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Stanley Clarke: School Days

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Artist: Stanley Clarke
Title: School Days
Released: 1976
Label: Epic Records
Time: 37:01
Producer(s): Ken Scott
Appears with: Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty
Category: Jazz
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000.08.03
Price in €: 8,99
Web address: www.stanleyclarke.com

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[1] School Days (S.Clarke) - 7:50
[2] Quiet Afternoon (S.Clarke) - 5:05
[3] Dancer (S.Clarke) - 5:23
[4] Desert Song (S.Clarke) - 6:53
[5] Hot Fun (S.Clarke) - 2:50
[6] Life Is Just a Game (S.Clarke) - 9:00

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STANLEY CLARKE - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Electric Bass, Chimes, Gong, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bells, Producer, Piccolo Bass, Humming, Handbells

JEFF BECK - Guitar
BUDDY CHILDERS - Bass, Brass
GEORGE DUKE - Synthesizer, Keyboards
BILLY COBHAM - Drums, Moog Synthesizer
CHICK COREA - Keyboards
DAVID SANCIOUS - Organ, Guitar, Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer, Mini Moog
RAY GOMEZ - Electric & Rhythm Guitar
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN - Acoustic Guitar

ICARUS JOHNSON - Acoustic & Electric Guitar
LENNY WHITE - Drums
MILT HOLLAND - Percussion, Conga, Triangle

JON FADDIS - Trumpet
TOM "Bones" MALONE - Trombone
LEW SOLOFF - Trumpet
DAVID TAYLOR - Trombone
MARILYN BAKER - Strings
JOHN CLARK - Horn
ALBERT AARONS - Bass, Brass
STUART BLUMBERG - Bass, Brass
GEORGE BOHANNON - Bass, Brass
THOMAS BUFFUM - Strings
DAVID CAMPBELL - Strings
EARL CHAPIN - Horn
ROLLICE DALE - Strings
ROBERT DUBOW - Strings
ROBERT FINDLEY - Bass, Brass
STEVE GADD - Drums
JANICE GOWER - Strings
GARY GRANT - Bass, Brass
GERRY BROWN - Drums, Bells, Handbells
CHARLES JOHNSON - Guitar
KAREN JONES - Strings
DENNIS KARMAZYN - Strings
GORDON MARRON - Strings
LEW MCCREARY - Bass, Brass
JACK NIMITZ - Bass, Brass
WILLIAM PETERSON - Bass, Brass
ALAN RUBIN - Trumpet
DALTON SMITH - Bass, Brass
LYA STERN - Strings
RON STRAUSS - Strings
MARCIA VANDYKE - Strings
WILMER WISE - Horn
JOHN WITTENBERG - Strings
JANICE GOWER ADELE - Strings
PETER GORDON - Horn

JERRY SOLOMON - Assistant Engineer
BOB DEFRIN - Art Direction

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Every pro electric bass player and his mother wore out the grooves of this record when it first came out, trying to cop Clarke's speedy, thundering, slapped-thumb bass licks. Yet ultimately, it was Clarke's rapidly developing compositional skills that made this album so listenable and so much fun for the rest of us, then and now. The title track not only contributed a killer riff to the bass vocabulary, it is a cunningly organized piece of music with a well-defined structure. Moreover, Clarke follows his calling card with two tunes that are even more memorable — the sauntering ballad "Quiet Afternoon" and an ebullient, Brazilian percussion-laced number with a good string arrangement and a terrific groove, "The Dancer." Clarke also brings out the standup bass for a soulful acoustic dialogue with John McLaughlin on "Desert Song." Evidently enthused by their leader's material, David Sancious (keyboards) and Raymond Gomez (guitars) deliver some of their best solos on records — and with George Duke on hand on one cut, we hear some preliminary flickerings of Clarke's ventures into the commercial sphere. But at this point in time, Clarke was triumphantly proving that it was possible to be both good and commercial at the same time.

Richard S. Ginell, All-Music Guide



Since the recent split-up of Return to Forever, one scam's had Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke conceiving an acoustic band. Electric fusion devotees blue at such news can at least be consoled by School Days. Recorded only last June, most of it keeps the amplified faith. But how is more significant: like a current TV performer who's sold as "sneaky-funny," Days seems sneaky-sensational. Though Clarke's first two Nemperor LPs were highly crafted, their ambition often protruded like a sore thumb. The whimsical cover and title of School Days clue the more relaxed approach within. Yet the result's not pap; rather, Clarke's impressive "fusion of fusion." Typical is the title track. There, a disco pulse, static string colors, rock guitar, phased bass virtuosity and gorgeous orchestral conception mix effortlessly; compared to similarly intentioned cuts from Journey to Love, Clarke's previous LP, the tune is catchier, meatier and nowhere near as obvious. Title aside, School Days suggests maturity, not tutelage; the record is a consistent success and thus a rare vehicle in the erratic genre of fusion. (RS 226)

MICHAEL ROZEK - Rolling Sone
Posted: Nov, 18 1976



Stanley Clarke - School Days (Epic Records)

Stanley Clarke exhibited phenomenal electric and acoustic bassmanship with Return To Forever . However, his 1976 solo release heightened his popularity and provided a benchmark for bass players. A virtual electric bass soloing clinic takes place on the rock-influenced title track, an impressive onslaught of octaves, harmonics, and plucking with blow-you-away speed. Next, Clarke slows the pace with his smooth piccolo bass work on "Quiet Afternoon." "The Dancer" is a festive procession grounded in funky bass accompaniment. On the acoustic bass, Clarke masterfully bows and fingers the pensive "Desert Song." "Hot Fun" is a funky ditty demonstrating frightful dexterity on the electric bass. Closing the 37-minute program is "Life Is Just a Game," a somewhat symphonic excursion featuring Clarke on piccolo, electric, and acoustic bass as well as vocals; its complex passages at times reach warp speed. Anything but mediocre, School Days abounds in virtuosity and versatility. Clarke is to the bass what Michael Jordan is to the basketball.

Kenneth Wyatt, e.Bop, April 23, 1996
 

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