Lenny White-Mating Drive(1975)

Hardhitting fusion from the "Venusian Summer" album!Features Ray Gomez-Guitar,Doug Rauch-Bass,Larry Youmg-Organ,Onaje Allan Gumbs-Electric Piano & Lenny White-Drums.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jazz
• Fusion
• Funk
• 70s

[lorioftheforest]

The word "FUSION" elicits images of guys in a laboratory messing around with radioactive substances. BAD STUFF. But say JAZZ RENAISSANCE and suddenly this whole era becomes a thing of excellence and conjures images of craftsmen dedicated to their art striving for the elusive perfection. If we openly give this the respect it should have the musicians will respond. The more I think about it the more it begins to make sense. Please consider this gentlemen. You have nothing to lose if u do.

[musicminor25]

@lorioftheforest WHY DON'T WE JUST CALL IT "GOOD MUSIC"???

[braxtonantoine]

Please, how about loading "Prince of the Sea' from this album-my favorite.

 Where has this music gone to & why haven't musicians taken it forward?

[musicminor25]

@braxtonantoine I uploaded "Prince Of The Sea" a little while ago!!

[Wormtongue13]

I was just looking for the CD of this album on amazon. New: $150!! I'll stick with my vinyl. Great to see this on here. Certainly one of the best albums of the era and genre. Thanks for putting it up.

[musicminor25]

@Wormtongue13 You're Welcome!!!

[vveq]

Attention kids: this song defines the musical term "cookin' with fire". I'd say about 2500 degrees Fahrenheit. Dang, my computer is melting.

[xplanetstudio]

one of the most cosmic track from scratch i have origin vinyl.. i know

[Chapako01]

When some people say 'Fusion' think about the mix Jazz+Rock, that`s what I remember about.

[TheTimananda]

@braxtonantoine

you might like Vital Information with Steve Smith; that band has done some excellent "fusion" over the past number of years.

[lorioftheforest]

@musicminor25 Ill tell you why.because there are a lot of people who say that lady gaga is also good music. There are just as many people who will say that Lawrence Welk was good music. And even more who will say that David Hasselhof made good music...And i could name many more. But none of this explains why you call it fusion???

[TheSmalltownclown]

@lorioftheforest I agree totally with musicminor25

[lorioftheforest]

braxtonantoine's asks the burning question. There is a another guy here DoctorEam, who made a great point about this. Its a matter of terminology. People hate the word fusion as a word in context to music. Say it in a crowd and people groan. The good Dr stated that we need to refer to this as a Renaissance. It means a rebirth or a new way of understanding things and that's what this really represents in the one true American art form we call JAZZ.

[dorne]

@randyreal575 that is Ray Gomez on the guitars solo.

[1Eu4ic]

Damn listen to that guitar