Miles Davis kicked the fusion door open in 1969 and some people still haven't gotten over it. Among the future jazz star innovators on Bitches Brew (Columbia/Legacy, 1969) was an unknown eighteen year-old Tony Williams fanatic named Lenny White, who found his recording debut making history. Now an elder statesman at almost sixty, White maintains a furiously fast level of invention tied to an appropriately superhuman technique. Despite recently recovering from shoulder surgery, White packs a punch enviable in a man half his age.
AAJ contributor Rex Butter spoke with White about the legacy of Bitches Brew, the just-completed Return to Forever reunion tour with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meola, and future plans.
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