Streamline

Lenny White | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B00006JNGA
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,425 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Jazz/funk/fusion title by Lenny, originally released in 1978. 11 tracks including 'Struttin'', 'Lady Madonna' & '12 Bars from Mars'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What Jazz-Fusion is supposed to be!, July 11, 2003

By 

A. J. Porter "yourmailman" (Gilbert, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Streamline (Audio CD)

This is probably THE most awesome jazz-fusion album ever! I can't believe they waited SO long to put it out on CD! I have been waiting for this for 15 years! From the incredible opening "Struttin'" right on through the funked up version of "Lady Madonna" with Chaka Khan's soaring vocals on the break, to the blistering guitar work on "Earthlings" and on to the final cut "Cosmic Indigo" this record will BLOW YOU AWAY!

If you are into jazz-fusion and can only afford one album, this is the one you should buy!!! The tunes are all wired and the players are all at the top of their game on this one. The sonic presence of the lead guitar on "Earthlings" will pin you back and make you wonder how they got such a spectacular sound onto the recording over 20 years ago!

It's got enough jazz in it for the jazz buffs, and more than enough fusion to draw the rock crowd in. If you want, you can even sample "12 Bars from Mars" on your computer, and play it back at half speed to find out what the heck it is (subtle hint).

Buy it, put it in, crank up the volume and be prepared to be inspired, impressed, and blown away . . . all at the same time! You will finally know what the "REPEAT ALL" button on your CD player is for! Buy, buy, buy! Listen, listen, listen! Cherish, cherish, cherish! Listen some more!

I guarantee you will not regret buying this one, unless you ONLY go for classical music. If that's the case, all of the above is lost on you anyway.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marcus Miller has arrived, May 24, 2006

By 

Seacouch (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streamline (Audio CD)

Fantastic CD. I agree with the other reviews. The main things that set this project apart were Larry Dunn's production (his synth programming and orchestration is absolutely gorgeous, as always!) and something not mentioned in the previous reviews: Marcus Miller (how could you not mention MM?!?)!! Oh my god, the tone, the groove! Marcus was only about 18 years old on this CD, but had certainly done his homework. This wasn't Marcus' first recording, but among his first. It was definitely his highest profile recording up to that time, and notable because he was playing with Lenny White, inviting direct comparison with Stanley Clarke. Marcus doesn't shy away from the challenge, and even throws in a Stanley lick or two, as he sometimes did in this early phase of his career (check out Brecker Brothers' Detente). This CD really marks Marcus' arrival, which is (not coincidentally) also the beginning of the end of the Stanley Clarke / Jaco Pastorius era.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Such A High Concept!, September 10, 2004

By 

Andre' S Grindle "Funk Meister" (Bangor,ME.) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Streamline (Audio CD)

Following in the lead of his band Return To Forever's

nagging hyperbole,most of Lenny White's solo albums have been

little more then excersises in overplaying-only the most intellectual and skilled of musicians would be likely to even

appreciate them.But on 1978's 'Streamline' Lenny White went all

out to change all that.Across eleven songs the arrangements are

tightly wound and the accompanyment extremely glossy.High production values are prominant but so is a much welcome sense

of actual melody and song quality.

The instrumental "Pooh Bear" is probably the

best example of what great fusion should be-grooving,upbeat

and expressive and Larry Dunn's production does give some of these tunes and Earth,Wind & Fire style.In the meantime Chaka Khan joins in to throw down a throbbing funk rendition of

"Lady Madonna" (actually it may even wipe the floor with

The Beatles original as well).Even "12 Bars From Mars" and

"Earthlings" may even give a little missive from the funk-rock

book while "Struttin'" and "Time" are pure vocal funk!Even the

more pure fusiony tunes "Lockie's Inspiration","I'll See You

Again" and "Night Games" are far more structured."Cosmic Indigo"

ends off the whole thing veturing into acoustic jazz.All this being said due to the often uneven nature of Lenny White albums

this is probably the first album you should purchase by this artist!