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Without the electric guitar, there would be no Fusion.
Lenny White
Drummer Bitches Brew
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B.B. King & Lucille / West Palm Beach (1986)
Robert Johnson
[THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE]
Les Paul
[THE INVENTOR]
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
John McLaughlin
Carlos Santana
Larry Coryell
Jeff Beck
Tommy Bolin
Frank Zappa
Al Di Meola
Eddie Hazel
Joe Satriani
Prince …
Vernon Reid (GUITAR)
Lenny White (DRUMS)
Without the electric guitar, there would be no Fusion music. — Lenny White
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Cosmic Messengers
Lenny White
Return to Forever
w/ Bill Connors
Earl Klugh
Al Di Meola
Earl Klugh
Carlos Santana
Neal Schon (Azteca)
Jaco Pastorius (electric bass guitar)
J Boys
w/ Marcus Miller (electric bass guitar)
Coryell, Bailey, and White
w/ Larry Coryell
Victor Bailey (electric bass guitar)
Always looking to the future of Jazz, and for the past half century, helping to define it.
Miles Electric Band
Blackbird McKnight
w/ Vernon Reid (MEB) Miles Electric Band
Richie Kotzen (VERTU)
Jimmy Herring
Jimi Hendrix
Prince
Tommy Bolin
Duane Allman
Carlos Santana
Frank Zappa
Larry Coryell
Eddie Hazel
Vernon Reid
w/ …
Lenny White (drums)
John McLaughlin
Carlos Santana
Jack Bruce (bass)
James “Blood” Ulmer
Buddy Guy
Skip “Little Axe” McDonald
Elliott Sharp
Bill Frisell
Stevie Salas
Ladell McLin
Adam Falcon
Allan Harris
Alex Skolnick
RETURN TO FOREVER
Lenny White Guitars
Bill Connors
Earl Klugh (Gold Top Les Paul)
Al Di Meola
Neal Schon (Santana/Journey)
Larry Coryell
Jimmy Herring
Steve Lukather (Toto)
Hiram Bullock (w/Jaco/ Letterman)
David Spinozza (Saturday Night Live)
MILES DAVIS GUITARS
Pete Cosey
Robben Ford (Yellowjackets)
Mike Stern
Marcus Miller (Bass Guitar)
Dean Brown
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
BASS GUITARS
Ron Carter
Marcus Miller
Jaco Pastorius
James Jamerson
Larry Graham
Bootsy Collins
T.M. Stevens
Les Paul
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
Carlos Santana
Eddie Hazel
Frank Zappa
Larry Coryell
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Allan Holdsworth
Pat Metheny
Miles Davis Guitars
John McLaughlin
Pete Cosey
Robben Ford
Mike Stern
John Scofield
Miles Davis Bass Guitars
Ron Carter
Marcus Miller
Michael Henderson
Paul Chambers
Benny Rietveld
Foley
Harvey Brooks
Percy Heath
Portrait of Jaco
Hiram Bullock
David Pastorius
Will Lee
Jimmy Haslip
James Jamerson (Funk Brothers)
Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
Bootsy Collins (James Brown)
Billy Bass Nelson (Funkadelic)
Lenny White Bass Guitars
Stanley Clarke
Marcus Miller
Victor Bailey
Alphonso Johnson
Anthony Jackson
Tony Levin
Bill Laswell
Stu Hamm
T.M. Stevens
Melvin Gibbs
Armand Sabal-Lecco
Robert Trujillo
Richard Bona
Otiel Burbridge
John Pattitucci
Jeff Berlin
Tony Franklin
Dave Holland
Jonas Hellborg
Mike Watt
Meshell Ndegeocello
Esperanza Spalding
Steely Dan Guitars
Donald Fagen (keys)
Walter Becker (guitar)
Elliott Randall (“Reelin’ In The Years”)
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
Denny Dias
Dean Parks
Hugh McCracken
Jay Graydon
Mark Knopfler
Rick Derringer
Larry Carlton
Steve Khan
Ray Gomez
George Benson
Lee Ritenour
Eric Gale
Cornell Dupree
John Tropea
John Scofield
Pat Metheny
Dean Brown (Groove Warrior)
David Spinozza
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Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Eric Johnson
Steve Morse
Dixie Dregs
Kansas
Deep Purple
Allman Brothers
Dickey Betts (Great Southern)
Les Dudek
Sea Level
Cowboy
Jimmy Herring
Aquarium Rescue Unit
Project Z
Widespread Panic
Warren Haynes
Gov’t Mule
Derek Trucks
Caroline Aiken
Tedesci Trucks Band
Eric Gales
Allan Holdsworth
Frank Gambale
Steve Stevens (Trio w/ Tony Levin and Terry Bozzio)
Stevie Salas
Richie Kotzen
John Abercrombie
Phil Keaggy
Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman is a Dutch guitarist who found international critical, commercial, and popular success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo artist, moving toward the more experimental, instrumental, sounds of Fusion.
Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera is an English guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music, and was the lead guitarist with 801, and Quiet Sun. In 2006, Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour‘s album On an Island, and played in Gilmour’s band for tours in Europe and North America. He wrote and presented a series of 14 one-hour radio programmes for station Planet Rock entitled The A-Z of Great Guitarists.
Janne Schaffer
Janne Schaffer is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and Tony Williams. He also played at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.His 1979 album Earmeal included session work from brothers Jeff, Steve and Mike Porcaro, as well as their father, Joe Porcaro. This is one of the few instances where the entire Porcaro family appears together on one album, the most well-known examples being Toto’sToto IV and The Seventh One.
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple / Rainbow)
Robin Trower (Procol Harem)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Pete Townshend
Brian May (Queen)
Peter Frampton (Humble Pie)
Steve Howe (Yes)
Laurie Wisefield (Wishbone Ash)
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
Ronnie Montrose (Edgar Winter Group)
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
Ted Nugent (Amboy Dukes)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Scotty Moore
Carl Perkins
Chet Atkins
Roy Clark
Glen Campbell
The Shadows
The Ventures
Dick Dale
“T” IS FOR TEXAS
T-Bone Walker
Johnny Winter
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Johnson
Ty Tabor (King’s X)
Darrell Dimebag (Pantera)
Ry Cooder
David Lindley
Waddy Watchell
Sonny Landreth
Ani DiFranco
Joan Armatrading
Tracy Chapman
India.Arie
Lianne La Havas
Kaki King
Michelle Shocked
CoLors*…
This is a Voyage into Sound.
inst. of change [THE ELECTRIC GUITAR]
the players
INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE.
take it to the bridge
The Original Color of Sin [BLUE]
inst.ruments
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GUITAR (ANTHEMS)
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That’s One Small Step For Man, and One Giant Leap for Mankind.
1969Miles Davis recorded Bitches Brew, and was introduced to John McLaughlin and his Electric Guitar. With McLaughlin and the electric Keyboards of Chick Corea and Joe Zawinul, Miles’ had aligned all the musical elements, creating an environment to orchestrate a collision between Rock N Roll and Jazz. Lenny calls it “Jazz Rock” or “Electric Jazz,” but many call it “Fusion.”
Back on Earth, the World was raging. After Birmingham, Selma, Watts, and the Beatles, came The Rolling Stones, Vietnam, Woodstock, and Neil Armstrong walking on the Moon. Jimi Hendrix, Kent State, and Led Zeppelin. The music, as always, reflected the World in which it lived, and all signs were that another monumental change was gonna come.
Zeppelin Rising
Who drummer Keith Moon is responsible for the naming his friend Jimmy Page’s new band, LED ZEPPELIN.
Led Zeppelin I
1970 — When the Blues got Hard
((( Your Time … )))
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Bitches Brew was recorded the same year as Woodstock, Apollo 11, and a dramatic escalation of the war in Vietnam. It is no wonder that Miles’ young, Electric Jazz players were inspired by the exploration of space, and looked forward to taking their new sound into the future.
