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This is just a fan myspace, i am not affiliated with Mr. Stanley Clarke in any way, and am prepared to shut this page down at the request of him! I only wish to show appreciation of his music!!!
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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 projects writing movie scores, Stanley Clarke 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 since the '70s. ~ Scott Yanow
Hi Stanley, belated Happy Thanksgiving! Well.. you must be in Japan by now. Can't wait to see you in Yokohama tomorrow!!!!Thank you for coming back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Burn the house down tomorrow!
Love,
Mayumi
I saw Stanley Clarke last week in Richmond with George Duke. It was one of the sickest things I have ever seen. I've seen some badass bassists, but nothing like this. I could barely talk after the show. He blew my mind. Unbelievable!!!!
I wanted to thank you for adding me...I'be been playing for 26 years and you are the first of my influences and you remain the strongest...your style propels me to push myself past barriers to become the best I'll be...I'll never be you, but a wise man told me once that you could never be me either..(heh heh)...Keep playing...keep sharing your unique voice!
