Streamline (Lenny White album)

Streamline
Streamline
Studio album by Lenny White
Released	1978
Recorded	July–August 1978
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood; Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu
Genre	Jazz fusion, jazz-funk, post-bop
Length	37:01
Label	Elektra
Producer	Lenny White; Larry Dunn;
Lenny White chronology

Streamline is the fourth studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in 1978 by Elektra Records.^[1] The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Alex Henderson at AllMusic wrote that the album "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]."^[3]

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

Lenny White – drums, percussion, producer
Chaka Khan – lead vocals (track 2)
Dianne Reeves – vocals (track 4), backing 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

Chart performance[edit]

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Jazz Albums	27^[5]

References[edit]

^ Lenny White: Streamline. Elektra Records. November 1978.
^ Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs (PDF). Billboard Magazine. December 2, 1978.
^ ^a ^b Henderson, Alex. "Lenny White: Streamline". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 207. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ "Streamline - Lenny White | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

[1] Lenny White: Streamline. Elektra Records. November 1978.

[Bboard-2] Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs (PDF). Billboard Magazine. December 2, 1978.

[allmusic-3] Henderson, Alex. "Lenny White: Streamline". allmusic.com. AllMusic.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 207. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[allmusicawards-5] "Streamline - Lenny White | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

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