Lyle Ritz Obituary - Jazz Ukulele player
Last week the world lost one of the truly pioneering ukulele players - Lyle Ritz. He was predominantly a Jazz Ukulele player - a phrase you don't often hear ! In fact its a phrase that makes me think of Ron Burgendy in Anchor Man. In the 1950's he released two amazing jazz ukulele albums - How about Uke ? and 50th State Jazz. Neither sold very well - but then the best records never do. They became very popular in the home of the uke - Hawaii. Lyle's playing is pretty uniq