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I’m new to this forum, but I thought that the fact that Traps Magazine, a new drum/percussion magazine is currently featuring Lenny White on the cover in a very compelling feature.

Here is some data that I found about the story.

Lenny White: Reunited With Return To Forever, By Any Means Necessary
Lenny White, without a doubt, is one of the most well respected drummers of jazz and fusion. His incendiary contributions with Return To Forever ignited the fusion era, fusing rock rhythms with jazz harmonies. The passion and zeal with which he attacked the drums in his early days has never dimmed. When Return to Forever decided recently to reunite, White he met up with the other members of the band to rehearse for their upcoming summer tour, even though he was suffering from a broken shoulder and hadn’t actively drummed for nearly four months. As he says in the cover story, “I couldn’t play for 30 seconds on a pad it (the pain) was so bad.” Yet his band mates – keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and guitarist Al Di Meola didn’t notice any difference is his ability to pull of the precision playing necessary to hold down the throne. Bill Milkowski takes the reader on a journey through White’s impressive career, particularly his contributions to Miles Davis’ seminal fusion recording, Bitches Brew, which also included drumming legends Jack DeJohnette and Billy Cobham.