Lee Ritenour - Smoke ‘N’ Mirrors (2006)
Lee Ritenour - Smoke ‘N’ Mirrors (2006)
MP3 320 kbps | 44.1 Khz | No Covers | 65 min 30 sec | 155.2 mb
Genre: Jazz | Label: Peak Records | Year Of Release: August 22, 2006
As comfortable as guitarist Lee Ritenour has always been in the smooth jazz format, he has strived to go beyond it with his embrace of world music and serious jazz stylists including Wes Montgomery. Smoke 'N' Mirrors is a characteristic production in gathering up a sizable cast of contemporary cronies including Patrice Rushen, Dave Grusin, Richard Bona and Abraham Laboriel, but Ritenour's involvement in South African and Brazilian music and his emphasis on acoustic guitar give it a fresh identity. The wistful "Blue Days (Dias Azuis)," written and arranged by Daniel Jobim, son of Antonio Carlos, and featuring the singer Joyce, is one of the album's highlights. The young South African vocalist Zamajobe, featured on three songs, is a real discovery. You may wish Ritenour had stayed on ethnic turf and saved the more familiar, keyboard-sweetened fare for another album. Or you may enjoy the variety of Smoke 'N' Mirrors, which ranges percussively from Sheila E.'s congas to Satnam Ramgotra's Indian tablas. –Lloyd Sachs
Tracklist
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01. Smoke ‘n’ Mirrors
02. Capetown
03. Southwest Passage
04. Waters Edge
05. Blue Days (Dias Azuis)
06. Spellbinder
07. Memeza
08. Povo
09. Lovely Day
10. Township
11. Forget Me Nots
12. Stone Cool
13. Motherland
14. 41/2 Storms
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