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  • Опубликовано: 1 июл 2018
  • Lee Ritenour - guitar
    Dave Grusin - piano, keyboards
    Melvin Lee Davis - bass
    Wes Ritenour - drums
    #LeeRitenour & #DaveGrusin Quartet feat. #MelvinLeeDavis & #WesRitenour - Live in Concert 2018

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  • @james540086
    @james540086 5 лет назад +98

    Dave Grusin at 85 years old , and still brilliant ..

    • @noel101082
      @noel101082 5 лет назад +2

      GOOOOONIES

    • @NelsonRiverosMusic
      @NelsonRiverosMusic 5 лет назад +4

      Good Lord!!

    • @japrietoj
      @japrietoj 4 года назад +5

      Amazing...crystal clear playing and expression

    • @StripeRich
      @StripeRich 3 года назад +3

      There's still hope for me at 80?

    • @Mm-ym3se
      @Mm-ym3se 3 года назад +3

      Dave Grusin a master.. hope you see his younger days with GRP.

  • @vonettamedlock5146
    @vonettamedlock5146 4 года назад +32

    I just saw Mr. Ritenour live here in Missouri this past Saturday along with my 12-year-old daughter. She is still talking about it.

  • @leonardsahn6247
    @leonardsahn6247 Год назад +4

    Saw this same group last night at Jazz Alley in Seattle. So wonderful. What a privilege to be there. Grusin now 88. Great uplifting experience. Such virtuosity! And they were all obviously having so much fun

  • @beverleydemeyer1617
    @beverleydemeyer1617 5 лет назад +44

    Brilliant musicians. These guys make life worth living. Uplift the spirit after really testing times. Thank you and 'NEVER SAY DIE'

  • @michaelmcfadden6651
    @michaelmcfadden6651 2 года назад +4

    That drum solo was art, man!!! Beautiful.

  • @gust5992
    @gust5992 3 года назад +4

    It’s true what they say,.......playing music keeps you young. Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour,......Legends!

  • @bruin4937
    @bruin4937 4 года назад +16

    So, cool. I had heard that Wes had joined his dad's tour, but this is the first time I've heard him play, and he sounds great! Great time, dynamics, very clean, very nice playing style. I've been a fan of Lee's and Dave's since their Roxy, Golden Bear, Baked Potato, etc. days. Amazing musicians, composers, arrangers, and is Melvin a bass god or what? An honor and privilege to hear this level of musicianship from these guys.

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 3 года назад

      Sorry, Wes is overplaying and the groove gets lost quite often.

  • @romanchekrygin5015
    @romanchekrygin5015 3 года назад +5

    Мelvin Lee Davis is a good partner for Lee Ritenour. I wish good luck them!

  • @brettgroh1112
    @brettgroh1112 5 лет назад +15

    How wonderful it must be for a father and son to play this level of music so beautifully together...must be very spiritually/emotionally profound.

  • @davidpeck1623
    @davidpeck1623 3 года назад +6

    Still Amazing, Watched these great musicians play at The Baked Potato in Studio City on Tuesdays back in the early seventies,

  • @GENDEMA
    @GENDEMA 3 года назад +4

    This music lights up my life. Incredible performance.
    Amazing musicians.
    Sometimes I think how lucky I am to have been born at the right time to enjoy them.
    Long live music.

  • @bebob9202
    @bebob9202 4 года назад +9

    The Greats, Ritenour and Grusin! Thank you for years of great music!!! More power to you!

  • @didyariady63
    @didyariady63 2 года назад +1

    Lee Ritenour.. when I have your album since 1988..more than 34 years ago ..when I studied in South Jakarta (Academy Of Nutrition)

  • @paddyconnolly5116
    @paddyconnolly5116 5 лет назад +19

    GRUSIN IS THE BOSS

  • @martin36959
    @martin36959 2 года назад +1

    I can't get enough of great music like this.

  • @raysherlock6023
    @raysherlock6023 5 лет назад +8

    Fantastic music and performance. Dave Grusin looking and sounding very well indeed!

  • @azman.s
    @azman.s Год назад

    Fabulous jazz fusion maestro of all time. Greetings from Jazzman Kuala Lumpur.

  • @kathycarey9927
    @kathycarey9927 2 года назад +2

    One of my most favorite songs. Music sets my soul afire.

    • @martin36959
      @martin36959 2 года назад

      Music makes us feel alive and unites us all across all borders.

