Lenny White "Big City" (1977) -Jazz Fusion / Jazz Rock-

Label : Nemperor Records

 Side One

01 - Big City (Lenny White, Alex Ligertwood & Jack Mills)

02 - Sweet Dreamer (Lenny White & Weldon Irvine)

03 - Interludes 

        a - Egypt (Lenny White)

        b - Nocturne (Lenny White & Don Blackman)

04 - Rapid Transit (Ray Gomez)

05 - Ritmo Loco (Lenny White)

Side Two

01 - Dreams Come And Go Away (Alex Blake)

02 - Enchanted Pool Suite (Lenny White)

        Prelude

        Part I

        Part II

03 - And We Meet Again (Lenny White

Strings :

Violins : David Nadien, Paul Gershman, Harry Cykman, Harold Kohon, Max Pollikof, Barry Finclair, Marvin Morgenstern, Guy Lumia, Michael Comins, Jon Pintavalle

Violas : Al Brown, Lamar Alsop

Cellos : Charles McCracken, Allan Shulman, Jesse Levy

Double Bass : Homer Mensch

Flutes : Walt Levinsky, Harvey Estrin, Ray Beckenstein

Brass Realization by Pat Gleeson on Eu Synthesizer

Recorded between June & September 1976 at :

Different Fur Music, San Francisco, California 

Engineers : Neil Schwartz & Skip Shimmen

Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York

Engineer : Jimmy Douglass

Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York

Engineer : Bernie Kirsh

CBS Studios, San Francisco, Calif.

Engineers : Don Cody & George Engfer

"Big City" Mixed at Different Fur by Neil Schwartz

All Other Selections Mixed at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, Calif.

Engineers : Dennis MacKay & Steve Brandon

Sequenced at Indigo Ranch & Different Fur

Produced by Lenny White & Pat Gleeson for Berry-Boo Enterprises Inc.

Side One

01 - Big City

Arranged by Lenny White

Horns Arranged by Lenny White & Weldon Irvine

Lenny White : Drums, Eu Synthesizer, Micro-Minimoog, Wallet

Tower of Power Horn Section :

Lenny Pickett : Tenor Sax, Lyricon Solo

Emilio Castillo : Tenor Sax

Steve Kupka : Baritone Sax

Mic Gillette : Trumpet, Trombone

Greg Adams : Trumpet

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express :

Brian Auger : Organ, Electric Piano

Alex Ligertwood : Guitar

Jack Mills : Lead Guitar, Solo

Clive Chaman : Bass

Lennox Langton : Congas

02 - Sweet Dreamer

Arranged by Lenny White

Lenny White : Drums, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, ARP String Ensemble

Linda Tillery : Vocals

Herbie Hancock : Yamaha Electric Grand Piano

Ray Gomez : Guitars

Paul Jackson : Bass

Pat Gleeson : Eu Synthesizer

03 - Interludes

        a - Egypt

Arranged by Lenny White

Lenny White : Drums, Acoustic Piano

Marcus Miller : Weird Bass

        b - Nocturne

Arranged by Lenny White

Orchestrated by Michael Gibbs

04 - Rapid Transit

Arranged by Lenny White & Ray Gomez

Lenny White : Drums, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer

Herbie Hancock : Electric Piano, Yamaha Electric Grand Piano

Ray Gomez : Guitar

Verdine White : Very Funky Bass

Pat Gleeson : ARP String Ensemble

05 - Ritmo Loco

Lenny White : Drums, Congas, Timbales, Roto Toms, Moog Drum & Cheese Enchiladas

Side Two

01 - Dreams Come And Go Away

Arranged by Lenny White with Michael Gibbs

Lenny White : Drums

Neal Schon : Electric Guitars - 2nd Solo

Ray Gomez : Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - 1st Solo

Onaje Allan Gumbs : Acoustic Piano

Alex Blake : Bass

02 - Enchanted Pool Suite

Orchestrated by Michael Gibbs

        Prelude

Jerry Goodman : Violin

Jan Hammer : Acoustic Piano

Pat Gleeson : Eu Synthesizer

        Part I

Lenny White : Acoustic Piano

Miroslav Vitous : Acoustic Bass (Pizzicato)

