Streamline (Lenny White album)

Streamline
Studio album by Lenny White
Released	1978 (1978)
Recorded	July–August 1978 at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood; Indigo Ranch Recording Studio in Malibu, California
Genre	Jazz fusion, jazz-funk
Length	37:01
Label	Elektra
Producer	Lenny White, Larry Dunn, Don Mizell
Lenny White chronology
Big City (1977) Streamline (1978) Best of Friends (1978)

Streamline is the fourth studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in November 1978 on Elektra Records. The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Alex Henderson at AllMusic gave Streamline three stars out of five, saying that it "isn't a five-star gem, but it isn't bad either" and calling it a "generally decent, if mildly uneven, collection of instrumental jazz fusion and R&B vocal numbers." He noted White's cover of the Beatles' "Lady Madonna" as an "interesting" highlight; other songs such as "Night Games", "Struttin'" and "Pooh Bear" he described as "enjoyable even though they fall short of the brilliance of the material on The Adventures of Astral Pirates [1978] and Venusian Summer [1975]."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Struttin'"	Jamie Glaser	4:45
2.	"Lady Madonna"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	3:54
3.	"12 Bars From Mars"	Nick Moroch	3:10
4.	"Earthlings"	Lenny White, Don Blackman	4:48
5.	"Spazmo Strikes Again"	White	0:25
6.	"Time"	Blackman	2:58
7.	"Pooh Bear"	White, Weldon Irvine	5:02
8.	"Lockie's Inspiration"	Denzil Miller, Jr.	0:41
9.	"I'll See You Soon"	White	6:30
10.	"Night Games"	Marcus Miller	3:58
11.	"Cosmic Indigo"	Blackman	0:50
Total length:			37:01

Personnel

• Lenny White – drums, percussion, production
• Chaka Khan – lead vocals (track 2)
• Dianne Reeves – vocals (track 4), background vocals
• Don Blackman – vocals (track 6), keyboard, Minimoog (track 4), synthesizer (track 7), Rhodes piano (track 10), piano (track 11), organ (track 3)
• Nick Moroch – guitar (except tracks 1, 3, 10)
• Jamie Glaser – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 10)
• Denzil Miller, Jr. – keyboard (track 8), Minimoog (track 9), rhythm arrangement (track 2)
• Larry Dunn – Minimoog (track 1), synthesizer programming, production
• Marcus Miller – bass
• Chris Brunt – engineering
• Richard Kaplan – engineering
• Steve Hirsch – engineering
• Don Mizell – executive production

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Jazz Albums	27