Lenny White: Jazz Prepared Me to Play All kinds of Music
Very rarely does a musician get to play on a legendary recording such as Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew so early in their career, but drummer Lenny White is no ordinary musician. Taking a cue from his drumming hero Tony Williams, White thrust himself completely into the burgeoning fusion scene of …
Being Told That We’re “Not Jazz” is The Highest Compliment
I remember hearing Bitches Brew for the first time. I was new to the Jazz scene and it seemed appropriate to first navigate Miles Davis. Up to this point in my travels, I had made stops at Kind of Blue, ‘Around Midnight,’ and Sketches of Spain, but the moment I …