LENNY MAC DOWELL was falsely compared to lan Anderson of Jethro Tull. That, because he played a still rockier version of the big Jethro Tull hit "Locomotive Breath" on his flute. No, LENNY MAC DOWELL is not the German lan Anderson, and he will strive to keep it that way. What he can do with that gold and silver coloured "Pipe", what is usually known as a flute, goes way beyond anything conservative minds imagine this "bellow" to be. LENNY MAC DOWELL is probably in a position to draw sounds from this instrument that do not even exist, or perhaps not quite exist. Sounds that have remained hidden to our ears up until, waiting to be discovered. Or at least until a man like LENNY MAC DOWELL has the idea of sending the air, that normally produces sound from a flute, through a computer, before it "stirs" the loudspeakers. What initially started out as being electronic trifting now has a methodical structure. LENNY MAC DOWELL, the musician, has inflated himself into a big orchestra, with the aid of hands, mouth and "bits". Lenny studied the flute, piano and composing in Hannover, Freiburg and Siena (Italy), while diligently gathering experience in Pop and Rock-Jazz on the appropriate club-scene. In addition to this came interesting studio gigs and a solid career as musical-editor with SWR a notable German radio-station. LENNY MAC DOWELL has developed his own style, a style that has a performance, not imaginable, even from all the immense possibilities his modern technology has to offer. A full-blooded musician who effortlessly strives for perfection. As for the CD "Locomotive Breath", here are compiled remastered recordings from 1978 with live recordings from 1982. The classic "Bouree" is arranged by Peter Oehler, giving it a rock sound and newly recorded in the style of the 80's, showing how timeless the sound of LENNY MAC DOWELL is.