Re: Lee Rittenour at Jazz Alley

Date: 30 Mar 2003 17:49:10 -0800
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz
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Lee's an excellent player, smooth jazz or not. Not every album is a
winner, but the man definitely has capable chops and a lot of taste.
Larry Carlton is every bit as much of a smooth jazz player as Lee is
these days. It all comes down to individual tastes in the end.
"Ken Lloyd" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<8_Hha.6465$email-address-deleted>...
> Hi.
>
> I guess I think of music quality first, then genre second, or later, if at
> all.
>
> Some smooth jazz, to me, can be very listenable, interesting and musical.
> Some of it is canned junk. I enjoy a lot of Larry Carlton's stuff.
>
> Some straightahead stuff is listenable, interesting and musical. Some of it
> not so easy to listen to.
> I don't know what box to put Miles Davis in, but I find some of his work
> very listenable, even moving. Some Coltrane stuff, to me, is harder to
> listen to.
>
> Wes Bound may be a little smooth (seems that smooth now has a negative
> connotation) but I enjoy it still. There are a couple of Wes Montgomery
> covers Lee R does that I like better than the original.
>
> Ken
>
>
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> "D.Onstenk" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
> news:b67dk5$2bgqv$email-address-deleted...
> > I hope I am not confusing any albums here but from what I remember the
> > "Wesbound" album has lots of smooth jazz on it and that's not my cup of
> tea.
> > "Stolen Moments" was a straight away jazz album.
> >
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> > "Ken Lloyd" <email-address-deleted> schreef in bericht
> > news:zuFha.5749$email-address-deleted...
> > > Hmmm.
> > >
> > > I like Wes Bound a lot. I found Rit's House (Lee's latest CD) to be
> without
> > > emotion, seemed like formula music.
> > >
> > > YES, go see Larry Carlton. He's fabulous; plays many styles, including
> some
> > > of the best guitar work on the Steely Dan albums, great work in Fourplay
> > > (commercial, but hey, it's smooth). And many, many other jazz or
> > > jazz-influenced recordings.
> > >
> > > Ken
> > >
> > > "D.Onstenk" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
> > > news:b66r5h$25440$email-address-deleted...
> > > > And Larry probably wishes he has Lee's bank account :)
> > > >
> > > > No kidding, I like Lee's album "Stolen Moments" a lot. But that's
> about
> it.
> > > > His "Wes Bound" album was a disappointment to me.
> > > >
> > > > #####
> > > >
> > > > > Lee Rittenour probably wishes he could play like Larry Carlton.
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