grusin, Patrice Rushen, Anthony Jackson, Harvey Mason, Ernie Watts, and Steve Foreman (all of whom played with Ritenour at the legendary Los Angeles jazz club the Baked Potato) as well as more recent collaborators such as Brazilian singer-songwriter Ivan Lins, saxophonist Eric Marienthal, trumpeter Chris Botti, and vocalist Kenya Hathaway.