Streamline (Lenny White album)

Streamline is the fourth studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in 1978 by Elektra Records.[1] The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[2]

Streamline
Studio album by
Released1978 (1978)
RecordedJuly–August 1978
StudioWally Heider Studios, Hollywood; Indigo Ranch Recording Studio, Malibu
GenreJazz fusion, jazz-funk, post-bop
Length37:01
LabelElektra
Producer
Lenny White chronology
Big City
(1977)
Streamline
(1978)
Best of Friends
(1978)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Alex Henderson at AllMusic gave Streamline three stars out of five, saying that it "isn't a five-star gem, but it isn't bad either" and calling it a "generally decent, if mildly uneven, collection of instrumental jazz fusion and R&B vocal numbers." He noted White's cover of the Beatles' "Lady Madonna" as an "interesting" highlight; other songs such as "Night Games", "Struttin'" and "Pooh Bear" he described as "enjoyable even though they fall short of the brilliance of the material on The Adventures of Astral Pirates [1978] and Venusian Summer [1975]."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Struttin'"Jamie Glaser4:45
2."Lady Madonna"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:54
3."12 Bars From Mars"Nick Moroch3:10
4."Earthlings"Lenny White, Don Blackman4:48
5."Spazmo Strikes Again"White0:25
6."Time"Blackman2:58
7."Pooh Bear"White, Weldon Irvine5:02
8."Lockie's Inspiration"Denzil Miller, Jr.0:41
9."I'll See You Soon"White6:30
10."Night Games"Marcus Miller3:58
11."Cosmic Indigo"Blackman0:50
Total length:37:01

Personnel

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
1978 Billboard Jazz Albums 27[5]

References

  1. Lenny White: Streamline. Elektra Records. November 1978.
  2. Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs (PDF). Billboard Magazine. December 2, 1978.
  3. Henderson, Alex. "Lenny White: Streamline". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 207. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. "Streamline - Lenny White | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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