Lenny White

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Lenny White
Lenny White.jpg
White at a performance at the El Mocambo Club, Toronto, Canada, 1977
Background information
Birth name Leonard White III
Born (1949-12-19) 19 December 1949 (age 63)
New York City, New York, United States
Genres Jazz fusion, funk
Occupations Musician, bandleader
Instruments Drums
Years active 1969 - current
Labels Elektra
Associated acts Return to Forever, Azteca, Jamaica Boys
Website Lenny White.com

Leonard White III, better known as Lenny White (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz fusion drummer, born in New York City, best known for being the drummer of Chick Corea's Return to Forever.[1]

Discography [edit]

  • 1975: Venusian Summer (Nemperor)
  • 1977: Big City (Nemperor)
  • 1978: The Adventures of Astral Pirates (Elektra)
  • 1977: Streamline (Elektra)
  • 1978: Best of Friends (With the Twennynine) (Elektra)
  • 1980: 29 (With the Twennynine) (Elektra)
  • 1981: Just Like Dreamin' (With the Twennynine) (Elektra)
  • 1983: Attitude (Wounded Bird)
  • 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: Tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire (Trauma)
  • 2010: Anomaly (Abstract Logix)

With Azteca

  • 1972: Azteca (Columbia)
  • 1973: Pyramid Of The Moon (Columbia)
  • 2008: From The Ruins (Inakustic Gmbh)

With Return to Forever

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

With Nancy Wilson, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke

With Marcus Miller, Michel Petrucciani, Bireli Lagrene & Kenny Garrett

  • 1994: "Dreyfus Night in Paris" (Dreyfus Jazz) [not released until 2003]

With Urbanator

With Stanley Clarke, Karen Briggs, Rachel Z & Richie Kotzen

  • 1999: Vertú (Sony)

With Larry Coryell & Victor Bailey

  • 2005: Electric
  • 2006: Traffic

With others

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Lenny White". Biography of White. All About Jazz. 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012. 

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