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    Lenny White

    Leonard White III (born December 19, 1949) is an


    American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the
    Lenny White
    band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s.
    White has been called "one of the founding fathers of
    jazz fusion".[1][2][3]

    Contents
    Biography
    Awards and honors
    Discography White and Stanley Clarke, 1976
    As leader
    Background information
    As sideman
    Birth name Leonard White III
    References
    Born December 19, 1949
    External links New York City, U.S.
    Genres Jazz fusion, funk
    Biography Occupation(s) Musician, bandleader
    Instruments Drums
    Born in Queens, New York City, White became interested
    Years active 1968–present
    in music at a young age. As a self taught drummer he
    started off his career playing with groups at the New Labels Nemperor, Elektra, Wounded
    York jazz scene. During the late 1960s he began Bird
    performing with saxophonist Jackie Mclean. He went on Associated acts Return to Forever,
    to play on Miles Davis' landmark 1969 LP Bitches' Brew
    Twennynine, Azteca,
    and feature on Freddie Hubbard's 1970 LP Red Clay.
    Jamaica Boys
    Within 1972 White joined the famed jazz group Return to
    Forever.[4][1][2] Website lennywhite.com (http://lenny
    white.com)
    White later formed the group Twennynine who went on
    to issue three studio albums, 1979's Best of Friends, Twennynine with Lenny White in 1980, and 1981's Just
    Like Dreamin'.[1][2]

    Awards and honors


    He has won three Grammy awards.[5]

    Discography
    As leader
    1975: Venusian Summer (Nemperor)
    1977: Big City (Nemperor)
    1978: The Adventures of Astral Pirates (Elektra)
    1978: Streamline (Elektra)
    1979: Best of Friends (With Twennynine) (Elektra)
    1980: Twennynine with Lenny White (Elektra)
    1981: Just Like Dreamin' (With the Twennynine) (Elektra) Lenny White with Buster Williams at
    1983: Attitude (Wounded Bird) Oslo Jazzfestival 2016
    1983: In Clinic (DCI)
    1995: Present Tense (Hip Bop/Koch)
    1996: Renderers of Spirit (Hip Bop Essence)
    1999: Edge (Hip Bop Essence)
    2002: Collection (Hip Bop)
    2004: The Love Has Never Gone: Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire (Trauma)
    2008: Hancock Island (Chesky)
    2010: Anomaly (Abstract Logix)

    As sideman

    With Azteca

    1972: Azteca (Columbia)


    1973: Pyramid of the Moon (Columbia)
    2008: From The Ruins (Inakustic Gmbh)

    With Gato Barbieri

    1971: Fenix (Flying Dutchman)

    With Ron Carter

    Stardust (Somethin' Else, 2001)

    With Cyrus Chestnut

    Natural Essence (HighNote, 2016)


    There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit (HighNote, 2017)

    With Stanley Clarke

    1973: Children of Forever (Polydor)


    1975: Journey to Love (Nemperor)

    With Al Di Meola:

    1976: Land of the Midnight Sun (Columbia)


    1977: Elegant Gypsy (Columbia)
    With Return to Forever

    1973: Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Polydor)


    1974: Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor)
    1975: No Mystery (Polydor)
    1976: Romantic Warrior (Columbia)
    2009: Returns (Eagle)
    2009: Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (Concord)
    2012: The Mothership Returns (Eagle)

    With Larry Coryell & Victor Bailey

    2005: Electric
    2006: Traffic

    With Chaka Khan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke

    1982: Echoes of an Era (Elektra)


    1982: Echoes of an Era 2 – The Concert (Elektra)

    With Wallace Roney

    Village (Warner Bros., 1997)


    No Room for Argument (Stretch, 2000)

    With Buster Williams

    Houdini (Sirocco, 2001)


    Griot Libertè (HighNote, 2004)
    65 Roses (BluePort Jazz, 2006 [2008])

    With others

    1969 – Andrew Hill: Passing Ships (Blue Note) [not released until 2003]
    1970 – Joe Henderson: If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem
    (Milestone)
    1970 – Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay (CTI)
    1970 – Woody Shaw: Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary)
    1970 – Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Columbia)
    1971 – Curtis Fuller: Crankin' (Mainstream)
    1972 - Buddy Terry: Pure Dynamite (Mainstream)
    1973 - Eddie Henderson: Realization (Capricorn)
    1976 – Don Cherry: Hear & Now (Atlantic)
    1976 – Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius (Epic/Legacy/Sony)
    1977 - With Brian Auger's Oblivion Express: Happiness Heartaches
    1986 – Eliane Elias: Illusions (Denon)
    1990 – The Manhattan Project (Blue Note)
    1990 – Michel Petrucciani: Music (Blue Note)
    1993 - Bobby Hutcherson: Acoustic Masters II (Atlantic)
    1994 – Marcus Miller, Michel Petrucciani, Bireli Lagrene & Kenny Garrett: Dreyfus Night in
    Paris (Dreyfus) [not released until 2003]
    1995 – Urbanator: Urbanator (Hip Bop)
    1997 – The Geri Allen Trio & The Jazzpar 1996 Nonet: Some Aspects of Water (Storyville)
    1998 – Geri Allen: The Gathering (Verve, 1998)
    1999 – Stanley Clarke, Karen Briggs, Rachel Z and Richie Kotzen Vertú (Sony)
    2009 – The Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden (Heads Up)
    2011 – Jamey Haddad, Lenny White, Mark Sherman: Explorations in Space and Time
    (Chesky)
    2012 – Letizia Gambi: Introducing Letizia Gambi (Jando Music/Via Veneto Jazz)
    2016 – Letizia Gambi: Blue Monday

    References
    1. "All About Jazz: Lenny White biography" (http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/lennywhite).
    allaboutjazz.com. All About Jazz.
    2. Yanow, Scott. "Lenny White" (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lenny-white-mn0000246487/biogr
    aphy). allmusic.com. Allmusic.
    3. Kara Yorio (December 19, 2013). "Teaneck's Lenny White to play four nights at Jazz Standard"
    (http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/teaneck-s-lenny-white-to-play-four-n
    ights-at-jazz-standard-1.675698). The Record. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/2015011
    4120526/http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/teaneck-s-lenny-white-to-pl
    ay-four-nights-at-jazz-standard-1.675698) from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved
    March 12, 2016. "White, a two-time Grammy winner, is one of the founding fathers of jazz
    fusion. His first recording gig was with Miles Davis on the groundbreaking "Bitches Brew"
    album that was released in 1970."
    4. Wald, Aran (October 1977). "Lenny White" (https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/october-1
    977-beyond-forever-lenny-white/). moderndrummer.com. Modern Drummer.
    5. "Lenny White" (https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/lenny-white). grammy.com.

    External links
    Lenny White video interview (http://news.allaboutjazz.com/under-your-skin-interviews-stanley-c
    larke-and-lenny-white.php#.U4zbYi9lybI) at All About Jazz
    Return to Forever: Twelve Historic Tracks (http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-return-to-fo
    rever) at Jazz.com (http://www.jazz.com)
    Lenny White biography (http://www.musictaste.com/musictaste/2011/01/01/lenny-white/) at
    MusicTaste (https://web.archive.org/web/20090410062654/http://www.musictaste.com/)
    Lenny White (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925117/) on IMDb

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