JAZZAK

Lee Ritenour claims to be a “what’s happening” kind of player but being wealthy enough to afford every new electronic toy in the music store will never make his music more soulful or innovative.

All this talk of virtuosity and high technology reminds one of Caspar Weinberger justifying his need for elaborate and more expensive war machinery.

So, what has Ritenour accomplished by putting a glossy new veneer on the same old muzak?

SEAN FULLERTON

Pasadena