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Jazz/funk/fusion title by Lenny, originally released in 1978. 11 tracks. 2002.
One of Lenny White's finest, most essential albums, The Adventures of Astral Pirates is a jazz-fusion masterpiece with a futuristic science-fiction theme. Star Wars was number one at the box office when, in 1977, White produced this disc with Al Kooper, and perhaps Elektra was hoping to cash in on the film's popularity. If you open the record's foldout cover, you can read White's tale of sci-fi battles that take place in the fifth millennium A.D. But you don't have to be a sci-fi fan to appreciate the mostly instrumental songs on this imaginative, risk-taking album, which finds White blending a jazz/rock/funk foundation with elements of everything from Middle Eastern music to Asian music. This set isn't the least bit predictable, and it could easily be described as "the sound of surprise" -- critic Whitney Balliett's term for jazz -- even though no one will mistake it for straight-ahead bop any time soon. ~ Alex Henderson
Personnel: Lenny White (synthesizer, drums, syndrums, percussion); Don Blackman (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer); Nick Moroch, Jeff Sigman (guitar); Alex Blake (bass).
Adventures Of Astral Pirates Music | List Price | $9.99 (You save $0.30) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Fusion, Drums | | Label | Wounded Bird | | Orig Year | 1978 | | All Time Sales Rank |  8284  | | CD Universe Part number | 5001807 | | Catalog number | 6121 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 17, 2002 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Al Kooper; Lenny White | | Personnel | Lenny White - synthesizer, drums, syndrums, percussion
Nick Moroch
Don Blackman - vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer
Alex Blake - bass
Jeff Sigman - guitar
Jeff Sigman - guitar
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Lenny White Adventures Of Astral Pirates Songs | 1. | Theme For Astral Pirates | |
| 2. | Pursuit | |
| 3. | Mandarin Warriors | |
| 4. | Great Pyramid, The | |
| 5. | Universal Love | |
| 6. | Remembering | |
| 7. | Revelation | |
| 8. | Stew Cabbage and Galactic Beans | |
| 9. | Heavy Metal Monster | |
| 10. | Assault | |
| 11. | Climax: Theme For Astral Pirates | |
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Adventures Of Astral Pirates Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Lenny White continues after Return To Forever...
Terrific representation of the jazz/rock fusion era. Lenny's band is outstanding, with a number of styles in the genre.
Submitted by Robertb127 (Fort Collins, CO, USA) 
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A true pioneer!
Lenny White was a great influence on me as a drummer. This particular album was a concept piece that was ahead of its time. If you ever saw the man play live he was a monster behind the set. Yet his writing doesn't showcase those talents and is more about the music as a whole. This is a great example of fusion/contemporary jazz.
Submitted by a reviewer (Easthampton, MA, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Great recording to have once again
This was definitely one of Lenny's best. I was so shocked to see it in CD format since my cassett tape died long time ago. Thanks CD Universe, its great to have this recording again.
Submitted by a reviewer (Houston, TX, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  great sci-fi edged fusion album
This represents the last great fusion outing of the 4 recently re-mastered Lenny White albums. It follows a loose sci-fi story, on the cd sleeve. High quality of playing/musical chops, permeates this release. This is nearly as good as White's solo debut "Venusian Summer". His next album, "Streamline" would see him move into a much more funk-oriented direction.
Submitted by a reviewer (Wallingford, CT,USA)
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Fusion Blast From The Past
I loved this record in it's day, when "Fusion" meant electric, improvisational but, structured jazz explorations with hard rock roots (or, is that the other way around). It's nostalgically nice to be able to hear this again, and in cd quality. Truthfully, it doesn't knock me out like it did originally as so much good stuff has been done, since.
The price here at cd universe was right, as well. The price was just about half the price of an "import" e-commerce site that specializes in music of this type, past and present. All in all, Astral Pirates was a well-themed and a pleasure that took too many years to become available.
Submitted by a reviewer (New York City, New York)
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