Michael Gibbs : Acoustic Piano

Jan Hammer : Minimoog

Lois Colin : Harp

Pat Gleeson : Eu Synthesizer

        Part II

Lenny White : Drums

Jerry Goodman : Violin

Jan Hammer : Minimoog, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano

Gary King : Bass

David Earl Johnson : Congas

All Brass Programmed by Pat Gleeson

03 - And We Meet Again

Arranged by Lenny White

Lenny White : Drums, Announcement

Brian Auger : Organ, Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano

Neal Schon : Guitar - Left

Ray Gomez : Guitar - Right

Alex Blake : Bass

Bennie Maupin : Soprano Sax

Twennynine with Lenny White "Just Like Dreamin'" (1981) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Rhythm (Carla Vaughn, Lenny White, Barry Johnson, Steve Williams & John 'Skip' Anderson)
02 - Twennynine (The Rap) (Tanya Willoughby, Lenny White & John 'Skip' Anderson)
03 - Movin' On (Carla Vaughn & Denzil A. Miller Jr.)
04 - Don't Look Back (Barry Johnson)

Side Two

01 - Just Like Dreamin' (Carla Vaughn, Lenny White & John 'Skip' Anderson)
02 - Need You (Eddie Martinez)
03 - All Over Again (John 'Skip' Anderson)
04 - Find A Love (Tanya Willoughby, Lenny White, Barry Johnson & Steve Williams)
05 - All I Want (Carla Vaughn)


Twennynine is :
Lenny White : Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer, Third Base
Barry Johnson : Bass, Lead vocals, Left Field
Eddie Martinez : Guitar, Vocals, Right Field
Skip Anderson : Keyboards, Vocals, First Base
Steve Williams : Guitar, Vocals, Center Field
Carla Vaughn : Vocals, Pilcher
Jocelyn Smith : Vocals, Catcher

Additional Musicians :
Denzil A. Miller Jr. : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Produced by Lenny White for Berry Too Enterprises, Inc.
Recorded by Chris Brunt & Dennis Hansen
Mixed by Chris Brunt
String Arrangements : George Del Barrio
Concert Master : Paul Shure
Music Director : John 'Skip' Anderson
Twennynine Horn Arrangements : John 'Skip' Anderson & Lenny White

Synthesizer Programming : John 'Skip' Anderson

Project Coordinator : Norma Smith, Coach

Tour Sound Engineer & Stage Manager : Mark Wissing

Vocal & Rhythm Arrangements : Twennynine

Various Artists "Hot Jazz Biscuits" (1997) -Contemporary Jazz-

Label : Silva Screen Records

01 - Who Do You Love (Lenny White & Bernard Wright) / Lenny White

02 - Hot Jazz Biscuits (Lenny White) / Urbanator

03 - Bluesanova (Lee Morgan) / Tom Browne

04 - Luny Tune (Larry Young) / The Essence All Stars

05 - Funk In Deep Freeze (Hank Mobley) / Bob City

06 - Jam Fo' Real (Bernard Wright & Toni Smith) / Tom Browne

07 - Up Jumped Spring (Freddie Hubbard) / The Essence All Stars

08 - Late One Night (Ernie Watts & Robert E. Boykin) / The Meeting

09 - Dr. Jackle (Jackie McLean) / The Essence All Stars

10 - Cubano Chant (Ray Bryant) / The Essence All Stars

11 - Magic (Al Macdowell) / Urbanator

12 - Savant (Lenny White) / Lenny White

13 - Bass Blues (John Coltrane) / The Essence All Stars

14 - Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris) / The Essence All Stars

01 - Who Do You Love

Chaka Khan : Vocals

Mark Ledford : Vocals

Bernard Wright : Keyboards

Dean Brown : Guitar

Marcus Miller : Bass

Michal Urbaniak : Violin

Lenny White : Drums & Sound Programming

Arranged by Lenny White, Marcus Miller & Bernard Wright

Produced by Lenny White

From The Album "Present Tense"

 

02 - Hot Jazz Biscuits

Michal Urbaniak : Violin

Lenny White : Drums

Al Macdowell : Bass

Jon Dryden : Keyboards

Tom Browne : Trumpet

Solid : Rap

Arranged by Lenny White & Al Macdowell

Produced by Michal Urbaniak

03 - Bluesanova

Tom Browne : Trumpet

Ron Carter : Bass

Larry Goldings : Piano

Javon Jackson : Tenor Saxophone

Idris Muhammad : Drums

Produced by Bob Selden

From The Album "Another Shade Of Browne"

