First Course - 1976, Epic The 1st Album - Lee Ritenour
Songs
- A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That mp3 | Windows Media
- Sweet Syncopation
- Theme From 'Three Days Of The Condor'
- Fatback
- Memories Past
- Caterpiller
- Canticle For The Universe
- Wild Rice
- Ohla Maria (amparo)
Musicians
Lee Ritenour — synthesizer, electric guitar, vocals, classical guitar
Bill Dickinson, Louis Johnson, Chuck Rainey — bass
Chuck Findley — trumpet
Dave Green, Ian Underwood — synthesizer
Ed Greene, Harvey Mason, Sr. — drums
Dave Grusin — organ, synthesizer, piano, clavinet
Larry Nash, Michael Omartian, Jerry Peters, Patrice Rushen — keyboards, clavinet
Jerome Richardson — saxophone (baritone)
Frank Rosolino — trombone
Tom Scott — saxophone (tenor), lyricon
Jerry Steinholtz — percussion, conga
Ernie Watts — saxophone (tenor)
First Course is the first studio album released by jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour. The album was released in 1976 on LP by the label Epic Records. It was re-released on CD by Sony Records in 1990.
The album was made at the time that Ritenour was still a session musician, perhaps considered the best of the time in
Financially, there were issues with the album, since the "sound perplexed studio executives" who were mainly looking for the next Bitches Brew or Return to Forever. This was melodic rhythm and blues-based jazz that didn't find a home until new wave-type radio stations became mainstream over a decade later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Course
