'Lenny White's Adventures Of Astral Pirates' is the drummer's 4th solo album. There is or so of the best drumming, jazz, stone or otherwise, on this recording. There is rattling syncopated, punchy jazz-funk in addition to at that topographic point is heavy, heavy metallic element stone with lightning fast drumset playing on this disc. Highly recommended for anyone serious nearly playing drums or interested inwards how experimental recorded music was inwards the 70's. This album was originally released inwards 1978. H5N1 versatile drummer, Lenny White is however best-known for beingness part of Chick Corea's Return To Forever inwards the 1970's. White was self-taught on drums in addition to he largely started his career on top, playing regularly with Jackie McLean (1968) in addition to recording "Bitches Brew" with Miles Davis inwards 1969. White was presently working with or so of the who's who of jazz including Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Gato Barbieri, Gil Evans, Stanley Clarke in addition to Stan Getz with others. As a fellow member of Return To Forever during 1973-76, White gained a rigid reputation equally i of the overstep fusion drummers, only he was e'er versatile plenty to play inwards many settings.
Fusion Jazz at its prime! I wore this tape out!! I played the vocal Revelation in addition to the Great Pyramid every solar daytime for 2 years (1978-1980), I cant say you lot how many metal, stone ,jazz concerts hearing the audio guys utilisation this album spell setting in addition to and breaking down. This is a must create got album for all musicians!!! Play it ,you volition travel it! Please play Universal Love if you lot are wanting to survive enlightened or you lot are having a bad solar daytime for existent !! Universal Love is i of the best songs ever written !
'Lenny White's Adventures Of Astral Pirates' is the drummer's 4th solo album in addition to I was rattling skeptical correct from the start.My kickoff Lenny White CD buy was 'Streamline' in addition to that's in all probability my favorite of all his albums,and betwixt CD's in addition to vinyl I create got most of them,including this one.I am non a huge fan of White's early on solo albums-he spends a neat bargain of fourth dimension imitating Billy Cobham's spastic fusion drumming mode in addition to fills every available infinite with his instrumentation-much equally he equally good did with Return To Forever.So on 'Astral Pirates' his drumming is rattling loud,but at the same fourth dimension is to a greater extent than controlled in addition to explores the sci-fi subject of this music.And the louder numbers are equally good saddled with unproblematic funk numbers that came to sum bloom on the side past times side outing.Not entirely that only this is in all probability his ameliorate crafted cloth so far,even the fusion pieces.The presence of to a greater extent than vocals on this album gives White's music a feel of individuality that it didn't tend to create got before when he was trying to simulate the styles of other fusion drummers instead of working on beingness his ain musician.So inwards the terminate I create got a vinyl LP re-create of this album (not the Wounded Bird CD trial spoken of) only an album is an album in addition to for all interested I strongly propose that for a expert introduction to early on Lenny White you lot should alternative this up-it's a neat sampler from his fusion side rather in addition to so his funk side.For that I propose 'Streamline'.
Track listing:
1 Prelude: Theme For Astral Pirates 1:20
2 Pursuit 2:58
three mandarin Warlords 5:06
4 The Great Pyramid 2:30
v Universal Love 3:30
half dozen Remenbering 0:34
vii Revelation 3:25
8 Stew, Cabbage And Galactic Beans 3:51
nine Heavy Metal Monster 4:39
10 Assault 3:36
eleven Climax: Theme For Astral Pirates 7:42
Personnel:
Bass - Alex Blake
Drums, Percussion, Synthesizer - Lenny White
Guitar [Lead] - Nick Moroch
Guitar [Rhythm] - Jeff Sigman
Keyboards, Vocals - Don Blackman
Synthesizer [Programming] - Patrick Gleeson
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