Drummer Lenny White Interviewed at AAJ
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.
Check out Lenny White: Just Doing It at AAJ today!
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