Lenny, was 19 years old when Miles Davis called for him to play drums on his new record, Bitches Brew, which today, many call the fuse that lit the movement called “Fusion.”
Bitches Brew wasn’t Fusion, it was Miles (Davis) playing Rock N Roll.”
Miles was influenced by all he heard … Of course Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan, but most attractive and interesting to Miles was the emergence of a new sound made from electric pianos and synthesized keyboards. For Bitches Brew, he replaced Herbie Hancock with the new generation’s Chick Corea and Joe Zawinul.
Lenny understands absolutely the significance the electric piano had on Miles’ new (Rock N Roll) sound, but Lenny maintains that John McLaughlin’s electric guitar was the instrument of most dramatic change. McLauglin, with Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Frank Zappa, Larry Coryell, Jeff Beck, Eddie Hazel, Tommy Bolin, and Prince … After the Collision.
Fuck Off.
1974 — Lowell George meets his idol.
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Frank Zappa
1974 — Studio Tan
Cheaper Than Cheep
June 21, 1974 — An unreleased, Made-For-TV Concert Movie recorded at The Mothers of Invention‘s private rehearsal hall at 5831 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Tommy Bolin — Come Taste the Band (Deep Purple) rehearsals.
In the early ‘70s, before the internet, television was the most important tool for musicians to introduce themselves to a mass audience. This Frank Zappa performance was played with that in mind.
In his personal rehearsal hall, completely staged with his touring lights and sound, Frank and his band, The Mothers of Invention, videotaped a show for his own television production, hoping the recording might be distributed by any or all of the major networks.
Unfortunately, there were technical and business issues that resulted in the footage being shelved for 50 years.
Fortunately, though, with advancements in the tools of post-production tools, and the running of all legal statutes of limitation, “Cheaper Than Cheep” surfaced in 2011, to the pleasure of all those who’ve always appreciated Zappa’s virtuosity and vicious sense of humor.
The unearthed, two-hour concert (“Cheaper Than Cheap”) is the most intimate recording of Mothers’ line-up in 1974.
Frank Zappa (Guitar, Vocals)
George Duke (Keyboards, Vocals)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (Tenor Sax, Flute, Vocals)
Tom Fowler (Bass)
Ruth Underwood (Percussion)
Chester Thompson (Drums)
Jeff Simmons (Guitar)
The Yardbirds
Eric Clapton (Cream)
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
Jeff Beck (Group)
The Highest Flying Yardbird
w/Rod Stewart, Beck Bogert & Appice, w/Stevie Wonder “Superstition,“
Blow by Blow, Wired, w/Mick Jagger Primitive Cool w/Roger Waters Amused To Death w/David Bowie (1973)
Peter Green (John Mayall / Fleetwood Mac )
Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown / Foghat)
Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
Eddie Hazel
Duane Allman
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin
Robin Trower (robintrower.com)
Ronnie Montrose
Billy Gibbons
Buck Dharma
Martin Barre
Ritchie Blackmore
Tony Iommi
Brian May (Queen)
Peter Green
Kim Simmonds
Phil Manzanera
Andy Summers
Phil Keaggy
Ani DiFranco
Joan Armatrading
Tracy Chapman
Michelle Shocked
Kaki King
Lea DeLaria (bass/comedy)
STEELY DAN GUITARS
Elliott Randal
Larry Carlton
Jay Graydon
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
Steve Khan
John Scofield
BLUE (THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN)
The Wonderful World of Living Colour
Stanley Clarke Live 1976-1977 (w/Ray Gomez)
Yellowjackets w/ Robben Ford/ Jimmy Haslip
1980 — SUMMER IN THE CITY (HIP-HOP, FUNK, AND FUSION)
1981 — SUMMER OF SPACE AND TIME (MTV SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY)
1982 — SUMMER OF CONSCIENCE (JUST SAY NO NUKES)
2023 — Lenny White recruited Vernon to play on MEB (Miles Electric Band’s) That You Not Dare To Forget record, with a cast of players, who made the sessions seem as if they were all-star games.