04 - Luny Tune

Joey DeFrancesco : Organ

Kenny Garrett : Alto Saxophone

Tony Purrone : Guitar

Lenny White : Drums

Produced by Lenny White

From The Album "Organic Grooves"

05 - Funk In Deep Freeze

C.L. Smooth : Vocals

David McMurray : Saxophone

David Fluczynski : Guitar

Dwayne Burno : Acoustic Bass

Billy Kilson : Drums

David Weiss : Trumpet

Jon Dryden : Piano

Arranged by Milan Simich

Produced by Milan Simich

From The Album "Hip Strut"

06 - Jam Fo' Real

Tom Browne : Trumpet, Assorted Keyboards, Rhythm Programming, Background vocals

Marcus Miller : Electric Bass

Barnard Wright : Keyboards

Bobby G : Guitar

Rich Keller : Drum Programming

Arranged by Bernard Wright, Rich Keller & Tom Browne

Produced by Bernard Wright

From The Album "Mo' Jamaica Funk"

07 - Up Jumped Spring

Ron Carter : Bass

Eddie Henderson : Trumpet

Javon Jackson : Tenor Saxophone

Cedar Walton : Piano

Lenny White : Drums

Produced by Lenny White

From The Album "Hub Art"

08 - Late One Nigh

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums

Patrice Rushen : Keyboards

Ernie Watts : Tenor Saxophone

Freddie Washington : Bass

Produced by The Meeting

From The Album "Update"

09 - Dr. Jackle

Branford Marsalis : Soprano Saxophone

LaMont Johnson : Piano

Idris Muhammad : Drums

Rodney Whitaker : Bass

Produced by Milan Simich

From The Album "Jackies Nlues Bag"

10 - Cubano Chant

Gato Barbieri : Tenor Saxophone

Steve Berrios : Percussion

Andy Gonzalez : Acoustic Bass

Bob James : Acoustic Piano

Mike Mainieri : Vibes

Lenny White : Drums, Timbales

Produced by Lenny White

From The Album "Afro Cubano Chant"

11 - Magic

Michal Urbaniak : Violin

Jon Dryden : Keyboards

Al Macdowell : Bass

Rodney Holmes : Drums

Produced by Michal Urbaniak

From The Album "Urbanator 2"

12 - Savant

Danny Walsh : Saxophones

Patrice Rushen : Keyboards

Dechown Jenkens : Guitar Solo

Dean Brown : Guitar

Jon Dryden : Synthesizers

Darryl Jones : Bass

Lenny White : Drums, Sound Programming

Arranged by Lenny White

Produced by Lenny White

From The Album "Renderors Of Spirit"

13 - Bass Blues

Kenny Burrell : Guitar

Ron Carter : Bass

Craig Handy : Saxophones

Cedar Walton : Piano

Lenny White : Drums

Produced by Lenny White

From The Album "Primal Blues"

14 - Freedom Jazz Dance

Tom Browne : Trumpet

Ron Carter : Bass

Billy Childs : Piano

Bennie Maupin : Saxophone

Lenny White : Drums

Produced by Lenny White

From The Album "Essence Of Funk"

Return To Forever Featuring Chick Corea "No Mystery" (1975) - Jazz Fusion-

Label : Polydor Records

 Side 1

01 - Dayride (Stanley Clarke)

02 - Jungle Waterfall* (Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke)

03 - Flight Of The Newborn (Al DiMeola)

04 - Sofistifunk (Lenny White)

05 - Except From The First Movement Of Heavy Metal (Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White & Al DiMeola)

Side 2

01 - No Mystery (Chick Corea)

02 - Interplay (Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke)

03 - Celebration Suite (Part 1) (Chick Corea)

04 - Celebration Suite (Part 2) (Chick Corea)

Chick Corea : Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Yamaha Organ, Synthesizers, Snare Drum, Marimba, Vocal

Stanley Clarke : Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass, Yamaha Organ, Synthesizer, Vocal

Lenny White : Drums, Percussion, Congas, Marimba

Al DiMeola : Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

A Forever Unlimited Production

Produced by Chick Corea

*Co-Produced by Shelly Yakus

Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, January, 1975

Engineer : Shelly Yakus

Assistant Engineer : Dave Thoener

Mastered at The Master Cutting Room by Tom Rabstenek

Twennynine with Lenny White "Twennynine with Lenny White" (1980) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Just Right For Me (Edwin Martinez & Denzil A. Miller)

02 - It's Music, It's Magic (Lenny White & Denzil A. Miller)

