The Wilson Center Guitar Fest Presents… Jazz Guitar Legend, Lee Ritenour

Brookfield, WI (May 12, 2023) Guitar is BACK in Brookfield, as Grammy-winning jazz guitar legend Lee Ritenour makes his debut at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts (Wilson Center) on Friday August 18th at 8:00pm. While the Wilson Center Guitar Festival is still on pause, we are excited to keep the tradition alive with an amazing night of guitar.

With a career spanning over 40 years and more than 40 albums to his credit, Ritenour is widely regarded as one of the most influential jazz guitarists of his generation. He has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, including Herbie Hancock, Pink Floyd, Chick Corea, and Steely Dan, and his work has been featured in countless films, TV shows, and commercials.

Tickets for this performance are $46-$62 (prices subject to change based on demand) and may be purchased online at Wilson-Center.com, via phone at 262-781-9520, or in person at the Wilson Center Box Office, located at 3270 Mitchell Park Drive in Brookfield.

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ABOUT LEE RITENOUR: For Lee Ritenour, there aren’t many ‘firsts’ left to achieve. During his dazzling five-decade career, the fabled LA guitarist has taken his music to the outer limits, alighting on every genre and occupying every position in the rock ‘n’ roll firmament. He’s been an enfant terrible of ’70s fusion, a crossover star of the ’80s pop chart, an honorary exponent of Brazilian jazz, and the fingers behind ’90s supergroup, Fourplay. Ritenour’s accolades include: 45 albums,16 Grammy nominations, Alumnus of the year at USC, Los Angeles’ Jazz Society Honoree (2019), plus thousands of sessions with legends such as Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, among others.

ABOUT THE WILSON CENTER GUITAR FESTIVAL: Established in 2013, it is the goal of the Wilson Center Guitar Festival to celebrate the greatest guitarists of today and tomorrow. As the only guitar festival in the world to feature five different genres—Blues, Classical, Fingerstyle, Jazz, and Rock. Past headliners include John Scofield, Tab Benoit, Leo Kottke, Larry Carlton and Kevin Eubanks. To learn more, visit www.wcguitarfest.com.

ABOUT THE SHARON LYNNE WILSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
As a multidisciplinary nonprofit cultural arts facility with a 21-year history of excellence, it is the mission of the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts to serve as a catalyst for lifelong discovery and exploration of the arts. Situated in Brookfield’s beautiful Mitchell Park, the Wilson Center is recognized as a cultural anchor in the Greater Milwaukee community and focuses on three main disciplines: performing arts, arts education, and visual arts. Since opening in 2002, the Wilson Center has continued to celebrate its five core values of excellence, innovation, passion, stewardship and collaboration through a diverse array of premier performances, educational programs, classes, festivals, and special events. The Wilson Center annually welcomes more than 55,000 people, including more than 10,000 students every year—many of whom are being introduced to the arts for the first time. Through arts education programs such as Beyond the Classroom, ArtsReach, and Arts Camp: The Art of Nature, as well as year-round visual art classes and exhibitions, the Wilson Center offers access to the arts for children, teens, families, and adults.

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