Stanley Clarke

Artist: Stanley Clarke
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074643697323
EAN: 0074643697323
ASIN: B0000025KY

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

Vulcan Princess
Yesterday Princess
Lopsy Lu
Power
Spanish Phases For Strings & Bass
Life Suite

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Customer Reviews:

Stan's the Man.......2006-10-13

Truly a remarkable album!Stan the Man covers the Bass both electric and acoustic,well there is no word to desribe it.Backed by Tony Williams (Tony Williams Lifetime),Jan Hammer (Mahavishnu Orchestra),and Bill Conners (Return to Forever before Al Di Meola),you will be playing air bass before track three is over just like all my friends have the first time I played it for them.I rate at 4 1/2 stars as I quit giving 5 star reviews, but it's really close!Jan Hammer's signiture keyboards is all over this one as is Tony's pounding drums. Bill Conner's guitar playing gives it a little more edge to the sound.The second half features the use of the acoustic bass haves a little more classical feel at times,interesting to say the least.I prefer this over "School Days", but both are good (actually I listen to them back to back.)

MR Tony Williams.......2006-03-02

This was one of the best jams of it's time.If you ever heard Tony in the mid to late 60ies with miles you know how fast his foot work was. He takes it to a new high on this whole jam sesson. And you know how Stanley got down. anyone who cant understant this fusion all time great. Dont know Jazz. I am very very happy to have this calabaration of Rock&Jazz to my long list of unforgetable moments in Jazz history.

Stanley Comes Out Slappin'!!!!.......2004-10-20

This is actually Stanley's second solo disc (the first was the ill-conceived "Children of Forever"). Here,, Stanley roars out of the gate in no uncertain terms with a strong statement of his versatility and talent, as if RTF wasn't enough.

The kick-butt opener "Vulcan Princess" just rips with its majestic brass melodies and firey groove, segueing into the rather ill-advised vocal piece "Yesterday Princess" (should've left it off Stanley, singing is NOT your forte'). "Lopsy Lou" showcases Stanley's ample slapping technique and kicks it along with a funky good time had by all.

"Spanish Phrases for Bass and Strings" airs Stanley's classical side with furious flamenco phrases from the maestro as the strings paint vivid images of old Mexico. "Life Suite pts 1-4" pulls out all the stops and features Bill Connors on a beautifully building guitar solo on part 3. All throughout, Jan Hammer Bill Connors and Tony Williams play Stanley's music with great enthusiasm and joy.

You too will find the joy infectious.

...One Little Problem.......2003-09-23

Okay-"Stanley Clarke" is a fantastic album,filled with
delectable Larry Graham,pre-Louis Johnson electric slap bass playing and a funky back up rhythm section including RTF synth
player Jan Hammer-two tracks of note are the super groovalistic
"Vulcan Princess" and "Lopsy Lu".But it is on the former's
interlude "Yesterdays Princess" that we have to listen loud and clear to this albums single flaw-it's only reason for me to deduct one star from it's rating;Stanley Clarke "attempts" to sing and we learn that this master of the bass IS mortal indeed.
Yech-but even musically that track AND it's five companions make
this a five-star album all around.Ignore the singing on cut 2 and
you've got an album fit for a king!

Simply Brilliant.......2002-11-16

While some jazz purists will detest this LP for it's marriage of jazz improvisation and rock, the simple truth is, "Stanley Clarke" (both the LP and the man)are stunning and ingenious. The late, great Tony Williams is volcanic in his drumming, notice how he plays slightly behind the bass on "Lopsy Lu", or plays in circles around guitarist Bill Connors on Part IV of the "Life Suite"? There is not a wasted note here and listeners who are looking for 'light' or 'smooth' jazz are barking up the wrong tree! Clarke himself is an astounding bassist and takes on shades of Charles Mingus on "Phases for Strings and Bass" and all of the opening "Vulcan Princess". Electro-funk, hard rock and jazz rarely live on the same street these days, but this kind of adventurous music making(a treasure for us more discriminating music lovers)tells me that the 3 should visit each other more frequently. Stanley Clarke is the man!

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