White suona jazz e fusion ed è famoso per aver suonato con: Miles Davis nell'album Bitches Brew, Chick Corea nella band Return to Forever, Jaco Pastorius nell'album omonimo, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Mike Stern e molti altri.
Discografia Come leader 1975: Venusian Summer (Nemperor) 1977: Big City (Nemperor) 1978: The Adventures of Astral Pirates (Elektra) 1978: Streamline (Elektra) 1979: Best of Friends (con i Twennynine) (Elektra) 1980: Twennynine (con Lenny White) (Elektra) 1981: Just Like Dreamin' (con iTwennynine) (Elektra) 1983: Attitude (Wounded Bird) 1983: In Clinic (DCI) 1995: Present Tense (Hip Bop/Koch) 1996: Renderers of Spirit (Hip Bop Essence) 1999: Edge (Hip Bop Essence) 2002: Collection (Hip Bop) 2004: Tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire (Trauma) 2010: Anomaly (Abstract Logix) 2013: Lenny White Live (BFM Jazz)
Come sideman
con gli Azteca 1972: Azteca (Columbia) 1973: Pyramid of the Moon (Columbia) 2008: From The Ruins (Inakustic Gmbh)
con Gato Barbieri 1971: Fenix (Flying Dutchman)
con Stanley Clarke 1973: Children of Forever (Polydor) 1975: Journey to Love (Nemperor)
con Al Di Meola: 1976: Land of the Midnight Sun (Columbia) 1977: Elegant Gypsy (Columbia)
con i Return to Forever 1973: Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Polydor) 1974: Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor) 1975: No Mystery (Polydor) 1976: Romantic Warrior (Columbia) 2009: Returns (Eagle) 2009: Forever [nella formazione Corea, Clarke & White] (Concord)
con Larry Coryell & Victor Bailey 2005: Electric 2006: Traffic
con Chaka Khan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke 1982: Echoes of an Era (Elektra) 1982: Echoes of an Era 2 – The Concert (Elektra)
con Wallace Roney 1997 Village (Warner Bros.) 2000 No Room for Argument (Stretch) 2016 A Place in Time (HighNote)
con Buster Williams 2001 Houdini (Sirocco) 2004 Griot Libertè (HighNote) 2008 65 Roses (BluePort Jazz) – registrato nel 2006
Altri 1969 – Andrew Hill: Passing Ships (Blue Note) [non pubblicato fino al 2003] 1970 – Joe Henderson: If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Milestone) 1970 – Freddie Hubbard: Red Clay (CTI) 1970 – Woody Shaw: Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary) 1970 – Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Columbia) 1971 – Curtis Fuller: Crankin' (Mainstream) 1972 - Buddy Terry: Pure Dynamite (Mainstream) 1973 - Eddie Henderson: Realization (Capricorn) 1976 – Don Cherry: Hear & Now (Atlantic) 1976 – Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius (Epic/Legacy/Sony) 1986 – Eliane Elias: Illusions (Denon) 1990 – The Manhattan Project (Blue Note) 1990 – Michel Petrucciani: Music (Blue Note) 1994 – Marcus Miller, Michel Petrucciani, Bireli Lagrene & Kenny Garrett: Dreyfus Night in Paris (Dreyfus) [non pubblicato fino al 2003] 1995 – Urbanator: Urbanator (Hip Bop) 1997 – The Geri Allen Trio & The Jazzpar 1996 Nonet: Some Aspects of Water (Storyville) 1998 – Geri Allen: The Gathering (Verve, 1998) 1999 – Stanley Clarke, Karen Briggs, Rachel Z and Richie Kotzen Vertú (Sony) 2009 – The Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden (Heads Up) 2011 – Jamey Haddad, Lenny White, Mark Sherman: Explorations in Space and Time (Chesky) 2012 - Beka Gochiashvili - Beka 2012 - Letizia Gambi - Introducing Letizia Gambi (Jando Music / Via Veneto Jazz) 2016 - Letizia Gambi - Blue Monday (RP / IYOUWE) 2019 – Buster Williams and Geri Allen - Houdini 2020 – Geri Allen and Palle Danielsson - Some Aspect of Water
Come Produttore 1981 - Sylvia St. James – Magic (Elektra) 1982 - Chaka Khan – Echoes of an era (Elektra) 1985 - Tina Harris – I must not be kinky (Shanachie) 2009 - Corea, Clarke, White - Forever (Concord ) 2012 - Beka Gochiashvili - Beka 2012 - Letizia Gambi - Introducing Letizia Gambi (Jando Music / Via Veneto Jazz) 2016 - Letizia Gambi - Blue Monday (RP / IYOUWE)
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Altri progetti
Collegamenti esterni
Lenny White video interview a All About Jazz Return to Forever: Twelve Historic Tracks at Jazz.com Lenny White biography at MusicTaste
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