Captain Fingers

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

Captain Fingers
Studio album by Lee Ritenour
Released	1977 (1977)
Studio	Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California) Sound Labs and United Western Recorders (Hollywood, California) [1]
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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

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 – electric guitars, 360 Systems Polyphonic guitar synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 6), electric 12-string guitar (2), acoustic guitar (2), classical guitar (7)
• Dave Grusin – Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer (1, 3), electric piano (2, 3, 7), clavinet (3), Minimoog (3), arrangements and conductor (3, 7)
• Dawilli Gonga – electric piano (1, 4)
• Patrice Rushen – electric piano (1)
• Ian Underwood – acoustic piano (1), Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer (1, 2, 4), synthesizer programming (3)
• David Foster – electric piano (5, 6)
• Jay Graydon – rhythm guitar (1)
• Ray Parker Jr. – rhythm guitar (5, 6)
• Mitch Holder – rhythm guitar (6)
• Dennis Budimir – rhythm guitar (7)
• Anthony Jackson – bass (1-3)
• Alphonso Johnson – bass (1, 4)
• Mike Porcaro – bass (5)
• Charles Meeks – bass (6)
• Bill Dickinson – bass (7)
• Harvey Mason – drums (1-4, 7), percussion (2, 3, 6, 7)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (5, 6)
• Steve Forman – percussion (2, 5, 7)
• Victor Feldman – congas (3, 6)
• Steve Mason – percussion (4, 6)
• Ernie Watts – soprano saxophone (3), tenor saxophone (6)
• Ray Cramer – cello solo (7)
• Michel Colombier – string arrangements and conductor (2)
• Bill Champlin – vocals (5)

Production

• Jerry Schoenbaum – executive producer
• Skip Drinkwater – producer
• Lee Ritenour – associate producer
• John Mills – engineer, remixing
• Don Murray – engineer, remixing
• Tommy Vicari – engineer, remixing
• Linda Tyler – assistant engineer
• Danny Vicari – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
• Joe Gastwirt – remastering
• Bruce Steinberg – art direction, design, cover photography
• Bob Wirtz – sleeve photography
• Stuart Nicholson – liner notes

Charts

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