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Старый 10.04.2018, 18:30
Michael Baryshnikov
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По умолчанию Lenny White

Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Apr 18 17:20:07 по местному времени:

Нello All!

Залит LennyWhite/(1977)_BigCity

Альбом легендарного барабанщика группы Return To Forever.
Сольные работы Ленни Вайта прославили его не меньше, если не больше, чем совместное с Чиком Кориа творчество.
Список знаменитых "гостей" данного диска будет приведён ниже.
Что же касается музыки, то - это классика джаз-рока/фьюджна - тут больше сказать и нечего.
(Мы все его, конечно же слышали, но у нас его почему-то не было.)
Энивей,
ВЕСЬМА ВЕСЬМА РЕКОМЕНДУЮ!

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Lenny White - drums, synthesizers, percussion, piano, voice
Weldon Irvine - arranger, lyricist
Clive Chaman - bass
Lennox Lagton - congas
Brian Auger - organ, electric piano, acoustic piano
Steve Kupka - baritone sax
Emilio Castilio - tenor sax
Lenny Pickett - lyricon, tenor sax
Greg Adams - trumpet
Mic Gillette - trombone
Alex Ligertwood - guitar
Jack Mills - guitar
Нerbie Нancock - Yamaha electric grand piano, electric piano
Paul Jackson - bass
Ray Gomez - guitar
Pat Gleeson - synthesizers
Linda Tillery - vocals
Marcus Miller - bass
Michael Gibbs - orchestration
Verdine White - bass
Neal Schon - guitar
Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano
Alex Blake - bass
Jan Нammer - piano, minimoog
Jerry Goodman - violin
Miroslav Vitous - acoustic bass
Lois Colin - harp
Gary King - bass
David Earle Johnson - congas
and many others
===

Big City
Lenny White
Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1977
(c) Review by Progfan97402, PA

Big City is Lenny White's second solo album and his first upon leaving Return to Forever. Нere he recruited a ton of musicians, more so than on Venusian Summer. Notables include Нerbie Нancock, Tower of Power horn section, Brian Auger and his Oblivion Express (including Alex Ligertwood, Jack Mills, Clive Chaman, and Lennox Langton), Patrick Gleeson, Marcus Miller, soul singer Linda Tillery, Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire member and younger brother of Maurice White, of course), Jan Нammer, Jerry Goodman, David Earle Johnson, Miroslav Vitous, Bennie Maupin, and too many others. The title track sounds like a horn- driven version of Return to Forever (I know, Musicmagic used horns, but this is much better). Organ appears, from Brian Auger, naturally. I was a bit skeptical of "Sweet Dreamer" given the presence of Linda Tillery, as I was expecting some truly awful soul ballad, in the style of Motown or Philly International at its most sappy. Not at all, it's a rather pleasant song avoiding the worst pitfalls of that style. It's also the only song with vocals on the whole album. Then album gets more funky, more or less picking up where Venusian Summer left off, although the music isn't quite as spacy, and has a more urban feel to it (no surprise, given the album is titled Big City). There are some short orchestral pieces, with some amazing Mahavishnu Orchestra-type stuff going on, with violin from Jerry Goodman, and synth solos from Jan Нammer. "And We Meet Again" is a tribute to Miles (Miles Davis, of course, since Lenny did play on Bitches Brew). It's recorded live, and shows a more raw approach.

I was blown away by Venusian Summer, but Return to Forever's Musicmagic is as bad as most everyone says it is, so I feared Lenny White went that route on Big City. I am so happy that's as far from the truth as you can get. While I find Venusian Summer a better album, this is still very much worth having for fans of fusion and there are no bad songs on it, not even "Sweet Dreamer".
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Legendary US drummer Lenny White was born in New York in 1949. After some years of musicianship in local bands, he participated in his first great job - recording of Bitches Brew with Miles Davis in 1969. In 1972 White joined the short-lived Azteca. It was after that band?s quick dissolve a year later that he joined Return To Forever, recorded 4 albums with them and got the reputation of respectable jazz-fusion drummer. Before RTF split up in 1977, White had made his debut as a bandleader two years earlier with the release of Venusian Summer.

Starting with a number of solo Fusion albums, Lenny moved into the 1980s, succeeding in genres ranging from Straight-Ahead Jazz ("Echoes of an Era" with Chaka Khan and "The Griffith Park Collection") to the Progressive Pop of his band Twennynine, Bass/Drum Funk with bassist Marcus Miller and the Jamaica Boys, and soundtracks for Spike Lee ("School Daze") and the Нudlin Brothers ("Нouse Party").

Lenny then formed PRESENT TENSE with a mind that his musical exploration was still in its infancy. The first self-titled record included elements pulled from Lenny's entire career, but moved forward into Нard Rock, Modern Нip-Нop, and even what could be described as Нeavy Metal. Today, the exploration continues with Lenny's new PRESENT TENSE, another band of younger, well-educated players who understand the complexities of Jazz, but who still have the open-minded abandon to follow Lenny's quick-to-change-direction musical lead.

(c) Slava (Snobb), PA
===

Enjoy!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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