Baptism by Lenny Kravitz

Personnel includes: Lenny Kravitz (vocals, guitar, bass, drums). Personnel: Lenny Kravitz (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, bass instrument, drums, timpani); Jay-Z (rap vocals); Craig Ross (electric guitar, piano, drums, tambourine); David Sanborn (saxophone); David Baron (baritone saxophone); Henry Hirsch (bass instrument, drums). Recording information: 2004. In the lyrics of"California,"Lenny Kravitz tells the tale of a girl he met as a youth, who played him recordings of"Who, Zeppelin, Beatles, Kiss, and the Rolling Stones."If Prince, Hendrix, and a few 1970s one-hit wonders had been added to the list, this might have been a tidy description of the sounds emanating from BAPTISM. Of course, Kravitz has always been much more than the sum of his influences. By taking the sound, energy, and attitude of classic rock and combining it with just the right dose of 21st-century urban music, the one-man band pays homage to pop history while creating something of h...