    • @kathycarey9927
      @kathycarey9927 2 года назад

      I love all genres of music. I am somewhat of a musician myself.

    • @martin36959
      @martin36959 2 года назад

      @@kathycarey9927 Being open for music across all genres is what I love. We gotta open our hearts for the blessing of music. You're doing the right thing and whatever music it is if it touches your or my heart it is the real thing.
      I'm looking forward to the upcoming concert of John McLaughlin and 4th Dimension and Alan Parson at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, July 11th 22.
      Greets and be well Kathy.

  • @opamuller626
    @opamuller626 5 лет назад +3

    Amazing performance! Bravo!

  • @robertobilbao4414
    @robertobilbao4414 4 года назад +4

    Dave Grusin 👌👌👍

  • @user-kk6bz1zo5h
    @user-kk6bz1zo5h 6 месяцев назад +1

    Gout, mornik, to, lee, a, tou, groups, tou, plaeinik, zmouth😊, tzaz, vere, mpoiutyfoull, ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @guitargod6997
    @guitargod6997 5 лет назад +2

    Wonderful music from these magicians! Credit to Wes and Melvin for that rhythmic foundation.

  • @iengineer_247
    @iengineer_247 2 года назад

    These are my favorite Musicians!!!!!

  • @cianofranc
    @cianofranc 5 лет назад +16

    0:00:38 - The village
    0:06:38 - Gabriela (Tom Jobim)
    0:18:00 - Wes Bound
    0:57:50 - Night Rithms
    1:05:15 - Lay It Down

    • @fernandespes
      @fernandespes 4 года назад +2

      0:006:38 it is Gabriela, Tom Jobim!
      See in 34:10
      ruclips.net/video/uadORQdlb9k/видео.html

    • @BadSneakers
      @BadSneakers Год назад +2

      It’s Stone Flower not Gabriela. Santana also covered it

    • @paolospadaro
      @paolospadaro Год назад

      @@BadSneakers right!!!!

    • @msantann
      @msantann Год назад

      0:31:26 - Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson)

  • @dennylibertario2246
    @dennylibertario2246 4 года назад

    I still don't know how these guys remember what to play ....not just keeping one track from another .....but the intricate passages involving melody voicing but then the solo interludes, fills and vamping.....it has got to boggle the old memory and require a lot of mental strength, let alone the physical dexterity associated with musicians in their 60's thru 80's where arthritis and other infirmities are kicking in big time. Kudos to Mr. Lee and Mr. Dave for their continuing proficiency at a delicate stage of life.

  • @hajikiya
    @hajikiya 5 лет назад +2

    Wes Ritenour !? He became grown up unnoticed !!

    • @thatebutuoyguy788
      @thatebutuoyguy788 5 лет назад +1

      Or we got old without noticing. It's a beautiful tragedy all the same.

  • @jazmanjef
    @jazmanjef Год назад

    Wow. Wesley is just like his dad. And Dave? What a testament to music's influence on cognitive longevity----he is as sharp as he ever was.

  • @earlgoodman8674
    @earlgoodman8674 3 года назад

    Saw Dave and Lee on the 2019 Smooth Jazz Cruise with Wes. They were still awesome!

  • @jazzaman147
    @jazzaman147 5 лет назад +4

    you get dave grusin lee ritenour and melvin davis together then you got one hell of a jam session going on thanks for the upload been listening to the guys for years

  • @AustinRogers1
    @AustinRogers1 2 года назад +2

    Wes is a fine percussionist.

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад +3

    Man .... How time flies 🤗🙏🏽🤗...
    “When ... this young Man was born ...”
    Hahahaha 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽
    Man ... the wonder of life 🙏🏽🤗🙏🏽👍🏽

  • @julieandrews7558
    @julieandrews7558 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you for posting :)

  • @DK00758
    @DK00758 3 года назад +3

    Father and son👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @davidbhopkins5616
    @davidbhopkins5616 5 лет назад +1

    Mestres one and all....Wes seems to have a feel for pop's rythm...magic

  • @vkavcic6
    @vkavcic6 5 лет назад +1

    ufffffffffffff,super nice...............

  • @tengkusulaiman
    @tengkusulaiman 5 лет назад +9

    Lee's son on board a a drummer. Great new generation

    • @gohuskies583
      @gohuskies583 4 года назад +2

      True but he has a lot to learn.

