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Lenny White - Anomaly
Artist: Lenny White
Title: Anomaly
Audio CD Original Release Date: 2010
Original Release Date May 18, 2010
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Abstract Logix
Genre Jazz
Style: Funk/Groove, Jazz/Rock
Source: Original CD
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Size Torrent: 457 Mb
Covers Included
Personnel
Lenny White: drums, keyboards (2, 3), all instruments (10), spoken word, (12);
Nick Moroch: guitar (1, 2, 7);
Tom Guarna: guitar (1, 3, 5-9, 11);
Donald Blackman: organ, (1), piano (12);
George Colligan: organ, (1), keyboards (3, 5-8, 11);
Vince Evans: keyboards (1, 3-4, 7-9, 12); B
ernard Wright: synth bass (1, 9), piano (4, 12) keyboards (7-10, 12);
Victor Bailey: bass (1, 3-8);
David Bendeth: guitar (2);
Stanley Clarke: bass (2);
Jimmy Herring: guitar (3);
David Gilmore: guitar (4);
Mike Clarke: drums (9);
Danny Walsh: alto and tenor saxophones (9);
Tim Ouimette: trumpet and trombone (9);
Jerry Z: organ (9);
Chris Williams: lead vocals (10);
Vaneese Thomas: lead vocals (10);
Gregory Clark: lead vocals (10);
Nicki Richards: lead vocals (10);
Irene James: backing vocals (10);
Michelle Weeks-Reynoso: backing vocals (10);
Richie Goods: bass (11);
Charles Fambrough: acoustic bass (12).
Track listing:
1.Drum Boogie
2.We Know
3.Forever
4.Dark Moon
5.Gazelle
6.If U Dare
7.Election Day
8.Coming Down
9.CatLett Out of the Bag
10.Water Changes Everything
11.Anthem
12. The Wait has Lifted the Weight
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bio
Leonard White III, better known as Lenny White (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz funk drummer, who is best known for playing in Chick Corea's Return to Forever.
White was born in New York City. A self-taught, left-handed drummer on a right-handed kit, he began his career in local groups, and playing regularly with Jackie McLean in the late 1960s. In 1969, he first appeared on Miles Davis' historic recording on Bitches' Brew and later in 1970 he played with Freddie Hubbard on Red Clay before joining Corea's Return to Forever and Azteca in 1972. A year later, Azteca dissolved and he became dedicated to RTF. For five years, he recorded a number of albums with Return to Forever including the award winning No Mystery and Romantic Warrior. When the group split up in 1977 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.
Lenny White with Stanley Clarke, 1976
White has played with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Gato Barbieri, Gil Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz.
review
At twenty-five, Lenny White had established a reputation as one of the best drummers in jazz-rock and fusion, having featured as a nineteen year-old on trumpeter Miles Davis' epochal Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969) and forming one-half of the formidable rhythm team, alongside bassist Stanley Clarke in Chick Corea's seminal fusion group, Return to Forever. In the thirty-plus years between RTF's break up and 2008 reformation, White has also recorded with a long list of topnotch jazz musicians including saxophonists Stan Getz, }}, Joe Henderson and Jackie McLean, pianist Andrew Hill, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and bassist Ron Carter. Solo albums have been intermittent, so it's something of an event when White releases his first outing as leader since Edge (Hip-Bop, 1999). Essentially, this is a hard grooving rock album, while possessing elements of the exploration and improvisation that characterized the jazz-rock and fusion of his early career, and more besides.
White has never stood still or rested on his laurels, and in spite of Anomaly's roster of heavyweight fusion musicians, the music is nicely varied, with rock, funk, fusion—and the R&B that increasingly colored his releases in the '90s—all featured here.
There is definitely a harder rocking edge to much of the music, compared to the rest of his discography. "We Know" explodes with a great, heavy riff, featuring searing metal solos from guitarists Nick Moroch and David Bendeth on either side of an instantly recognizable bass solo from Stanley Clarke. Even an R&B track like the catchy "Forever" is branded in sizzling fashion by guitarist Jimmy Herring.
The lovely "Dark Moon" ventures into jazzier territory, with some extremely tasteful guitar by composer David Gilmore, and a piano solo from Bernard Wright which maintains the composition's melodic line, bolstered by White and bassist Victor Bailey's unerringly solid groove, making this is an album highlight. Joe Henderson's "Gazelle" is given a more overtly fusion makeover with Bailey and White propelling the piece as keyboardist George Colligan and guitarist Tom Gurna turn in appealing solos. Colligan and Bailey lock down a groove, over which White unleashes a torrent on his kit.
White sounds in absolutely top form on Anomaly; his groove on Guarna's impressive "If You Dare" is utterly irresistible, with a tripping rhythm and constant hi-hat swinging the tune mightily, with the aid of the redoubtable Bailey. White and Bailey combine wonderfully once again on the rocking "Election Day," one of eight originals by White, and featuring an unforgettable melody and more standout guitar work from Moroch.
"Catlett out of the Bag" is a sweat-raising jazz-funk workout, with vibrant harmonies from saxophonist Danny Walsh and trumpeter Tim Ouimette, while "Anthem" is a memorable rock number with progressive overtones and the epic "The Wait has lifted the Weight" closes the CD in slower, bluesy mode.
Anomaly is a fine addition to White's discography, with the drummer at the height of his considerable playing powers.
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