Legendary US drummer Lenny White was born in New York in 1949. After some years of musicianship in local bands, he participated in his first great job - recording of Bitches Brew with Miles Davis in 1969. In 1972 White joined the short-lived Azteca. It was after that band?s quick dissolve a year later that he joined Return To Forever, recorded 4 albums with them and got the reputation of respectable jazz-fusion drummer. Before RTF split up in 1977, White had made his debut as a bandleader two years earlier with the release of Venusian Summer.Starting with a number of solo Fusion albums, Lenny moved into the 1980s, succeeding in genres ranging from Straight-Ahead Jazz ("Echoes of an Era" with Chaka Khan and "The Griffith Park Collection") to the Progressive Pop of his band Twennynine, Bass/Drum Funk with bassist Marcus Miller and the Jamaica Boys, and soundtracks for Spike Lee ("School Daze") and the Hudlin Brothers ("House Party").Lenny then formed PRESENT TENSE with a mind that his musical exploration was still in its infancy. The first self-titled record included elements pulled from Lenny's entire career, but moved forward into Hard Rock, Modern Hip-Hop, and even what could be described as Heavy Metal. Line-up / Musicians Doug Rauch/Bass Onaje Allan Gumbs/Electric Piano,Clavinet Al Di Meola/Guitar Doug Rodrigues/Guitar Larry Coryell/Guitar Raymond Gomez/Guitar David Sancious/Keyboards,Synthesizer Jimmy Smith/Organ Larry Young/Organ Weldon Irvine/Organ Lenny White/Producer,Drums Patrick Gleeson/Synthesizer Peter Robinson/Synthesizer Tom Harrell/Synthesizer,Flugelhorn Discography(Album) Venusian Summer 1975
1.Chicken-Fried Steak 2.Away Go Troubles (Down The Drain) 3.The Venusian Summer Suite 4.Prelude To Rainbow Delta 5.Mating Drive 6.Prince Of The Sea