03 - My Melody (Lenny White, Tanya Willoughby & Denzil A. Miller)

04 - Kid Stuff (Lenny White, Denzil A. Miller, John 'Skip' Anderson & Eddie Martinez)

Side Two

01 - Fancy Dancer (Lenny White, Larry Dunn & Denzil A. Miller)

02 - Love And Be Loved (John 'Skip' Anderson)

03 - Back To You (Bill Champlin, John 'Skip' Anderson & Lenny White)

04 - Slip Away (Barry Johnson & Steve Horton)

05 - We Had To Break Away (Valmon Burke)

06 - The 11th Fanfare (Denzil A. Miller & Donald Blackman)

Twennynine is :

John 'Skip' Anderson : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Lead vocals

Eddie Martinez : Guitars, Vocals, Guitar Solo on "Kid Stuff"

Barry Johnson : Bass, Lead vocals

Lenny White : Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer, Vocals

Tanya Willoughby : Lead vocals

Denzil Miller : Musical Director, Keyboards, Synthesizer Piano Solo on "Kid Stuff"

Nick Moroch : Guitars

Larry Dunn : Synthesizers

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Background vocals : Judy Jones, Sylvia Cox, Yolande Howard, Carla Vaughn, Sylvia St. James

Rhythm Programmed by Lenny White, Denzil Miller & Twennynine

Vocals Arranged by Tanya Willoughby, Barry Johnson & Eddie Martinez

Strings Arranged by Jorge Del Barrio

Horns Arranged by Jerry Hey

Horns on "Back To You" & "Fancy Dancer" Arranged by Jorge Del Barrio

Produced by Larry Dunn & Lenny White for Berry Boo Enterprises, Inc.

Recorded June - July 1980 at Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California

Engineers : Chris Brunt, Dennis Hansen

Assistant Engineer : Warren Weinberg

Horns & Strings Recorded at Jennifudy Studios, Hollywood, California

Engineers : Chris Brunt, Dennis Hansen

Twennynine Featuring Lenny White "Best Of Friends" (1979) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Citi Dancin' (Lenny White & Barry Johnson)
02 - Take Me Or Leave Me (Eddie Martinez)
03 - Best Of Friends (Lenny White, Denzil Miller & Leslie René)
04 - Peanut Butter (Donald Blackman)

Side Two

01 - Betta (Barry Johnson)
02 - Morning Sunrise (Donald Blackman)
03 - Oh, Sylvie (Denzil Miller & Valmon Burke)
04 - Tropical Nights (Lenny White)


Lenny White : Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer, Bat on Wall
Nick Moroch : Lead Guitars, Glockenspiel, Solo on "Tropical Nights" & "Oh, Sylvie"
Denzil Miller : Keyboards, Rhythm Guitar on "Oh, Sylvie"
Eddie Martinez : Guitars, Lead on "Tropical Nights", Solo on "Take Me Or Leave Me"
Barry Sonjohn : Bass & Vocals
Donald Blackman : Acoustic Piano, Organ, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Clavinet & Vocals, Solo on "Tropical Nights"

Additional Musicians :
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Horns : Louis Satterfield, Don Myrick, Andres Woolfolk, Michael Davis, Robert Bryant, Elmer Brown, George Bohannon, Garnett Brown, Sidney Muldrow & Marilyn Robinson
Los Angeles Strings
Synthesizer & Synthesizer Programming : Larry Dunn

Recorded at The Indigo Ranch, Malibu, May-June 1979
Engineers : Chris Brunt & Dennis Hansen
Cook & Second Engineering : Mark Elman & Jim Baron
Horns Recorded at Jennifudy Studios, Los Angeles
Strings Recorded at Warner Bros., Burbank Studios
Equipment : Mark Wissing (Hand Clapping) & Rick Thompson
Horns Arranged on "Citi Dancin'" by Lenny White, Eddie Del Barrio & Larry Dunn
Horns on "Tropical Nights" Arranged by Eddie Del Barrio & Larry Dunn
Strings on "Best Of Friends", "Tropical Nights" & "Morning Sunrise" Arranged by Jorge Del Barrio
Background vocals : Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lynn Davis, Barry Johnson, Donald Blackman & Googie Coppola
Vocal Orchestrations by Donald Blackman

Produced by Larry Dunn & Lenny White*
Executive Producer : Don Mizell
*Berry Boo Enterprises, Inc.