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 3 года назад

      @@gohuskies583 That's what I think, too. Listening to the first track "The Village" from the album "Rhythm Sessions" with Dave Weckl drumming on the studio-version, I think Wes is just playing too complicated and trying to show plenties of complicated details, but he is overplaying and the groove is missing. Dave Weckl plays more simple, but the groove is there always. Dave is the master and Wes might leave his ego behind. Since it's a shuffle, my thoughts go back to Jeff Porcaro. Probably Wes could learn a lot from Jeff's philosophy. Wes CAN groove, but when he overplays, the groove gets lost.
      I heard Lee Ritenour live with drummers as Alex Acuna and Will Kennedy and enjoyed their drumming sooooooo much ... they always served the band wonderful.

  • @SIGERproductions_02
    @SIGERproductions_02 5 лет назад +1

    Amazing music

  • @noel101082
    @noel101082 5 лет назад +7

    am loving how open the sound is here. its been so long since i've heard something with so little mix bus compression,

  • @xicomarquesmusico
    @xicomarquesmusico 4 года назад

    No comments....all wonderful

  • @BerreBar
    @BerreBar 3 года назад

    Melvin doing his Al Jarreau @ 41 min impression...fabulous!

  • @gohuskies583
    @gohuskies583 4 года назад

    Melvin! Great Al Jarreau impression!

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад

    Dip ... I’m a GRP big ole over grown kid & I don’t wanna grow up grow up ....Boyeee.... Does lil Wes really know how lucky , or rather fortunate he really is , in my humble opinion ? 🤗
    A Wonderful ‘GRP Brat’ ? 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽
    I would’ve just imagine what an album by Wes Ritenour would’ve been like ... right on his Uncle Dave G’ label (in association with Pop’s CAPTAIN FINGER’S PRODUCTION oversight of course 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽)
    “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.... Hear him .... and be blessed .... please?” 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽❤️

    • @rudimoesbauer1638
      @rudimoesbauer1638 2 года назад

      Let's just hope for Lee to stick around a bit longer. He's a great person and musician...but...hopefully his son can follow in his footsteps once the maestro is not among us any longer...to carry on with the great tradition of Lee's sound!

  • @236W4thAve
    @236W4thAve 5 лет назад

    Wow...how cool. Like who knew? Lee has a guitar that matches his shirt...exactly!

  • @SuperQdaddy
    @SuperQdaddy 2 года назад

    yeah..keep going boyz..tight drumming

  • @bigal05171957
    @bigal05171957 2 года назад

    LEGENDS 🎸🎵🥁

  • @robertosozio3425
    @robertosozio3425 4 года назад

    Great Band fantastic

  • @voicetube
    @voicetube 5 лет назад +4

    At around the 13:00 Mark = reminds me of the theme song to the great TV show "I dream of Jeannie"

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад +3

    Hahahaha 😆🤗... Mel D. Got me rolling laughing 🤗... HE so AMUSINGLY AMAZINGLY talented 😆🤗🙏🏽👍🏽
    Luv that Bubba 😆🤗👍🏽🙏🏽👍🏽❤️🙏🏽👍🏽

  • @user-rb7zt9tl9w
    @user-rb7zt9tl9w Год назад

    Bravo!!!

  • @rudimoesbauer1638
    @rudimoesbauer1638 2 года назад +2

    Now how symbolic is that...a concert in the Ukraine...DON'T LOSE HOPE, UKRAINE!

  • @chrisnation49
    @chrisnation49 4 года назад +2

    Interesting how kids of great instrumentalists become drummers. Here we have Wes Ritt. Thelonius Monk's son. Ry Cooder's son. Ringo's boy, Zak Starkey, of course, given his first kit by Keith Moon. Must be more. Over to you ...

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад +1

    Dip 🤗! Mel D is filling space nicely as a secondary Guitarist pretty well at times , as long as ‘holding down ‘ the bottom edge as well at the same time 🤗👍🏽

  • @user-lz7ke2ri8y
    @user-lz7ke2ri8y 3 года назад

    Hyvää musiikkia ! ! !

  • @JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION
    @JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION 3 года назад

    Wes is nice!!

  • @danielgodoy3847
    @danielgodoy3847 5 лет назад +2

    Suena excelente! Tom kennedy & Melvin lee Davis , algo juntos en algún momento?

  • @norbert207
    @norbert207 4 года назад

    einfach "wauw"! :-)

  • @pblnlpalu
    @pblnlpalu 6 лет назад +3

    Thank you for .this concert, was this ON TV?