One night, after a show at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid gifted his 1955 Gold-Top Les Paul guitar to Roots guitarist Captain Kirk. The only condition was that the instrument could not be sold. It could only be played by Kirk, until he gifted it to a promising, next generation guitarist of his choosing.
Vernon Reid
w/Cindy Blackman
Give The Drummer Some
(girl drummers) Terri Lynn Carrington, Sheila E., Meg White, LaFrae Sci, Karen Carpenter, (vocal drummers) Ringo Starr, Levon Helm, Phil Collins, Don Henley, Don Brewer, Roger Taylor, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Buddy Miles.
Carlos Santana
John McLaughlin
Kirk Hammett
w/
Lenny White
2019 — The Birth of Cool
Miles Davis
Return To Forever Guitars
Bill Connors
Earl Klugh
Al Di Meola
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Derek Trucks was 12 years old when Duane Allman introduced Eric Clapton to the young prodigy when he was in Miami making his legendary Layla (double) album.
Oz Noy
“Superstitious” (Stevie Wonder Medley)
re. Jeff Beck
((( reimagining the past )))
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Oz Noy brings an etherial feeling to his mixing any and all musical genres, making him one of the most recognizable new Fusion guitarists. Furthering his wide appreciation, he offers plenty of Rock N Roll energy to his recordings and performance. Stevie Wonder’s “Superstitious” and The Meters’ “Cissy Strut.”
“Flying Fingers”
Oz Noy
Tommy Bolin and Friends
((( Back Across the Bridge )))
Tribute to Jeff Beck
May 22, 2023 — Eric Clapton and a group of world-fine musicians played a show to honor JEFF BECK, THE YARDBIRD WHO FLEW HIGHEST.
On May 22-23, Eric Clapton and Friends paid tribute to the late Jeff Beck with two very special concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
A fitting location for a musical celebration of the guitar legend who passed away at the age of 78 in January after a bout with bacterial meningitis, the “and Friends” promise definitely delivered on that phrase over the course of its two evenings.
Here’s the full set list, which featured collaborations with the likes of Doyal Bramhall II, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Safe, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Randolph, Johnny Depp, Kirk Hammett, Billy F Gibbons, Imelda May, Chris Stainton, John McLaughlin, Rod Stewart, Joss Stone and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XlZOFL3ObM&pp=ygUeZXJpYyBjbGFwdG9uIGplZmYgYmVjayB0cmlidXRl
1. Blue Rainbow – Eric Clapton
2. Shapes Of Things – Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II
3. Heart Full Of Soul – Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II
4. Wee Wee Baby – Eric Clapton
5. Little Brown Bird – Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks
6. Done Somebody Wrong – Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi
7. The Sky Is Crying – Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi
8. Beck’s Bolero – Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Ronnie Wood
9. Elegy For Dunkirk – Olivia Safe, Robert Randolph
10. Isolation – Johnny Depp, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons
11. Walkin’ In The Sand – Johnny Depp, Imelda May, Ronnie Wood
12. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – Derek Trucks, Chris Stainton
13. You Know You Know – John McLaughlin
14. Stratus – John McLaughlin
15. Rough Boy – Billy Gibbons
16. Rice Pudding – Billy Gibbons, Ronnie Wood, Chris Stainton
17. Train Kept A Rollin’ – Johnny Depp, Kirk Hammett, Ronny Wood, Billy Gibbons, Imelda May
18. Freeway Jam – Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph, Doyle Bramhall II
19. I Put A Spell On You – Eric Clapton, Joss Stone, Robert Randolph
20. ‘Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers – Eric Clapton, Gary Clark, Jr.
21. Let Me Love You – Eric Clapton, Gary Clark, Jr.
22. Infatuation – Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood
23. Rock My Plimsoul (Rock Me Baby) – Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood
24. I Ain’t Superstitious – Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Gary Clark, Jr.
25. People Get Ready – Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Gary Clark, Jr.
26. Going Down – Everyone
Zeppelin Rising
Who drummer Keith Moon is responsible for the naming his friend Jimmy Page’s new band, LED ZEPPELIN.
