LENNY WHITE - The Adventures of Astral Pirates (1978-2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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. by Alex Henderson
Tracklist:
1  Prelude: Theme For Astral Pirates  1:13
    Written-By – White
2  Chapter One: Pursuit  3:08
    Written-By – Blake, Blackman, White, Moroch
3  Chapter Two: Mandarin Warlords  5:07
    Written-By – Blackman, White
4  Chapter Three: The Great Pyramid  2:29
    Written-By – Blackman, White
5  Chapter Four: Universal Love  3:27
    Written-By – Blackman, White
6  Chapter Five: Remembering  0:36
    Written-By – White
7  Chapter Six: Revelation (Astral Pirates)  3:26
    Written-By – White
8  Chapter Seven: Stew, Cabbage And Galactic Beans  3:56
    Written-By – Blake
9  Chapter Eight: Heavy Metal Monster  4:39
    Written-By – Moroch
10  Chapter Nine: Assault  3:36
    Written-By – White
11  Chapter Ten: Climax: Theme For Astral Pirates  7:40
    Written-By – White
Credits:
    Arranged By – Alex Blake, Don Blackman, Lenny White, Nick Moroch
    Arranged By [All String Arrangements] – Don Blackman
    Bass [Basses] – Alex Blake
    Concept By [Album & Story Concept By] – Don Mizell, Lenny White
    Drums, Electronic Drums [Syndrums], Synthesizer, Percussion [All Percussion] – Lenny White
    Lead Guitar [Lead Guitars] – Nick Moroch
      Organ, Piano [Acoustic Piano], Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals [All Vocals] – Don "Captain Keyboards" Blackman
    Programmed By [All Synthesizer Programming] – Patrick Gleeson
    Rhythm Guitar – Jeff Sigman