Leonard White III (born December 19, 1949) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American jazz fusion drummer, born in New York City, best known for being the drummer of Chick Corea 's Return to Forever . A resident of Teaneck, New Jersey , White has been described as "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion".
Credits partially adapted from AllMusic and Discogs.
1975: Venusian Summer (Nemperor ) 1977: Big City (Nemperor ) 1978: The Adventures of Astral Pirates (Elektra ) 1978: Streamline (Elektra) 1979: Best of Friends (With the Twennynine) (Elektra) 1980: Twennynine (With Lenny White) (Elektra) 1981: Just Like Dreamin' (With the Twennynine) (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) With Azteca
1972: Azteca Columbia ) 1973: Pyramid of the Moon (Columbia) 2008: From The Ruins (Inakustic Gmbh)
With Gato Barbieri
1971: Fenix (Flying Dutchman ) With Stanley Clarke
1973: Children of Forever Polydor ) 1975: Journey to Love With Al Di Meola:
1976: Land of the Midnight Sun 1977: Elegant Gypsy With Return to Forever
1973: Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy 1974: Where Have I Known You Before 1975: No Mystery 1976: Romantic Warrior 2009: Returns (Eagle ) 2009: Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (Concord )
With Larry Coryell & Victor Bailey
2005: Electric 2006: Traffic With Chaka Khan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea & Stanley Clarke
1982: Echoes of an Era 1982: Echoes of an Era 2 – The Concert (Elektra)
With others
1969 – Andrew Hill: Passing Ships Blue Note ) [not released until 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 1971 – Curtis Fuller : Crankin' (Mainstream ) 1972 - Buddy Terry : Pure Dynamite 1973 - Eddie Henderson : Realization (Capricorn ) 1976 – Don Cherry : Hear & Now (Atlantic ) 1976 – Jaco Pastorius : Jaco Pastorius Sony ) 1986 – Eliane Elias : Illusions Denon ) 1990 – The Manhattan Project 1990 – Michel Petrucciani : Music (Blue Note) 1994 – Marcus Miller , Michel Petrucciani , Bireli Lagrene & Kenny Garrett : Dreyfus Night in Paris (Dreyfus) [not released until 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 ) 