Led Zeppelin I
1970 — The next change was gonna come.
((( Your Time … )))
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NOISE MAKERS
MILES DAVIS (THE CREATOR)
JIMI HENDRIX (VOODOO’S CHILD)
PRINCE AMONG US (THE ARTIST)
Bitches Brew (1970)
Miles Davis (wiki)
Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone)
Bennie Maupin (bass clarinet)
Dave Holland (bass guitar)
Chick Corea (electric piano)
Joe Zawinul (electric piano)
John McLaughlin (electric guitar)
Harvey Brooks (electric bass guitar)
Lenny White (drums) left
Jack DeJohnette (drums) right
Don Alias (congas)
Juma Santos (shaker) credited as “Jim Riley”
Freddie Hubbard
Joe Henderson
Herbie Hancock
Ron Carter
Lenny White
also:
Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone)
Johnny “Hammond” Smith (electric piano)
George Benson (guitar)
Billy Cobham (drums)
Airto Moreira (percussion)
Lenny teaches “The Miles Davis Aesthetic,” a class of his making, in which he leads an open-minded discussion about the life, time, and musical theory of Miles Davis, The Prophet of Jazz.
Most of Lenny’s students are the same age he was when Miles chose him to play on Bitches Brew, and became a mentor, who set a course for Lenny to see, follow, and live. Miles inspired Lenny to follow his musical calling, and take a lead role in shaping the future of jazz.
Lenny’s been teaching since 2014, but he has lived the Miles Davis philosophy his entire life, especially after Miles Chose him to play drums on the Bitches Brew, the one recording that changed the course of jazz, astronomically.
Today, Lenny, one of Miles’ original disciples, has become the teacher. Leading young, openminded musicians into a world on which Jazz and Rock N Roll have collided, fused, and continued to evolve.
John McLaughlin
Larry Coryell
Tommy Bolin
Bill Connors
Earl Klugh
Al Di Meola
Carlos Santana
Neil Schon
Jimmy Herring
Vernon Reid
Ron Carter
Stanley Clarke
Jaco Pastorius
Marcus Miller
Victor Bailey
Blue Guitar (Electric Evolution)
INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE
John McLaughlin
Larry Coryell
Carlos Santana
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Tommy Bolin
Jeff Beck
Frank Zappa
Eddie Hazel
Duane Allman
Billy Gibbons
Ronnie Montrose
Johnny Winter
Robin Trower
Ritchie Blackmore
Frank Zappa
Cheaper Than Cheep
1974 — An unreleased, Made-For-TV Concert Movie recorded at The Mothers’ private rehearsal Hall. In the early ‘70s, as Electric Jazz continued to collide with Hard Rock, Funk, and Soul, television was an integral tool to expose a larger (pop) audience to the new sound.
With his complete touring stage and light show setup in The Mothers’ private rehearsal hall, Frank Zappa videotaped the concert for his own TV production, and to also shop it to the major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC). videotape Unfortunately, because of technical issues, the footage was shelved for 50 years, hidden away in another musicians “Vault.” Today (2024), with the advancements in post-production editorial tools, we present Cheaper Than Cheep. This never-before-heard-or-seen 2-hour concert program reveals the most intimate performance ever captured from the 1974 Mothers line-up, direct from the lovingly resurrected and restored original vault audio and videotape masters.
Frank Zappa (guitar / vocals)
George Duke (keyboards / vocals)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (Tenor Sax / Flute / Vocals)
Tom Fowler (bass)
Ruth Underwood (percussion)
Chester Thompson (drums)
Jeff Simmons (guitar)
the color purple
POST APOCALYPTIC BLUES
BLUE: THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN ( 1.)
BLUE: CROSSROADS ( 2.)
A LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE (THE YARDBIRDS)
ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE
DEVIL MUSIC
CHICAGO BOUND
CROSSROADS
GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)