[1] Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Ch.Mingus) - 6:25
[2] Desert Song (S.Clarke) - 6:52
[3] Quiet Afternoon [Live] (S.Clarke) - 6:48
[4] Song to John, Part 1 [Dedicated To John Coltrane] (S.Clarke) - 4:19
[5] Song to John, Part 2 [Dedicated To John Coltrane] (S.Clarke) - 3:42
[6] Christmas In Rio (S.Clarke) - 6:41
[7] Spanish Phases for Strings & Bass (M.Gibbs) - 6:29
[8] What If I Forget The Champagne (S.Clarke) - 5:12
[9] All Blues [Live] (M.Davis) - 13:28
STANLEY CLARKE - Eelectric Bass, Piccolo Bass, String Arrangements
Special Guests:
LARRY CARLTON - Guitar,
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN - Acoustic Guitar
NAJEE - Flute, Sax
JEAN-LUC PONTY - Violin
WAYNE SHORTER - Soprano Saxophone
BILLY COBHAM - Drums
CHICK COREA - Piano
CHARLES FAMBROUGH - Bass
KENNY KIRKLAND - Piano
HUBERT LAWS - Flute
BOB MALACH - Tenor Saxophone
BILL SUMMERS - Percussion
RAY GOMEZ - Electric Guitar
MICHAEL THOMPSON - Guitar
DAVID NADIEN - Strings
TODD COCHRAN - Keyboards
EDDIE ARKIN - Synthesizer
RAMON BANDA - Percussion
GEORGE DELBARRIO - String Arrangements
HARRY CYKMAN - Strings
PAUL GERSHMAN - Strings
AL HARRISON - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
HARRY LOOKOFSKY - Strings
MILT HOLLAND - Conga, Triangle
JAMES ISAACS - Sequencing
MUNYUNGO JACKSON - Percussion
DERON JOHNSON - Keyboards
ABE LABORIEL - Electric Bass
BEVERLY LAURIDSEN - Strings
JESSE LEVY - Strings
CHARLES MCCRACKEN - Strings
JAMES TINSLEY - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
CARLOS VEGA - Drums
MICHAEL GIBBS - Arranger
CAROL BUCK - Strings
PANCHO SANCHEZ - Conga
ALFIE WILLIAMS - Flute, Soprano Saxophone
TOM "Curly" RUFF - Mastering
DON HUNSTEIN - Photography
SETH ROTHSTEIN - Project Director
HOWARD FRITZSON - Art Direction
KEN FREDETTE - Associate Producer
RENE ARSENAULT - Associate Producer
ALICE BUTTS - Cover Design
Bassist Stanley Clarke's edition in the Columbia This Is Jazz series
focuses on three distinct periods. About half of the tracks date from
the mid-'70s, with tracks from Clarke's first solo albums ( Stanley
Clarke, Journey to Love and School Days) including the moving two-part
Coltrane tribute "Song to John." From the mid-'80s, Columbia drew the
Charles Mingus tune "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" from Clarke's If This Bass
Could Only Talk. The other three selections come from 1993, including
"Christmas in Rio" and "What If I Forget the Champagne" from East River
Drive and the live "All Blues," with special guests Billy Cobham on
drums and Najee on flute. This Is Jazz is a solid collection for
listeners new to Stanley Clarke, though most would opt for the
individual albums instead.