The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a short-lived jazz fusion supergroup formed in 1989.
Spearheaded by drummer Lenny White (Return to Forever), the group’s original
goal was to update jazz standards and give them a then-modern synthesizer
makeover. Lenny White brought in saxophonist Wayne Shorter (Jazz
Messengers/Miles Davis/Weather Report), French pianist Michel Petrucciani,
keyboardists Gil Goldstein and Pete Levin, and bassist – and regular Lenny White
collaborator – Stanley Clarke (Return to Forever). The group recorded their sole
self-titled album in front of a live audience at Chels...
