Stanley Clarke
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A brilliant player on both acoustic and electric basses, Stanley Clarke has spent much of his career outside of jazz although he has the ability to play jazz with the very best. He played accordion as a youth, switching to violin and cello before settling on bass. He worked with R&B and rock bands in high school but after moving to New York he worked with Pharoah Sanders in the early '70s. Other early gigs were with Gil Evans, Mel Lewis, Horace Silver, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon and Art Blakey; everyone was impressed by his talents. However Clarke really hit the big time when he started teaming up with Chick Corea in Return to Forever. When the group became a rock-oriented fusion quartet, Clarke mostly emphasized electric bass and became an influential force, preceding Jaco Pastorius. But starting with his School Days album (1976) and continuing through his funk group with George Duke (the Clarke/Duke Project) up to his current projects writing movie scores, Stanley Clarke has largely moved beyond the jazz world into commercial music; his 1988 Portrait album If This Bass Could Only Talk and his 1995 collaboration with Jean Luc Ponty and Al DiMeola on the acoustic The Rite of Strings are two of his few jazz recordings of the past decade.
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Stanley Clarke
& Friends live at the Greek Release Date: 07/08/1994 Product#: EK57506 1 - Minute by minute 2 - Stratus 3 - Buenos Aires 4 - All Blues 5 - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 6 - her favorite song 7 - school days |
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East River Drive Release Date: 08/20/1993 Product#: EK47489 1 - Jusice's Groove 2 - Fantasy Love 3 - Zabadoobeede 4 - East River Drive 5 - I'm Home Africa 6 - Theme From Boyz N The Hood 7 - Christmas in Rio 8 - If I Forget The Champagne 9 - Never Lose Your Heart/There Lies the Passion 10 - Illegal 11 - Lords of the Low Frequencies 12 - Funk is its Own Reward |
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The Bass-ic
Collection Release Date: 10/28/1997 Product#: EK64277 1 - School Days 2 - Wild Dog 3 - We Supply 4 - Mothership Connection 5 - Journey To Love 6 - Silly Putty 9 - Hot Fun 10 - Rock N' Roll Jelly 11 - Jamaican Boy 12 - Lost In A Thought 13 - Between Love And Magic 14 - Life Suite |
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Passenger 57 Release Date: 11/06/1992 Product#: EK53232 1 - Lookin' Good (Cutter's Theme) 2 - Lisa 3 - Cruisin' 4 - Rane to Plane 5 - Fight 6 - Skyjack 7 - What is the Plan? 8 - Just Lookin' Good 9 - Big Fall 10 - Motorcycles 11 - Have a Nice Flight 12 - Just Cruisin' 13 - Ferris Wheel 14 - Let Me Tell Him 14 - Let Me Tell Him 15 - Tracking Rane 16 - Chaos on the Tarmac 17 - Anything Wet 18 - Flight Fight |
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Live 1976-1977 Release Date: 09/06/1991 Product#: EK48529 1 - School Days 2 - Lopsy Lu 3 - Quiet Afternoon 4 - Silly Putty 5 - Dayride 6 - Bass Folk Song No.3 7 - The Magician 8 - Desert Song 9 - Vulcan Princess |
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Stanley Clarke/George
Duke-3 Release Date: 06/15/1990 Product#: EK46012 1 - pit bulls (an endangered species) 2 - oh oh 3 - no place to hide 4 - somebody else 5 - mothership connection 6 - right by my side 7 - from the deepest corner of my heart 8 - lady 9 - find out who you are 10 - quiet time 11 - finger prints 12 - always |
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If This Bass
Could Only Talk Release Date: 06/10/1988 Product#: RK40923 1 - If This Bass Could Only Talk 2 - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 3 - I Want To Play For Ya 4 - Stories to Tell 5 - Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) 6 - Workin' Man 7 - Tradition 8 - Come Take My Hand 9 - Bassically Taps |
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Hideaway Release Date: 09/19/1986 Product#: EK40275 1 - Hideaway 2 - Overjoyed 3 - My Love, Her Inspiration 4 - Where Do We Go 5 - The Boys of JohnsonStreet 6 - Old Friends 7 - When it's Cold Outside 8 - Listen to the Beat of Your Heart 9 - Basketball 10 - I'm Here to Stay |
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Find Out! Release Date: 06/14/1985 Product#: EK40040 1 - Find Out 2 - What If I Should Fall In Love 3 - Born in the U.S.A. 4 - The Sky's The Limit 5 - Don't Turn The Lights Out 6 - Campo Americano 7 - Stereotypica 8 - Psychedelic 9 - My Life |
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Stanley Clarke Release Date: 04/20/1984 Product#: EK36973 1 - Vulcan Princess 2 - Yesterday Princess 3 - Lopsy Lu 4 - Power 5 - Spanish Phases for Strings & Bass 6 - Life Suite |
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Journney to
Love Release Date: 04/20/1984 Product#: EK36974 1 - Silly Putty 2 - Journey Love 3 - Hello Jeff 4 - Song to John (Part I) 5 - Song to John (Part II) 6 - Concerto for jazz/rock Orchestra |
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School Days Release Date: 04/20/1984 Product#: EK36975 1 - School Days 2 - Quiet Afternoon 3 - The Dancer 4 - Desert Song 5 - Hot Fun 6 - Life Is Just a Game |
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Time Exposure Release Date: 03/30/1984 Product#: EK38688 1 - Play the Bass 10 3 2 - Are You Ready (For the Future) 3 - Speedball 4 - Heaven Sent You 5 - Time Exposure 6 - Future Shock 7 - Future 8 - Spacerunner 9 - I Know Just How You Feel |
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Project II Release Date: 10/28/1983 Product#: EK38934 1 - Put it on the Line 2 - Heroes 3 - Try Me Baby 4 - Every Reason to Smile 5 - Great Danes 6 - The Good Times 7 - You're Gonna Love It 8 - Trip You In Love 9 - Atlanta |
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I Wanna Play
For You Release Date: 04/26/1982 Product#: EK64295 1 - I Wanna Play For You 2 - Just A Feeling 3 - The Streets of Philadelphia 4 - Together Again 5 - Blues For Mingus 6 - Strange Weather 7 - Quiet Afternoon 8 - Rock 'N' Roll Jelly 9 - Jamaican Boy 10 - My Greatest Hits 11 - School Days 12 - Hot Fun-Closing |
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The Clarke/Duke
Project Release Date: 04/10/1981 Product#: EK36918 1 - Wild Dog 2 - Louie, Louie 3 - Sweet Baby 4 - I Just Want To Love You 5 - Never Judge a Cover By Its Book 6 - Let's Get Started 7 - Winners 8 - Touch and Go 9 - Finding My Way |
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Rocks, Pebbles,
and Sand Release Date: 05/23/1980 Product#: EK36506 1 - Danger Street 2 - All Hell Broke Loose 3 - Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand 4 - Underestimation 5 - You/Me Together 6 - We Supply 7 - The Story of a Man and a Woman.Part 1: She Thought I Was Stanley Clarke 8 - Part 2: A Fool Again 9 - Part 3: I Nearly Went Crazy (Until I Realized What Had Occurred) |
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