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As drummer Lenny White left the influential jazz/rock act Return to Forever shortly before its decline, he started to successfully test the commercial R&B/pop genre. Twennynine was one of the better bands of the time and enjoyed an R&B hit, "Peanutbutter," from 1979's album Best of Friends. This is the follow-up. For this effort, Tanya Willoughby is added and Skip Anderson takes over the keyboard chores, replacing Don Blackman. Twennynine With Lenny White proves that those worrying about the jazz content here missed out on a lot of intelligent playing. The first track, "Just Right for Me," features a strong vocal from Willoughby, and guitarist Eddie Martinez's fiery guitar leads as well as his rhythm work. The sleek "It's Music, It's Magic" employs the same production values of Quincy Jones's The Dude era and has a great horn chart from Jerry Hey. The cutesy "Kid Stuff" is a little too silly, but honestly, this incarnation of the band certainly could get away with it. Although the group's dance credentials were strong, Twennynine Featuring Lenny White proves they also were adept at ballads. The jaunty "Love and Be Loved," written by Anderson, has the right idiosyncratic touch. The most emotional track of the album, "Back to You" has a great string and horn arrangement from Jorge Del Barrio and it certainly was strong enough to be a single if not a hit. Twennynine With Lenny White, produced by White and the underrated Larry Dunn, spotlights a charismatic and fun band and the effort is one of the strongest of the type. ~ Jason Elias
Recording information: Indigo Ranch, CA (06/1980-07/1980).
Photographer: David Alexander .
Personnel: Lenny White (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Eddie Martinez (vocals, guitar); Skip Anderson (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Tanya Willoughby (vocals); Nick Moroch (guitar); Jorge Del Barrio (horns); Denzil Miller, James W. Alexander (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); John Anderson (keyboards, synthesizer); Larry Dunn (synthesizer); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Carla Vaughn, Sylvia Saint James, Judy Jones, Sylvia Cox (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Chris Brunt.
Twennynine With Lenny White Music | List Price | $9.99 (You save $0.30) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, R&B, Pop | | Label | Wounded Bird | | Orig Year | 1980 | | All Time Sales Rank |  45353  | | CD Universe Part number | 7463706 | | Catalog number | 6304 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 18, 2007 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Larry Dunn; Lenny White | | Engineer | Chris Brunt; Dennis Hansen | | Personnel | Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
John Anderson - keyboards, synthesizer
Eddie Martinez - vocals, guitar
John Anderson - keyboards, synthesizer
Lenny White - vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion
Larry Dunn - synthesizer
Nick Moroch - guitar
James W. Alexander - piano, keyboards, synthesizer
Denzil Miller
Carla Vaughn
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Twennynine With Lenny White Songs | 1. | Just Right for Me | |
| 2. | It's Music, It's Magic | |
| 3. | My Melody | |
| 4. | Kid Stuff | |
| 5. | Fancy Dancer | |
| 6. | Love and Be Loved | |
| 7. | Back to You | |
| 8. | Slip Away | |
| 9. | We Had to Break Away | |
| 10. | 11th Fanfare, The | |
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