JAN 31 | Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
Jan 31, 2025
Miner Auditorium
ON SALE DATES
Leaders Circle: Thu, Nov 14 • 12PM
Members: Fri, Nov 15 • 12PM
At Home Members: Sat, Nov 16 • 12PM
Public: Sat, Nov 16 • 12PM
Celebrating 50 years of music together, the sublime partnership of guitarist Lee Ritenour and pianist Dave Grusin is among the most fruitful and enduring in contemporary jazz. They make their Miner Auditorium debut with music spanning their careers including songs from their entrancing 2024 Candid Records release, Brasil.
Known widely as “Captain Fingers,” a moniker he earned for his remarkable dexterity and musicianship, the GRAMMY-winning Ritenour has released 35 albums and is a member of the fusion supergroup Fourplay. As a sideman, he has contributed to the music of Patti Austin, Pink Floyd, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, and Dizzy Gillespie, among dozens of others.
The Oscar and GRAMMY-winning Grusin is a multifaceted composer, pianist, arranger, and producer who has issued over 40 albums and composed soundtracks to Three Days of the Condor, Tootsie, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and On Golden Pond, to name a few.
Their co-led 1985 GRAMMY-winning release Harlequin for Grusin’s GRP label was a landmark of 1980s fusion that seamlessly blended modern jazz and Brazilian rhythms, and the pair reunited for 2000’s Two Worlds and 2008’s Amparo, both for the Decca imprint.
A spiritual follow-up to Harlequin, Brasil was recorded in Sao Paolo and again steeps the two virtuoso artists in the country’s tropical grooves with a lineup of master Brazilian musicians. Allmusic.com calls the album “one the more compelling intersections of music and culture thus far in the 21st century.”
The sublime musical partnership of guitarist Lee Ritenour and pianist Dave Grusin is among the most fruitful and enduring in contemporary jazz. They bring music spanning their careers including songs from their entrancing 2024 Candid Records release, Brasil.
Ritenour and Grusin, whose partnership spans decades, have left an indelible mark on the American jazz scene.
World Music Central
Ritenour and Grusin, whose partnership spans decades, have left an indelible mark on the American jazz scene.
World Music Central
Personnel
Lee Ritenour guitar
Dave Grusin piano
Melvin Davis bass
Wesley Ritenour drums
Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin are perennial jazz all-stars
JazzTimes
Personnel
Lee Ritenour guitar
Dave Grusin piano
Melvin Davis bass
Wesley Ritenour drums
Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin are perennial jazz all-stars
JazzTimes
Watch & Listen
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
Cravo e Canela
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
Early A.M. Attitude
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
Cravo e Canela
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
Early A.M. Attitude