''Stolen Moments'' is an album by American guitarist

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

released in 1990, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on ''

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s Jazz chart.

Track listing

#"Uptown" (Lee Ritenour) - 6:40 #" Stolen Moments" (

Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...

) - 6:36 #"24th Street Blues" (Lee Ritenour) - 5:23 #"Haunted Heart" (

Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz. Biography Early life Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on Novem ...

Howard Dietz Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz. Biography Dietz was born in New York City. He attended Columbia Colle ...

) - 4:53 #"Waltz for Carmen" (Lee Ritenour, Mitch Holder) - 6:23 #"St. Bart's" (Lee Ritenour) - 4:06 #"

Blue in Green "Blue in Green" is the third tune on Miles Davis' 1959 album, ''Kind of Blue''. One of two ballads on the LP (the other being "Flamenco Sketches"), the melody of "Blue in Green" is very modal, incorporating the presence of the Dorian, Mixolydi ...

" (

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

) - 8:00 #"Sometime Ago" (

Sergio Mihanovich Sergio Mihanovich (Buenos Aires, May 8, 1937 – May 7, 2012) was an Argentine jazz pianist, singer and composer. He is the uncle of Argentine singer and actress Sandra Mihanovich. His best known composition is "Sometime Ago", which has been re ...

) - 4:05

Personnel

* Lee Ritenour – Gibson L5 electric guitar *

Alan Broadbent Alan Leonard Broadbent (born 23 April 1947) is a New Zealand jazz pianist, arranger, and composer known for his work with artists such as Sue Raney, Charlie Haden, Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Irene Kral, Sheila Jordan, Natalie Cole, Warne Marsh, ...

– acoustic piano,

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

(6) * Mitch Holder – acoustic guitar (5, 6) *

John Pattitucci John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...

– acoustic bass *

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. Mason, who attended Berklee in the 1960s, received an Honorary Doctorate at Berklee's 2015 Commencement Ceremony for ...

– drums *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

– tenor saxophone (1-3, 5-8)

Production

Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

– GRP executive producer * Larry Rosen – GRP executive producer * Hiroshi Aono – JVC executive producer * Takashi Misu – JVC executive producer * Lee Ritenour – producer, arrangements * Don Murray – engineer, mixing * Mike Kloster – recording assistant * Robert Vosgien – digital editing at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California) * Wally Traugott – mastering at

Capitol Studios Capitol Studios are recording studios located at the landmark Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California. The studios, which opened in 1956, were initially the primary recording studios for the American record label Capitol Records. While t ...

(Hollywood, California) * Andy Baltimore – creative direction * David Gibb – graphic design * Jacki McCarthy – graphic design * Andy Ruggirello – graphic design * Dan Serrano – graphic design * Susan Silton – cover design * Hiedo Oida – all photography * Max Fields – wardrobe *

Leonard Feather Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. Biography Feather was born in London, England, into an u ...

– liner notes

Charts

References

External links

Lee Ritenour - Stolen Moments at DiscogsLee Ritenour's Official Site
{{Authority control 1990 albums GRP Records albums Lee Ritenour albums