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад

    Wow .... Man ... it’s cool to see Lee’s son part of the band ....
    (I wonder if Dave Grusin had a son or daughter 🤗)
    Lee’s son, Wes is pretty good too .... A Musical ‘Military Brat’ , so to say 🤗lol😆.... Pop’s been to the musical ‘battle field’ back and forth ... Now got a wonderful offspring carrying on the ‘battle’ 🤗... Slaying all mayhem with groovy sounds of music ... Nice Legacy
    (Plus I imagine Wes might have had opportunity to review and study all kinds of the greatest drummers that ever played & recorded with Pops 🤗)
    It’s a Wonderful Human Interest just to see that , let alone enjoy the nice sounds 🤗👍🏽🙏🏽

    • @johnmaer
      @johnmaer 4 года назад +2

      Ugh, you're obviously not old enough to appreciate what's going on....very customary for musicians to open the door, set the table, and stick a golden/silver fork into the mouth of one of their offspring. What it does however is to deprive the audience to the treat of their more experienced, entertaining sidemen that have accompanied the artists over the years. I don't think we've reached the point in supply where we are short of percussionists who are willing to play for Lee, Dave & Melvin. Lee has had a bevy of very fine drummers, and frankly, those guys seemed to be in better synch with the bass player.

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 3 года назад

      @@johnmaer True! Exactly my impression from a gig with this line-up in a different venue. I remember hearing Lee live with Will Kennedy, Alex Acuna and Sony Emory - wonderful drummers. Lee seems less inspired here.

  • @harmonica212
    @harmonica212 5 лет назад +4

    Does anyone know the song list?" This a great concert. :-)"

  • @johnmaer
    @johnmaer 5 лет назад +4

    So you get a 6-string bass, foot pedal and an amp/speakers that cover a broader audio/sonic spectrum and your convert from "just" a bass player to a lead bass player, synthesizer emulator, and distortion lead guitar or DX7 player.....wow. I used to admire good bass players.....he just raised the bar.

    • @snorhyveln
      @snorhyveln 5 лет назад

      What bass does He use? Special... something

    • @ppj178
      @ppj178 5 лет назад

      @@snorhyveln ken smith MLD7

    • @donnyjulius2653
      @donnyjulius2653 5 лет назад

      It's Melvin Lee Davis, you can't expect anything below amazing lol

    • @Wally-H
      @Wally-H 2 года назад

      Melvin has recorded with the likes of George Benson, the Pointer Sisters and Gladys Knight. According to Wikipedia, he also co-wrote the theme to Soul Train. He is a highly regarded musician in his own right - perhaps this should be called the Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin and Melvin Lee-Davis Quartet!

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад +1

    I still remember when Wes was just the little bubba standing next to his pop on the album cover for one of Lee’s past album .... (I think the one he covered some Bob Marley stuff on 🤗)

    • @thatebutuoyguy788
      @thatebutuoyguy788 5 лет назад +1

      I like his Jobim covers better. Both are classic Ritenour, however.

    • @clydebermingham121
      @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад

      That Ebutuoy Guy ... NICE 👍🏽...,And it’s so nice to hear it with his own flesh in blood (Lee’s) Playing & Jamming Along ... supporting his Pop so ‘s’well’ & affectively 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽

  • @MrViglioni
    @MrViglioni 5 лет назад +3

    O FILHO DO LEE ..............MUITO BOM BATERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @beverleydemeyer1617
      @beverleydemeyer1617 5 лет назад +1

      I can't understand the language but but can only be good :)

    • @MrViglioni
      @MrViglioni 5 лет назад

      @@beverleydemeyer1617 THE SON OF LEE .............. VERY GOOD BATERA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @thiagomanobatera
      @thiagomanobatera 4 года назад

      @@MrViglioni Carlos eu só sei que quem faz falta mesmo é o Carlos Vega!!! Carlos Vega ,Jeff Porcaro e Mike Porcaro no meu coração !!!

