The Adventures of Astral Pirates
| The Adventures of Astral Pirates | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Different Fur Studios | |||
| Genres | Jazz fusion, jazz-funk, post-bop | |||
| Length | 33:24 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producers | Lenny White, Al Kooper | |||
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The Adventures of Astral Pirates is the third studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in 1978 by Elektra Records.[1] The album reached No. 18 on the Cashbox Top Jazz Albums chart.[2]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Alex Henderson of AllMusic praised the album saying "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....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."[3]
A review in the Great Yarmouth Mercury described it as a "Space/Rock concept Album" and a vinyl extravaganza by the artist Lenny White, a "highly-rated jazz/rock drummer...who dictates the album's spicy rhythm and blues flavour."[4]
Track listing
Side Pursuit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prelude: Theme For Astral Pirates" | 1:20 |
| 2. | "Pursuit" | 2:58 |
| 3. | "Mandarin Warlords" | 5:06 |
| 4. | "The Great Pyramid" | 2:30 |
| 5. | "Universal Love" | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Remembering" | 0:34 |
| 7. | "Revelation (Astral Pirates)" | 3:25 |
Side Encounter
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Stew, Cabbage And Galactic Beans" | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Heavy Metal Monster" | 4:39 |
| 10. | "Assault" | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Climax: Theme For Astral Pirates" | 7:42 |
References
- ↑ Lenny White: The Adventures of Astral Pirates. Elektra Records. 1978.
- ↑ "Top Jazz Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. April 22, 1978.
- 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Lenny White: The Adventures of Astral Pirates". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
- ↑ "Record Reviews". Great Yarmouth Mercury.