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Stanley Clarke: The Bass-IC collection

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Artist: Stanley Clarke
Title: The Bass-IC collection
Released: 1997
Label: Epic Records
Time: 69:05
Producer(s): Stanley Clarke, Ken Scott, George Duke
Appears with: Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty
Category: Jazz
Rating: ********** (10/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  1998
Price in €: 14,99
Web address: www.stanleyclarke.com

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[1] School Days (S.Clarke) - 7:49
[2] Wild Dog (Clarke/Duke) - 3:30
[3] We Supply (Clarke/Johnson) - 4:10
[4] Mothership Connection [Star Child] (Clinton/Collins/Worrell) - 4:16
[5] Journey to Love (S.Clarke) - 4:41
[6] Hello Jeff (S.Clarke) - 5:14
[7] I Wanna Play for You (S.Clarke) - 5:12
[8] Silly Putty (S.Clarke) - 4:40
[9] Hot Fun (S.Clarke) - 2:29
[10] Rock 'n' Roll Jelly (S.Clarke) - 5:06
[11] Jamaican Boy (S.Clarke) - 3:25
[12] Lost in a Though (S.Clarke) - 5:10
[13] Between Love & Magic (S.Clarke) - 4:09
[14] Life Suite - Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV (S.Clarke) - 8:59

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STANLEY CLARKE - Vocals, Cello, Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Guitar, sitar, Acoustic & Electric bass, Piccolo & Tenor bass, Tubular bells, Handbells, Gong, Drum programming, Arranger

GEORGE DUKE - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric piano, Organ, Mini-Moog, ARP Odyssey, ARP String Ensemble, Clavinet, Hand claps
LOUIS JOHNSON - Vocals, Keyboards, Bass
GERALD ALBRIGHT - Soprano sax
BRANDON FIELDS - Alto sax
KIRK WHALUM - Tenor sax
GEORGE BOHANAN - Trombone
JAN HAMMER - Acoustic & Electric pianos, Organ, Moog
BAYETE TODD COCHRAN - Piano, Organ
DAVID SANCIOUS - Keyboards, Electric Guitar, 12 String Guitar
RAYMOND GOMEZ - Electric Guitar
JEFF BECK - Electric Guitar
GERRY BROWN - Drums, Handbells
JOHN ROBINSON - Drums
KENNY WHITE - Drums
STEVE GADD - Drums
DENNIS CHAMBERS - Drums
TONY WILLIAMS - Drums
AIRTO - Percussion

Frank Harkins - Art Direction
Brian Gardner - Mastering

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1997 CD Epic 64277
1997 CS Sony 64277

THE BASS-IC COLLECTION contains 2 new tracks.

With the release of The Bass-Ic Collection, composer, arranger, producer, and master bassist Stanley Clarke can look back with pride on a career of nearly 30 years' duration. This 14-track anthology samples nearly every phase of Clarke's artistic evolution?straight-ahead jazz and electric fusion, white-hot rock and stone-cold funk?through the course of such classic albums as Journey To Love, School Days, I Wanna Play For You, and The Clarke/Duke Project. Among Stanley's supporting cast are such superlative musicians as Jeff Beck (guitar), Tony Williams (drums), Jon Faddis (trumpet), Dee Dee Bridgewater (vocals), Kirk Whalum (saxophone), and Jan Hammer (keyboards). The Bass-Ic Collection also includes two brand-new recordings, both produced by Stanley Clarke. "Lost In A Thought" features George Duke on piano, Ray Gomez on guitar, and the mighty Dennis Chambers on drums. "Between Love and Magic" features star saxophonist Gerald Albright, with Stanley playing all other instruments.



Jazz bass players are typically heard and not seen, but the lack of Stanley Clarke pictures on this predominantly instrumental collection of some of his best work is still alarming. No photos and no liner notes other than track personnel make this appear like a quickie release, maybe one without much Clarke input. Regardless, the 14 tracks compiled here are some of the bassist's best moments from notoriously uneven albums recorded between 1974 and 1989, with two previously unreleased tunes waxed in April 1995. As a jazz-funk bassist Clarke is perhaps without peers, and his second, third, and fourth albums from 1974-1976 best captured that style before he deteriorated into second-rate disco and watered-down R&B in the late '70s and '80s. So it's not surprising that six cuts, including "School Days" (arguably his most accomplished and energetic piece of playing and composition), are drawn from these discs and encompass well over half the running time. With help from veteran sidemen such as Jeff Beck, keyboardist David Sancious, saxist Kirk Whalum, and of course shotgun-riding cohort George Duke, the vibe sizzles and burns. Jazz fusion buffs will want to start here to appreciate Clarke's nearly lead guitar-style command of the bass. When Clarke finds his groove on P-Funk-inspired burners such as "We Supply" and "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" (the latter written by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins), he's unstoppable. Even at his sappiest on the newly released "Between Love & Magic," and the Earth, Wind & Fire-styled "Journey to Love," Clarke's precision and intensity on his instrument are startling. Although he has enough good-to-great moments for a double disc (even without digging into the Return to Forever catalog), this is a logical first purchase and a solid, if not terribly comprehensive, career overview of a bass guitar legend.

Hal Horowitz - All Music Guide



Der Mann hat mit Gott und der Welt gespielt; Clarkes singendes, swingendes, so markantes wie hochvirtuoses Baß-Spiel bildet das Rückgrat für so manche Koryphäen-Session. Auf der Retrospektive zwischen funky Soul-Fusion und härterer Rhythmik à la "Rock'n'Roll Jelly" revanchieren sich Größen von George Duke, Tom Scott und Steve Gadd bis Jeff Beck, Jan Hammer oder Gerald Albright. Die zwölf remasterten Goodies ("School Days", "I Wanna Play For You") plus zwei neue Titel führen echte Bass Power vor. ** Musik.: 03-04

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