  • @torretennine8080
    @torretennine8080 Год назад

    amazing ...... great version of random hearth, 00:46:45

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад

    Allz I always wanted to be was a GRP Recording (&/or Recorded) Artist 🙏🏽.... That’s all I ever wanted out of life ..🙏🏽. (Among other bare necessities & essentials I guess ...etc...like freedom to be able to prays the GOOD LORD UP YONDA & ABOVE for every good & Perfect Gift along the process 🤗🙏🏽
    .... Just as along as I wouldn’t need to lose my soul in the process ...,than it’s all be cool 😎 to me 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽)
    ;And I’m still just an overgrown big ole big kid I guess to big to be a beneficial of the MAKE A WISH Foundation .... I guess If I could be made much younger & physically dying maybe I could possibly be a possible candidate ? 🙏🏽
    “Maybe if I could just touch a hen of his garment (Dave G) and I could be signed & healed of my infirmity of Bluesin’ without no Grusin .... 😓🙏🏽
    (Bluesy ‘Ignant’ grammar intended 🤗🙏🏽)

  • @mesri3
    @mesri3 5 лет назад +2

    song list please ...

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад

    For a moment there it looked like Pop Lee looking at his so Wes with a look like , “Hey Boy , best to do me justice now “ .... lol🤗. (I must be just making that up, just imagining the way I’m interpreting his looking at his son , just for fun 😆🤗)

  • @davegrusinnotenoughtime2729
    @davegrusinnotenoughtime2729 5 лет назад

    For all of you Dave Grusin (and Lee Ritenour fans) we are just completing a Feature Length Documentary film about the life and career of Dave Grusin. Please go to our website: www.grusinfilm.com and our FB page ( facebook.com/grusinfilm ) for more info! "LIKE" our FB page to find out when and where you can see the film. Thank you! - Barbara Bentree - Director / Producer

  • @terryhayward7905
    @terryhayward7905 2 года назад +1

    Three old farts and a kid walk on stage, and magic happens.

  • @horaciosagardua7578
    @horaciosagardua7578 4 года назад

    Estos tipos sí que tocan, eh?

  • @clydebermingham121
    @clydebermingham121 5 лет назад

    ‘Ex’ in laws? Hahaha 🤗....
    He said it so affectionately 🤗
    (‘Cause it takes not too much insight to know that once ‘in-law’ with Big D.G. is still a forever ONE OF A KIND blessing FOREVER , I’d think 🤔 & imagine 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽)
    Boy... I wish I could even be among an ‘ex’ in-law Of D.G.
    I’d wear it as a most valued medal 🎖 of honor 🤗🙏🏽👍🏽

  • @numbat0072
    @numbat0072 2 года назад

    amazing musicians ! where was this ?

  • @bobbirayfunk762
    @bobbirayfunk762 3 года назад

    46:50 Random Hearts

  • @user-xb8gl6lk2b
    @user-xb8gl6lk2b Месяц назад +1

    O,maestros,lee,wouith,his,groups,plaenik,mpioudyfoul,sonks,❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @user-bf9ix5rr7h
    @user-bf9ix5rr7h 2 года назад

    !!!

  • @rajkumarrajamani4811
    @rajkumarrajamani4811 4 года назад +4

    please provide details when and where was this show !

  • @raffaelrameh14
    @raffaelrameh14 3 года назад

    8' Brazilian music

  • @user-lt6zy4jd2m
    @user-lt6zy4jd2m 4 года назад +1

    damn camera work

  • @RowanDiskinGuitar
    @RowanDiskinGuitar 5 лет назад

    WHat's the track from about 7:30 onwards.

    • @SophieAlloway
      @SophieAlloway 5 лет назад

      It’s ‘Stone Flower’ by Jobim. Great tune!

  • @robinblakeman423
    @robinblakeman423 5 лет назад +1

    Where was that concert !? §

  • @kaorutanikawa995
    @kaorutanikawa995 Год назад

    you

  • @dema866
    @dema866 5 лет назад

    Fala turminha, esse batera é bem técnico, só é um pouco Nutella, mas isso não é culpa dele, é o sistema.hehe...

  • @wilhamcobly3805
    @wilhamcobly3805 Год назад

    Avendo idolatrato Dave Grusin per tutta la vita, questa performance mi imbarazza. Stavo meglio prima.

  • @leerit305
    @leerit305 4 года назад

    woderful audience....they don't know even the Intro of "Night Rhytms".....
    At 1:30:02....No response to the Intro of Rio funk ... Oh! No.....Look at Lee's face...

  • @adelsonline
    @adelsonline 4 года назад

    Por que Lee Ritenour dá as costas, nunca dá a mínima para o grande Dave Gruisin? Só pode ser porque Dave é dez mil vezes melhor!

