Lenny White - "Big City" (1977) @320
This album was one of the best releases from the now defunct Nemperor Records. The composition "Rapid Transit" features one of the best pianos solos from Herbie Hancock ever recorded. This CD should be in every fusion afficianado's collection.
How long I have waited to see the great Lenny White's work available on digital media. I just died and went to heaven!!! This album is a funky masterpiece that has been hidden from view in the the digital world far too long!!! I still have my vinyl copy under lock and key as well as armed guards on duty round the clock!!! If anyone even thinks about stealing my "Big City" LP all I have to say is make sure your insurance premiums are paid up and you may as well say good-bye to your family, because when I catch you with my copy of Lenny Whites "Big City" the undertaker will have work to do!!!
All i need to say about this album is....check the personnel!
Track Listing:
1. Big City (5:25)
2. Sweet Dreamer (4:39)
3. Egypt (Interlude) (1:02)
4. Nocturne (Interlude) (1:02)
5. Rapid Transit (3:59)
6. Ritmo Loco (1:19)
7. Dreams Come and Go Away (3:33)
8. Enchanted Pool Suite: Prelude/Pts. 1 and 2 (9:29)
9. And We Meet Again (6:41)
Personnel:
Lenny White - piano, ARP synthesizer, drums, congas, timbales, percussion
Paul Jackson, Verdine White, Marcus Miller, Miroslav Vitous - Bass
Ray Gomez, Neal Schon - guitar
Linda Tillery - vocals
Herbie Hancock, Jan Hammer, Brian Auger, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Michael Gibbs - Piano, Keyboard
Tower Of Power - Horn Section
Pat Gleeson - Synthesizer
Bennie Maupin - Saxophone
Jerry Goodman - Violin
1. Big City
2. Sweet Dreamer
3. Rapid Transit
4. Ritmo Loco
5. Dreams Come And Go Away
6. Enchanted Pool Suite: Prelude / Part 1 / Part 2
7. And We Meet Again
Notes
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Personnel includes: Lenny White (piano, ARP synthesizer, drums, congas, timbales, percussion); Linda Tillery (vocals); Neal Schon, Ray Gomez (guitar); Brian Auger (acoustic & electric pianos, organ); Jan Hammer (acoustic & electric pianos, Mini-Moog synthesizer); Herbie Hancock (electric piano); Marcus Miller, Miroslav Vitous, Paul Jackson, Verdine White (bass).
Tower of Power: Lenny Pickett, Emilio Castillo (tenor saxophone); Steve Kupka (baritone saxophone); Greg Adams (trumpet).
Engineers include: Neil Schwartz, Jimmy Douglass, Bernie Kirsh.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios & Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York; Different Fur Music & CBS Studios, San Francisco, California in June & September 1976.
lenny white "big city"
i'm a huge fusion fan, and this cd is one of my favorites,featuring Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, Neal Schon, and Brian Auger 'Big City' is a jazz tour de force that no fusion collection should be without.
Submitted by a reviewer (middletown,ct,usa)
Worth having in your collection
One of my favorite artists as well as one of my favorite CDs. Well worth adding to your music collection.
Submitted by a reviewer (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Lenny White's 2nd album
Very solid jazz fusion album. Not quite as good as his debut,"Venusian Summer", but still very listenable, and very well played. Among the musician's featured was guitar great, Neal Schon, of Journey. Well worth your time, if you like fusion.
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