Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily from the Brazilian angle, which is dear to my heart, and I recorded several albums with that flavor.

Lee left the hugely successful group in 1998 to continue with his own solo works. His prolific career includes a Grammy Award for the collaborative work Harlequin (1985) and 19 other Grammy nominations. Continuing in a Wes Montgomery mood Ritenour paid tribute to the man himself in 1992 with his album Wes Bound.

 1 Best 50 Guitar Albums of 2010. Ritenour is considered to be a pioneer in the Contemporary Jazz and jazz-funk genres of music. JAZZIZ Magazine PubliLee Ritenourr’s Album of the Year.