Captain Fingers

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Captain Fingers is the third studio album by guitarist Lee Ritenour, released in 1977 through Epic Records. This album was considered one of his more jazz fusion-oriented albums.

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

Musicians

• Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar, Classical guitar, 360 systems polyphonic guitar synthesizer
• Keyboards - Dave Grusin, Dawilli Gonga (=George Duke), Ian Underwood, Patrice Rushen, David Foster
• Guitar - Dennis Budimir, Jay Graydon, Mitch Holder, Ray Parker,Jr.
• Bass - Anthony Jackson, Alphonso Johnson, Bill Dickinson, Charles Meeks, Mike Porcaro
• Drums - Harvey Mason, Jeff Porcaro
• Percussion - Harvey Mason, Steve Forman
• Congas - Victor Feldman
• Saxophone - Ernie Watts
• Lead vocals - Bill Champlin on "Isn't She Lovely"
• Concert Master - Jacob Krachmalnick

strings on "Fly By Night", "Sun Song" arranged and conducted by Dave Grusin
strings on "Dolphin Dreams" arranged and conducted by Michel Columbier

Production

• Produced by Skip Drinkwater for Zembu Productions, Inc.
• Associate Producer - Lee Ritenour
• Executive Producer - Jerry Schoenbaum

• Assistant Engineers - Danny Vicari and Linda Tylar
• Remixed at Sound Labs by Don Murray, Tommy Vicari and John Mills
• Mastered at A&M Studio(Hollywood) by Bernie Grundman

• Art Direction for Zembu Productions
• Design and Liner Photography by Bruce Steinberg

• Digitally Remastered for compact disc by Joe Castwirt

Charts and certifications

Chart	Country	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
U.S Jazz LPs	United States	RIAA	31