Billy Gibbons tells the story of how BB King once tried out his guitar for size and asked him why he was working so hard, advising the ZZ Top man to size down on the electric guitar strings. It was ...

Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin's musical relationship might date back some five decades—the pair may be, in the former's words, "best buddies"—but it was still startling to see how relaxed the pair are ...

B.B. King had more than one Lucille throughout his illustrious career. Yet, the Gibson ES-330 and ES-355 models not only accompanied King across countless performances, but under the umbrella name ...

Lee Ritenour is a musical talent who approaches jazz as an artist does a canvas. He takes time to explore colorful arrangements within each song he records mixing various degrees of fusion, rock, ...

Guitarist Lee Ritenour was one of the pioneers in laying out the framework for the music generally -- if somewhat vaguely -- described as contemporary jazz. In the Ritenour view, this has meant a ...

Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour gets a little help from his friends, namely some of the world's greatest guitar players, on his new album, "6 String Theory." Lee's all-star showcase is a ...

Jazz great Lee Ritenour is the definition of a jazz great. But in his early days he was known as an ace sessions player behind everyone from The Mamas and the Papas to Pink Floyd before striking out ...

Guitarist Lee Ritenour, one of the best-known musicians on the contemporary jazz scene, will perform Thursday at Toni Bishop’s Jazz Club in Fort Lauderdale. Ritenour has received a dozen Grammy ...

With his new CD, 6 String Theory, Lee Ritenour celebrates 50 years as a guitarist. But for Ritenour, that half-century started when he first began learning to play the instrument at age 8. A few years ...

Grammy Award-winning guitarist Lee Ritenour has made a career of collaborating with some of the world's most celebrated artists. Together with keyboardist Bob James, Ritenour founded the jazz ...

Grammy-winning jazz musician Lee Ritenour has put his longtime home in Malibu’s Point Dume area up for sale at $7.995 million. The two-tone contemporary-style house sits behind gates on about an acre ...