Overtime

1	Boss City 5:51
2	Blue in Green 9:16
3	Ocean Ave. 4:29
4	She Walks This Earth 5:03
5	Sugarloaf Express 5:14
6	Possibilities 4:40
7	Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 6:54
8	Morning Glory 5:41
9	Captain Fingers 7:25
10	P.A.L.S. 3:50
11	Night Rhythms 5:58
12	Lil' Bumpin' 5:01
13	Is It You? 4:34

Barnes & Noble

Guitarist Lee Ritenour, a.k.a. Captain Fingers, has been doing what he excels at for so long that any new release is virtually guaranteed to bring considerable pleasure to his devoted fan base. This live recording, featuring a slew of exceptional musical guests who include vocalist Kenya Hathaway, drummer Harvey Mason, pianist Dave Grusin, keyboardist Patrice Rushen, and saxophonists Eric Marienthal and Ernie Watts, is no exception. Ritenour remains the consummate stylist, his fleet flights tinged with bluesy expression and touched with the spirit of his greatest inspiration, jazz guitar giant Wes Montgomery. With tracks such as Montgomery's "Boss City," the classic Kind of Blue ballad "Blue in Green," a funky cover of the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," the lovely Brazilian groover "She Walks the Earth" (with co-composer Ivan Lins on vocals), and a group of the leader's strongest original tunes, Overtime works as a survey of Ritenour's strengths as a player, writer, and group leader. Thirty-plus years after he first burst onto the scene, this guitar phenomenon remains at the top of his game. William Pearl

All Music Guide

Overtime is really two CDs in one. On the instrumentals, particularly "Bass City" and "Blue in Green," guitarist Lee Ritenour sounds a lot like Wes Montgomery and he leads his group (which features either Ernie Watts or Eric Marienthal on tenor) through some relatively straight-ahead numbers filled with soulful and creative playing. The five vocal numbers are much more in the R&B/smooth vein and occasionally feature the presence of Ivan Lins. Clearly Ritenour was going for variety on this project. He sounds fine in both settings but probably should have recorded twice as much music and split this CD into two. Scott Yanow