Wesbound - Lee Ritenour (live)

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Wesbound - Lee Ritenour

Sadao Watanabe - California Shower (1978) / Richard Tee, Eric Gale,Sadao Watanabe - RENDEZ-VOUS

Bass -- Chuck Rainey

Drums -- Harvey Mason

Guitar -- Lee Ritenour

Percussion -- Paulinho Da Costa

Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] -- Dave Grusin

Saxophone [Alto] -- Sadao Watanabe

Richard Tee, Eric Gale, Sadao Watanabe - RENDEZ-VOUS

Nostalgia, Lund "Olympen" Sweden

Nostalgia

  Lund a University-town in South of Sweden, was a place to be if you wanted to go to great conserts of all kind in 70-90´s.

Most people in my generation that lived in south of Sweden or studied at the University in Lund surely has some kind of great memories of Big and great conserts there.

And we who were lucky to lived near a town like LUND in SWEDEN are many!

"Olympen" in Lund was the Name of the conserthall, well in fact it was an arena built in a big complex of studentdorms that should been meant to be for sportactivities and sportevents.

But instead it became an "institution" for musiclovers of all kind instead.

Recently a historical book and reveiw has come to the bookstores. This book is packed with information, pictures and memories of good concerts and all the great artists that once have been there. 

 

(Click on the pictures)

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  I was lucky to live in Malmö (20 years) a town very close to Lund and I had the chances to go to some of these conserts that was held in Lund at that time. The closeness to Copenhagen and the continent surley made it possible for the arranger to get all these amazing big stars to Lund. Its just unbelivable how many of the big stars and bands that has been playing in Lund.

Now, "Olympen" was not the only arena for conserts in Lund, there were also Pub Sparta, and the Auditorium in the big Studentdorm complex called Sparta. Sparta was a 4 big 5-floorhouses for students, so called "studentcorridors" were a student had his/hers single room.

Some concerts were also held in AF, Akademiska Föreningen (The Academic-association house) and also at studentclubs in Malmö.

Well, lots of memories, some that you will remember if you read this book. Names and time and year of the conserts.

It is also an encyclopedia for concerts-nerds and nostalgia, a must have for us who were there at the time being. I´ll come back to this book later as a referecebook.

A good reason to buy this book if you want to refresh old memories of concerts of all kinds, that were held in Lund, and if you have your own "forgotten memories" of all conserts that you have visitied. This book could refresh your memories a little maybe?  Not only for all of the cats that once have studied at the University of Lund or in Malmö, but to all musiclovers as well.

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It´s fun to see old pictures, posters and tickets,

Check this out:

Notice: Time changes and so does the stars, and the music, Fairport Convention was once a popular English folk-rock group at this time, today almost forgotten...

But Larry Coryell is one of the greatest Jazzfusion guitarists of all time. He still used to be called "Mr Fusion". Today still going strong. Who is the biggest star today? The brand of his guitar? He still plays the Hagström!  (In this picture above from the book,  Hagström The Swede)

Larry Coryell, on a Hagström Viking in 2012.

Click on the grey link below and learn more of this great guitarist !

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Coryell 

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Feel like making love - Larry Coryell and others

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 Bob James

George Benson

Roberta Flack

Your Choice?

Cherry Cherry (2008, with lyrics)

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Neil Diamond - Cherry Cherry (2008, with lyrics)

ND is concidered "Sing and songwriter" and a good showman.

I have always liked him, he is very talented, and not that "buttery- singer" you might think he is.

Check out the band and the audience!

Struttin´with some barbecue - The Marsalis Family

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A Jazz Celebration

This is "Happy Jazz"

a New Orleans traditional !

But even the Coolest Jazz cats

Can "Hot" and "Swing" !

And

that is not something to be sneezed at!

Piano: Ellis Marsalis
Saxophones Branford Marsalis
Trombone Delfeayo Marsalis
Drums Jason Marsalis
Trumpet Wynton Marsalis
Bass Roland Guerin

Lee Ritenour - Guitar Player 1976

The Magazine Guitar Player did a recording with

in those days, the best guitarists of 1976

I had this record and it was very good.

It also shows the varaity of different styles in jazzguitar

and jazzartists.

This was a record my teacher recomended me to study and listening to for learning

and understanding different styles and techniques.

 

One cat that I early got "hooked" on was Larry Coryell,

today I still like him. He is a different cat and plays all kinds of styles today.

In those days 1976 Larry Coryell was "Mr Fusion No 1"

and maybe he still has that title today.

Janne Schaffer, a famus studioguitarist from Sweden and also a "fusioncat" of high class recomended him for me to listening 1975 already! 

Note that year 1976, a guy called Pat Metheney was not yet heard of !

But there was one  cat, to me that was very special and

  I love his music and style, and he is still my No 1.

His first album in his own name came 1976 - "First Course"

And on his latest album " aTwist of Rit" 2015 are some of these "old"

tunes from that album taken up again, but in a different style.

Good music never gets old!

I have seen him live in Copenhagen/Denmark and he is GOOD!

He was called "Captain Fingers" at that time.

 Mr. Lee Ritenour !

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Check This out below!

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Lee Ritenour gives a small "warm-up" lesson for Mike Stern and for those of you who plays guitar.

This below shows how amazing he really is!

Night Rythms 2008