  • @SIGERproductions_02
    @SIGERproductions_02 5 лет назад +5

    I prefer Sony Emory on drum

    • @dennylibertario2246
      @dennylibertario2246 4 года назад +1

      That makes at least 2 of we dissenters who agree on your point. Sonny was a great drummer and added so much on his time keeping and interesting fills and syncopation. I don't think Lee's son has all the chops that are acquired over time. Father is giving son a big break....

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 3 года назад +1

      @@dennylibertario2246 Well, Wes got many chops, but he overplays and then forgets to groove. Better let go and play less.

    • @dennylibertario2246
      @dennylibertario2246 3 года назад +1

      @@funklover24 I think you may on to it, the problem, the issue, my perception that he/Wesley is not that in synch with his father's music. I don't care for his percussion style.....just don't....Lee has played with so many gifted drummers....so many...and then he has to bring in family....just because of the cute name Wes in tribute to Wes Montgomery....I mean really....unless the kid has got some serious chops and groove on the skins, he needs to go home and be with mommy.....and Lee needs to get serious about who he has keeping time, doing fills, and handling percussion soloing. Wesley ain't the answer.

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 3 года назад +1

      @@dennylibertario2246 I have spoken to Lee about this after a concert, but he didn't want to hear one word. No chance! The band was exactly this line-up, adult masters and then a young man overplaying instead a focusing on the groove more. And I exactly remember hearing Lee with great drummers as Alex Acuna, Sony Emory or Will Kennedy and I am aware of the difference. To me it disturbed the whole concert.
      The first song is the perfect example. The studio-version (on "Rhythm Sessions") is a wonderful shuffle-groove played by Dave Weckl, quite "simple", but amazing GROOVY, Jeff Porcaro would dig it. Wes is just overplaying, but what for? He is kind of soloing all the time ... should do his homework and find out the difference between soloing and accompaigning / serving the band.

    • @dennylibertario2246
      @dennylibertario2246 3 года назад +1

      @@funklover24 I agree with you 150% of course. You nailed it....he's just trying too hard and he's playing constant fills instead of maintaining a solid backbeat and staying in that pocket. But, as you and I know, it is Lee's gigs and act so he has final word on who his drummer is.....but my problem is that we see too much of this....nepotism, unfair advantages given to blood kin just because they are family. Unless the opportunity is an earned one or based on merit, the family member holds the band position because of family cronyism....and only folks who know music a little can discern how bad the relative is playing. Eddie Van Halen did that with bass guitar...threw out Michael Anthony and replaced him with Wolfgang Van Halen to join with Uncle Alex on drums.....I mean it is disingenuous on a guy like Lee Ritenour's part to play favorites because a lot of the audience is on to the ruse. But....oh well....regrettably, some of his audience/fans know Wesley is a big let-down from those other guys you named.

  • @johnmaer
    @johnmaer 4 года назад

    How come the audience is sitting on their hands.....why no more than polite applause at best by a segment of the seated? No wonder these smooth jazz guys prefer playing overseas, in the Far Eastern Asian islands and those 3rd world countries. They get better acknowledgement and responsive, with-it behavior in foreign lands......this audience was pathetic....I mean if I were Lee, I would have walked off the friggin stage with his band and told them to stuff it.

    • @CAGED1702
      @CAGED1702 2 года назад

      They are pros, John...

  • @wtlp69
    @wtlp69 4 года назад +1

    Compared to other Lee Ritenour live concerts, this one sucks... it all sounds like it was played in slow motion.

  • @snorhyveln
    @snorhyveln 5 лет назад +3

    Wes Ritenour is good, only that he is to hungry. This youngster playingstyle is to busy to fit in the orchestra in my opinion. Please No offense here cause Wes is a true good drummer in many senses. I rather prefer Harvey in the band

    • @jeshkam
      @jeshkam 5 лет назад +1

      I agree, too many fills imo.

    • @deaf_conformist
      @deaf_conformist 5 лет назад +1

      No one like Carlos Vega! But I agree, Wes is amazing, but it's not the sound that, at least, I'm used to listen!

    • @gohuskies583
      @gohuskies583 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, I agree totally. He needs to learn some finesse, interpretation and expression. He can’t even create a swing feel which is a fundamental groove in Jazz. Just listen to Stolen Moments, disappointing. He has some learning to do.

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 3 года назад

      @@gohuskies583 Agree. Playing less is more. 😉 Listening to drummers like Jeff Porcaro. Wes CAN groove, but the groove gets lost, when he forgets to serve the music and puts his ego forward instead.

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    @user-xb8gl6lk2b Месяц назад +1

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