Captain Fingers

Captain Fingers
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	1977 (1977)
Studio	Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California; Sound Labs and United Western Recorders, Hollywood
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	40:53
Label	Epic
Producer	Lee Ritenour, Skip Drinkwater, Jerry Schoenbaum
Lee Ritenour chronology
Gentle Thoughts (1977) Captain Fingers (1977) Sugar Loaf Express (1977)

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Captain Fingers is the third studio album by guitarist Lee Ritenour, released in 1977 by Epic Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Captain Fingers"	Lee Ritenour	7:06
2.	"Dolphin Dreams"	Ritenour	7:05
3.	"Fly by Night"	Dave Grusin	5:03
4.	"Margarita"	Ritenour	5:11
5.	"Isn't She Lovely"	Stevie Wonder	4:34
6.	"Space Glide"	Mitch Holder, Eddie Arkin	5:10
7.	"Sun Song"	Grusin	6:44
Total length:			40:53

Personnel

• Lee Ritenour – guitar, guitar synthesizer
• Ernie Watts – saxophone
• Dave Grusin – synthesizer (tracks 1, 3), Minimoog, clavinet, electric piano (tracks 2, 3, 7), conducting (tracks 3, 7), arrangement (tracks 3, 7)
• David Foster – electric piano (tracks 5, 6)
• Dawilli Gonga – electric piano (tracks 1, 4)
• Patrice Rushen – electric piano (track 1)
• Ian Underwood – synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 4), programming (track 3), piano
• Jay Graydon – guitar (track 1)
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitar (tracks 5, 6)
• Dennis Budimir – guitar (track 7)
• Mitch Holder – guitar (track 6)
• Ray Cramer – cello
• Michel Colombier – strings arrangement (track 2)
• Alphonso Johnson – bass (tracks 1, 4)
• Anthony Jackson – bass (tracks 1–3)
• Bill Dickinson – bass (track 7)
• Charles Meeks – bass (track 6)
• Mike Porcaro – bass (track 5)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (tracks 5, 6)
• Harvey Mason – drums (except tracks 5, 6), percussion (tracks 2, 3, 6, 7)
• Steve Foreman – percussion (tracks 2, 5, 7)
• Steve Mason – percussion (tracks 4, 6)
• Victor Feldman – congas
• Bill Champlin – vocals

Production

• Jerry Schoenbaum – executive producer
• Lee Ritenour – producer
• Skip Drinkwater – producer
• Tommy Vicari – engineering, remixing
• Linda Tyler – engineering
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Joe Gastwirt – remastering
• Don Murray – remixing
• John Mills – remixing

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Billboard 200	178
1977	Billboard Jazz Albums	31