Streamline is the fourth studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in 1978 by Elektra Records. The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Critical reception
Alex Henderson at AllMusic wrote that the album "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 and Venusian Summer ."
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from LP liner notes.
Musicians Lenny White – drums, percussion; drum solo (5, 10) Nick Moroch – guitars; guitar solo (2–6, 8–9) Donald "Captain Keyboards" Blackman – keyboards, vocals; organ solo (3), Minimoog solo (4), Oberheim synthesizer solo (6), acoustic piano solo (8), Rhodes piano solo (9), piano solo (10) Jamie Glaser – guitars; guitar solo (1, 3, 9) Marcus Miller – bass guitar; bass guitar solo (8, 10) Denzil "Broadway" Miller – keyboards; keyboard solo (7), Minimoog solo (8)
Additional musicians Chaka Khan – lead and background vocals (2) Dianne Reeves – background vocals Larry Dunn – synthesizer programming; Minimoog solo (1)
Technical Lenny White – producer Larry Dunn – producer Denzil Miller – rhythm track arranger (2) Chris Brunt – engineer Richard Kaplan – engineer Steve Hirsch – engineer Moshe Brakha – photography
Charts Chart (1978) PeakpositionUS Billboard Jazz Albums"Streamline - Lenny White | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2014-12-23.27
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