Jazz Poetry Now for something completely different, we've recorded some pieces by award-winning poet John Menghan that were inspired by jazz works. Listen.
Lavay Smith & her Red-Hot Skillet Lickers This Bay Area girl is very naughty---but, in a good way---and she's performing in the Valley. Check out this video.
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar MeyerThese three critically-accliamed virtuosos bring their instruments (banjo, tabla and bass respectively) and have an extremely eclectic evening at Royce Hall.
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker Bill Ireland reviews their new CD, "Work to Do."
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Grammy-winning guitarist Lee Ritenour has been a fixture on the international music scene for more than 30 years. As with other famous people, Ritenour has more than one nickname: "Rit" and "Captain Fingers" being two of his. After years of being a session player in Los Angeles, Ritenour released his first own CD "First Course" in 1976. His latest album, "Amparo," was released last year. In between, there have been about 40 others.
This 2008 video is of a live performance in Korea and features Will Kennedy on drums, Melvin Davis on bass and Patrice Rushen on keyboards.Lee Ritenour and his band performs: