Lenny White

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Leonard White III (born December 19 1949) is an American jazz-rock drummer, who is best known for participating as one of the drummers on Miles Davis's Bitches Brew sessions, and as a member of Chick Corea's band Return to Forever.

White was born in New York City. A self-taught drummer, he began his career in local groups, and playing regularly with Jackie McLean in the late 1960s. In 1969 he played with Miles Davis on Bitches Brew before joining Corea's Return to Forever in 1973. When the group split up in 1976 White signed with the Nemperor label (via Atlantic) and recorded two albums as leader.

In 1978, he switched to Elektra for his album Best of Friends, before forming the group Twennynine in 1979, with Carlo Vaughn (vocals), Jocelyn Smith (vocals), Skip Anderson (keyboards), Barry Johnson (bass), and Eddy Martinez (guitar). He later became one of the Jamaica Boys, a group also including Marcus Miller (bass) and Dinky Bingham (vocals), and worked with all-star groups Echoes of an Era and Griffith Park.

White has played with many of the greatest jazz musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Gato Barbieri, Gil Evans, Stanley Clarke, and Stan Getz.

Discography

1976: Venusian Summer (Nemperor)
1976: Big City (Nemporer)
1978: The Adventures of Astral Pirates (Elektra)
1978: The Adventures of Astral Pirates (Elektra)
1977: Streamline (Elektra)
1978: Best of Friends (Elektra)
1980: 29 (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)

External links

[White's Website]
[Lenny White] — biography by Scott Yanow for All Music Guide

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