In these Post’s, I will write a few Facts, Figures, Stats and Interesting Stuff on the Artist in Question, I will also include a Playlist of their Greatest Songs.
Stanley Clarke was Born on 30th June 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
He First Played the Bass as a Schoolboy, when in his Music Class, the Bass was the only Instrument left to Play!
He later Graduated from the Philadelphia Musical Academy.
During 1971, he was to Move to New York City, and began Working with Various Musicians and Bandleaders including: Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Gato Barbieri, Chick Corea, Stan Getz and Gil Evans.
Around 1972 he Joined the “Jazz Fusion Band” Return to Forever, which was Lead by Pianist and Synth Player “Chick Corea” they Released their Self-Titled Debut Album that Year.
The following Year of 1973, Stanley Clarke Released his Debut Album, on Polydor Records, Named “Children of Forever”
He so far as Released 20 Solo Albums, and 7 Albums with “Return to Forever” he has featured on Albums as a Co-Leader, Sideman or a Band Member with Several Different Artists, See Full List Below, He has also Produced for Several Artists, Stanley Clarke has also had his Music Featured in Movies, Tv Movies and TV.
He has also Collaborated with some of the Biggest Artists of all Time, including George Duke, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Lenny White, Ron Wood, Howard Hewett, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Billy Cobham, Larry Carlton, etc.
Please go Here for Details on his Production Work and Movie Scores etc etc, as there are too many to List on here!
Stanley Clarke has Won Many Awards for his Bass Playing, including: Grammy’s, Emmy’s, Readers, Critics and Magazines Polls!
Stanley Clarke Discography:
Solo albums
- Studio albums
- Children of Forever (Polydor) (1973)
- Stanley Clarke (Nemperor) (1974)
- Journey to Love (Nemperor) (1975)
- School Days (Nemperor) (1976)
- Modern Man (Nemperor) (1978)
- I Wanna Play for You (Nemperor) (1979)
- Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (Epic) (1980)
- Let Me Know You (Epic) (1982)
- Time Exposure (Epic) (1984)
- Find Out! (Epic) (1985)
- Hideaway (Epic) (1986)
- If This Bass Could Only Talk (Portrait) (1988)
- Passenger 57 (Epic) (1992)
- East River Drive (Epic) (1993)
- The Rite of Strings (Gai Saber) (1995)
- At the Movies (Epic Soundtrax) (1995)
- 1, 2, To The Bass (Sony) (2003)
- The Toys of Men (Heads Up) (2007)
- Jazz in the Garden (Heads Up) (2009)
- The Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up) (2010)
Live albums
- Live 1976-1977 (Epic) (1991)
- Live at the Greek (Epic) (1993)
- Compilations
- The Bass-ic Collection (Sony) (1997)
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- Live albums
- Return to Forever, Live (1979)
- Returns (2009)
- The Mothership Returns (2012)
Compilations
- The Best of Return to Forever (1980) Columbia
- This is Jazz, Vol. 12 (1996) Sony
- Return To The 7th Galaxy: Return To Forever Anthology (1996) Verve
- Return to Forever: The Anthology (2008) Concord
- Return to Forever: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) Sony
As a co-leader/band member
- Flora Purim – Butterfly Dreams (1973)
- Echoes of an Era (with Chaka Khan)
- Echoes of an Era 2 Live (with Nancy Wilson)
- The Griffith Park Collection
- The Griffith Park Collection 2 In Concert
- Fuse One (CTI) (1980)
- Fuse One – Silk (CTI) (1981)
- Clarke/Duke Project (with George Duke) (1981)
- Clarke/Duke Project II (1983)
- Clarke/Duke Project III (1990)
- Live in Montreux, 1988 (1993, Jazz Door-bootleg)
- Stanley Clarke & Friends (with Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Deron Johnson & Najee)
- Live At The Greek (1994)
- The Manhattan Project (with Lenny White, Michel Petrucciani, Wayne Shorter) (1989)
- Animal Logic (with Stewart Copeland, Deborah Holland) (1989)
- Animal Logic II (1991)
- Implosions (with Randy Brecker, McCoy Tyner, Frank Morgan, Peter Erskine, Roger Kellaway and Ernie Watts) (1987)
- The Rite of Strings (with Al Di Meola and Jean Luc Ponty) (1995)
- Vertu’ – Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Karen Briggs, Rachel Z, Richie Kotzen (1999)
- McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster (2000)
- Thunder, as SMV (with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten) (2008)
- Jazz in the Garden (The Stanley Clarke Trio with Hiromi and Lenny White) (2009)
[edit]As a producer
- In The Dark, Roy Ayers
- Loading Zone, Roy Buchanan
- Just Family, Dee Dee Bridgewater
- I’m Ready, Natalie Cole
- Hollywood, Maynard Ferguson
- Free Flight – Illuminations
- Rodney Franklin – Diamonds Inside of You
- Howard Hewett – I Commit to Love
- Rodney Saulsberry –Rodney Saulsberry
- Kent Jordan – No Question About it
- Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson – The Two of Us
- Jeff Lorber
- Marilyn McCoo
- Brenda Russell
- Shalamar – The Look
- Billy Shields – Shieldstone (Optimism Records)
- Jim Walker – Private Flight
- Lips (Bobby Malach, Al Williams, Al Harrison, James Tinsley, Ronnie Foster, Lenny White, Marcus Miller, Raymond Gomez, Nick Morock, Don Blackman, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler and Clarke) (Nemperor Records/CBS Records, 1978)
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