Lenny White "Renderors Of Spirit" (1996) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Hip Bop Records / Silva Screen

01 - Whew! What A Dream (Lenny White)
02 - Ho - Cake (Lenny White)
03 - Walk On By (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)
04 - Pick Pocket (Victor Bailey)
05 - Savant (Lenny White)
06 - Sailing (Christopher Cross)
07 - The Abyss (Lenny White & Jon Dryden)
08 - Swingtime (Lenny White)
09 - Beggin' (Lenny White, Mark Ledford & Kim Lesley)
10 - Countdown 2000 (Lenny White & Weldon Irvine)
11 -Dr. Jackle / Africa Talks To You (Jackie McLean & Sylvester Stewart)


Produced by Lenny White for Geddo Productions
Associate Producer : Manfred Knoop
Executive Producers : Reynold da Silva & Yusuf Gandhi
Recorded at Showplace Studios, Baby Monster Studios, Big House Studios, Stagg Street Studios, Knoop Music, Live Wire Studios, Le Gonks West
Recorded by Alec Head
"Walk On By", "Beggin'" Mixed by Rich Keller
Mastered at Masterdisk by Greg Calbi
Album Co-ordination by Colin Parker


01 - Whew! What A Dream

Danny Walsh : Alto Saxophone
Dean Brown : Guitar, Guitar Solo
Dechown Jenkens : Guitar
Donald Blackman : Organ, Rhodes
Bernard Wright : Synthesizers
Victor Bailey : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Keyboards, Sound Programming

02 - Ho - Cake

George Duke : Moog
Stanley Clarke : Tenor Bass Solo
Foley : Lead Bass
Danny Walsh : Saxophones
Vince Evans : Keyboards
Chris Howes : Violins
Jerry Brooks : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Organ, Keyboards, Sound Programming

03 - Walk On By

Audrey Northington : Lead vocal
Mark Ledford : Trumpet, Solo
Bennie Maupin : Tenor Saxophone
Danny Walsh : Alto Saxophone Solo
Foley : Lead Bass
Vince Evans : Piano, Keyboards
Donald Blackman : Synthesizers
Jerry Brooks : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Music Stand
Kim Lesley, Machaun, Jean McClain : Backing vocals

04 - Pick Pocket

Danny Walsh : Saxophone
Bernard Wright : Keyboards, Moog Solo
Donald Blackman : Keyboards, End Synthesizer Solo
Jon Dryden : Synthesizers
Dechown Jenkens : Guitar
Victor Bailey : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Sound Programming

05 - Savant

Danny Walsh : Saxophones
Patrice Rushen : Keyboards, Piano
Dechown Jenkens : Guitar Solo
Dean Brown : Guitar
Jon Dryden : Synthesizers
Darryl Jones : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Sound Programming

06 - Sailing

Nicki Richards : Vocals
Geri Allen : Piano
Pete Levin : Keyboards, Sound Programming
Pookie Zari : Synthesizers
Victor Bailey : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Additional Sound Programming

07 - The Abyss

Michael Brecker : Saxophone
Patrice Rushen : Piano
Jon Dryden : Keyboards, Synthesizers
Victor Bailey : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Sound Programming

08 - Swingtime

Michael 'Patches' Stewart : Trumpet
Javon Jackson : Tenor Saxophone
Bennie Maupin : Soprano Saxophone
Bernard Wright : Piano
Patrice Rushen : Synthesizer Solo
Pete Levin : Synthesizers, Sound Programming
Lenny White : Drums, Additional Sound Programming, Keyboards$

09 - Beggin'

Mark Ledford : Vocals, Guitar
Elyse Johnson : Vocals
Kim Lesley : Backing vocals
Foley : Lead Bass
Bernard Wright : Synthesizers
William Camel : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Keyboards, Sound Programming

10 - Countdown 2000

Weldon Irwine : Words
Michael 'Patches' Stewart : Trumpet
Bennie Maupin : Bass Clarinet
Foley : Lead Bass Solo
Vince Evans : Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer Solo
Jerry Brooks : Bass
Lenny White : Drums, Keyboards, Sound Programming

11 -Dr. Jackle / Africa Talks To You

Randy Brecker : Trumpet
Bennie Maupin : Tenor Saxophone
Danny Walsh : Alto Saxophone
Foley : Lead Bass
Vince Evans : Piano, Rhodes
Donald Blackman : Synthesizer
Jerry Brooks : Bass
Lenny White : Drums