Song:Waiting In Vain
Album:A Twist Of Marley: A Tribute
Guitarist Lee Ritenour is a smooth jazz pioneer known as Captain Fingers. This 1993 cover of Bob Marley's Waiting In Vain featuring Maxi Priest was an R&B hit. He was born Jan. 11, 1952 in Los Angeles. Ritenour started playing guitar at age eight. And at age 16 he played on a Mamas and the Papas record after John Phillips saw Ritenour with his band The Esquires. He's been playing sessions ever since. Ritenour first recorded as a leader for Epic in 1976. Then he moved to Dave Grusin's GRP label in 1983. And he had plenty of success in the Smooth Jazz market. He is also a founding member of Fourplay. Ritenour's main influence is Wes Montgomery. So it's not surprising that that he recorded the 1993 Montgomery tribute album Wes Bound. The album is mostly covers of Montgomery classics. But this cover of the Bob Marley classic Waiting In Vain featuring the popular singer Maxi Priest charted in R&B. Other musicians are Dave Witham on organ, Aaron Smith on drums and Cassio Duarte on percussion. They are all session musicians. Jerry Hey of Seawind arranged the horns. This album is out of print and Waiting In Vain does not appear on any Ritenour comp CDs. But it does appear on this 2001 Bob Marley tribute album produced by Ritenour. Priest appears on two songs. Others on the album include Michael Brecker, Lisa Fischer, Dave Grusin, Jonathan Butler, Will Downing, Richard Bona, Gerald Albright, Rick Braun, Phil Perry, Marc Antoine, Patti Austin and Jochem and Digz. It looks like most of this album was newly recorded. GRP chose to promote it as a various artists CD instead of a Ritenour CD though he produced it. It is not part of Ritenour's standard discography. Waiting In Vain is not on a Maxi Priest CD. Ritenour currently records for Concord and his latest CD A Twist Of Rit was released in 2015. He will tour this summer. Here's the video of Waiting In Vain by Lee Ritenour featuring Maxi Priest.
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