Lenny White

A versatile drummer, Lenny Light continues to be best-known to be section of Chick Corea’s GO BACK TO Forever within the 1970’s. Light was self-taught on drums and he generally started his profession at the top, playing frequently with Jackie McLean (1968) and documenting “Bitches Brew” with Mls Davis in 1969. Light was soon dealing with a number of the who’s who of jazz including Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Gato Barbieri, Gil Evans, Stanley Clarke and Stan Getz amongst others. As an associate of GO BACK TO Forever during 1973-76, Light gained a solid reputation among the best fusion drummers, but he was generally versatile enough to try out in many configurations. After the break up of RTF, Lenny Light headed many fusion tasks but none from the recordings (for Nemperor and Elektra) possess dated well in any way, emphasizing industrial funk. Nevertheless his use the Echoes Of A TIME and Griffith Recreation area all-star groups had been been more lucrative and he is a important sideman for a multitude of projects.