08/27/17 – Performance at Osaka Symphony Hall w/Lee Ritenour, Tom Kennedy, Peter Erskine, Masaki Hayashi 

08/31/17 – Performance at Shizuoka Granship

• Sadao Watanabe California Shower 2017

Featuring:  Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Tom Kennedy, Peter Erskine

09/02/17 – Tokyo Jazz Festival

• Lee Ritenour Guitar Summit with Pat Martino

Featuring:  Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Pat Martino, Tom Kennedy, Dave Weckl

09/03/17 – Toyko Jazz Festival

100 year project with Danish Radio Big Band  Featuring:  Lee Ritenour 

• Sadao Watanabe California Shower 2017

Featuring:  Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Tom Kennedy, Peter Erskine

Please join Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin with Tom Kennedy and Wesley Ritenour for Part 2 of their 2017 Europe tour:
Monday, July 3, 2017 Sala Clamores Madrid, Spain
Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Festival de la Guitarra de Córdoba Córdoba, Spain
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 Festival Internacional de Jazz de San Javier, San Javier, Spain
Friday, July 7, 2017 North Sea Jazz Festival 2017, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Saturday, July 8, 2017 opus-live GmbH Altes Schloß Stuttgart, Germany
Sunday, July 9, 2017 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 Festival Da Jazz St.Moritz- The unique Clubfestival St. Moritz, Switzerland
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 @Festival Da Jazz St.Moritz- The unique Clubfestival St. Moritz, Switzerland
Thursday, July 13, 2017 Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club London, UK
Friday, July 14, 2017 Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club London, UK
Saturday, July 15, 2017 Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club London, UK
Monday, July 17, 2017 Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin / Fabrik / HamburgJazz in der Fabrik Hamburg, Germany
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 Huxleys Neue Welt Berlin, Germany
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 Frankfurter Hof Mainz Mainz, Germany
Thursday, July 20, 2017 Lee Ritenour + Dave Grusin & Band – Nürnberg – Hirsch Nürnberg, Germany

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Please join this all star lineup in Japan March 2 – 13! Click HERE for additional tour dates and ticket information!!

Here’s a gift of thanks to all my fans and friends, and a celebration of the Six String Theory Competition winners 2016. This is a brand-new tune I wrote called “SST Blues” and features winners Roland Balogh & Carter Low on Guitar, Nicolas Hetko on B3 Organ, Isaias Elpes on Bass and Raphael Pannier on Drums.

Also included is a short, behind the scenes video of the SST winners and myself at our recording session in Malibu, CA in September 2016 as part of the prize package. This track will go on my next album but there’s no reason to hold it back in the meantime, so please enjoy this as a free gift of music along with my very best wishes for everyone in 2017. Huge hugs to all the fans that I met around the world this year & those that participated in and/or supported the SST competition and myself- thank you so, so much!
-Lee Ritenour

Download SST Blues: WAV version | MP3 version
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*Continued gratitude to our Sponsors, who make the competition possible: Yamaha USA (YCA) , Yamaha Japan (YCJ), Berklee College of Music, Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival & Workshop (COC), Blue Note Tokyo, Monster, D’Addario, Premier Guitar, , Music Connection, Jazziz, Concord Music Group, Guitar HD, Woodshed Recording Studio, True Fire and Xotic Effects Pedals.

WATCH THE MAKING OF VIDEO

2016 Grand Prize Winners from Lee Ritenour’s Six String Theory Competition Recorded & Filmed at Woodshed Recording Studios in Malibu, California September 2016.

Track “SST BLUES” Produced, Composed and Arranged by Lee Ritenour, Rit of Habeas Music- ASCAP (Copyright 2016)

Lee Ritenour – Guitar
Roland Balogh – Guitar (Hungary)
Carter Low – Guitar (Canada)
Nicolas Hetko – B3 Organ (USA)
Isaias Elpes – Bass (Brazil)
Raphael Pannier – Drums (France)

Audio: Recorded and Mixed by Don Murray
Video Produced, Filmed & Edited by Kim Huynh
Project Management: Sharleen Bazeghi
Studio: Woodshed Recording Studios, Malibu, CA.

Sponsors: Yamaha USA (YCA), Yamaha Japan (YCJ), Berklee College of Music, Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival & Workshop (COC), Blue Note Tokyo, Monster, D’Addario, Premier Guitar, Music Connection, Jazziz, Concord Music Group, Guitar HD, Woodshed Recording Studio, True Fire and Xotic Effects Pedals.