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Lenny White Puts On His Producer Hat

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. 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.”

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Legendary Drummer Lenny White Shines on New Gerald Cannon Album

Drummer/Composer Lenny White, who in the 1970s set the standard for prog-rock jazz in the pioneering Return To Forever, a longtime resident of Teaneck in Bergen County, can be heard on ‘Live At Dizzy’s Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy’ (Woodneck Records) by bassist Gerald Cannon.

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[CD Review] Legendary Drummer Lenny White’s New Project is a Doozy

Wow. That’s all one could say upon hearing ‘That You Not Dare To Forget’ by M.E.B. (formerly Miles Electric Band). This amazing amalgam of hiphop and jazz is a stunning reminder that Miles Davis [1926-1991] never looked back, always looked forward to the next musical adventure which would capture his soul.

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