Lenny White Puts On His Producer Hat

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Monika Herzig

Whether Lenny White is the greatest living drummer or not is a Rubik’s Cube of a debate. The Teaneck resident helped pioneer the advent of jazz-rock fusion in the 1970s in Chick Corea’s Return To Forever with Jersey City’s Al Di Meola (Lenny and Al can be seen in The Jersey Sound documentary now streaming free on Tubi and YouTube.) His latest project is All In Good Time (ZOHO Records) by Monika Herzig’s Sheroes where he produces seven females on 10 tracks, one of which is a surprising cover of Beyonce’s 2011 “Run The World.” As a pianist, Herzog is heavily influenced by Corea and must have peppered her producer with questions about the late master, for whom she wrote the title track shortly after his 2021 death at 79. White’s production makes room for both exquisite soloing and to-the-bone ensemble playing from a heady mix of drums-flute-keyboard-trombone-bass-guitar-sax septet. Bravo!

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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