Stanley Clarke

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Stanley Clarke (around 1980)
Stanley Clarke live at the Leverkusen Jazz Days 2016

Stanley Marvin Clarke (born June 30, 1951 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American bassist and Grammy award winner in the field of fusion and jazz music . In the fusion field, he is considered one of the two most important bassists of the 1970s (alongside Jaco Pastorius ). Since the early 1990s he has also appeared increasingly as a film composer .

Life

After studying at the Philadelphia Academy of Music , Clarke moved to New York City in 1971 , where he worked with Art Blakey , Gil Evans , Joe Farrell , Stan Getz , Dexter Gordon , Joe Henderson , Al Di Meola , Pharoah Sanders and Horace Silver , among others . During this time he joined the fusion band Return to Forever , led by Chick Corea , which became one of the most successful jazz rock formations of the time. He also produced a number of solo albums, of which School Days, along with Jaco Pastorius' debut album, is considered to be among the best bass albums of the jazz-rock era.

In 1987 he formed the band Animal Logic with jazz singer Deborah Holland and former The Police drummer Stewart Copeland . After two studio albums and a few singles , the musicians went their separate ways at the end of 1991. In 2005 Clarke founded the Acoustic Fusion Supergroup TRIO! with Béla Fleck and Jean-Luc Ponty . He also works as a producer of film music. In 2011, Clarke received a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, The Stanley Clarke Band (2010).

Style of play

Clarke's bass playing is characterized by a mature slap technique and extraordinary virtuosity. The slap technique, the invention of which is attributed to Larry Graham , consists of striking the strings with the thumb side by turning the wrist. He often combines this rhythmically with plucking the higher strings. Clarke made a decisive contribution to the development and spread of this technique in jazz rock in the early 1970s. Clarke is the first influential musician to use a piccolo bass frequently , a four-string electric bass tuned an octave higher. Even though he became known for his electric bass playing , his virtuoso playing on the double bass (the main instrument of his later career) is documented early on ( Moon Germs with the Joe Farrell Quartet from 1971).

Stanley Clarke (2009)

Discography

Solo albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B United StatesUnited States jazzTemplate: chart table / maintenance / country unknown (US)
1974 Stanley Clarke - US59 (16 weeks)
US 		- -
1975 Journey to Love - US34 (19 weeks)
US 		- -
1976 School Days - US34 (22 weeks)
US 		- -
1978 Modern Man - US57 (19 weeks)
US 		- -
1979 I wanna play for you - US62 (14 weeks)
US 		- -
1980 Rocks, Pebbles and Sand UK42 (2 weeks)
UK 		US95 (11 weeks)
US 		- -
1982 Let me know you - US114 (8 weeks)
US 		- -
1984 Time exposure - US149 (12 weeks)
US 		- -
1993 East River Drive - - R&B54 (27 weeks)
R&B 		-
2003 1,2, to the bass - - - jazz11 (15 weeks)
jazz
2007 The Toys of Men - - - jazz8 (30 weeks)
jazz
2010 The Stanley Clarke Band - - - jazz7 (21 weeks)
jazz
Stanley Clarke Band
2014 Up - - - jazz6 (8 weeks)
jazz
Stanley Clarke Band
2018 The message - - - jazz5 (8 weeks)
jazz
Stanley Clarke Band

More albums

  • 1973 - Children of Forever
  • 1985 - Find Out
  • 1986 - Hideaway
  • 1988 - If This Bass Could Only Talk
  • 1991 - Live, 1976-1977
  • 1992 - Passenger 57 (Soundtrack)
  • 1992 - The Collection
  • 1995 - At the Movies
  • 1997 - Bass-ic Collection
  • 1999 - Hot Fun - Best (1974-93, Zounds , all tracks digitally remastered )

With George Duke

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B United StatesUnited States jazzTemplate: chart table / maintenance / country unknown (US)
1981 Clarke / Duke Project - US33 (23 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (27 weeks)
R&B 		-
1983 Clarke / Duke Project 2 - US146 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B44 (11 weeks)
R&B 		-
1990 3 - - R&B52 (14 weeks)
R&B 		-

More albums

  • 1993: Live in Montreux, 1988

Collaboration albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US R&B R&B United StatesUnited States jazzTemplate: chart table / maintenance / country unknown (US)
1995 The Rite of Strings - - - jazz6 (23 weeks)
jazz
2009 Jazz in the Garden - - - jazz12 (9 weeks)
jazz
2015 D-Stringz - - - jazz21 (1 week)
jazz

In addition, Clarke, like Eddie Gomez and other well-known jazz musicians, took part in the 1979 album Mingus by Joni Mitchell .

More albums

With Chick Corea and Lenny White

  • Echoes of an Era (with Chaka Khan )
  • Echoes of an Era Live (with Nancy Wilson )
  • The Griffith Park Band Live
  • The Griffith Park Collection

Animal Logic

  • 1989 - Animal Logic
  • 1991 - Animal Logic II

New Barbarians

Stanley Clarke (Steinegg Live Festival 2016)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B United StatesUnited States jazzTemplate: chart table / maintenance / country unknown (US)
1976 Silly Putty
Journey to Love 		- R&B94 (2 weeks)
R&B 		-
1978 Slow Dance
Modern Man 		- R&B76 (6 weeks)
R&B 		-
1980 We Supply
Rocks, Pebbles and Sand 		- R&B76 (10 weeks)
R&B 		-
1981 Sweet Baby
The Clarke / Duke Project 		US19 (20 weeks)
US 		R&B6 (19 weeks)
R&B 		-
with George Duke
I Just Want to Love You
The Clarke / Duke Project 		- R&B49 (8 weeks)
R&B 		-
with George Duke
1982 Straight To The Top
Let Me Know You 		- R&B81 (3 weeks)
R&B 		-
1983 Heroes
The Clarke / Duke Project 2 		- R&B37 (13 weeks)
R&B 		-
with George Duke
1984 Straight To The Top
Let Me Know You 		- R&B81 (3 weeks)
R&B 		-
1985 Born In The USA
Find Out! 		- R&B52 (8 weeks)
R&B 		-
The Stanley Clarke Band
1990 Lady
3 		- R&B68 (6 weeks)
R&B 		-
with George Duke
2015 Pop Virgil
Up 		- - jazz8 (20 weeks)
jazz
The Stanley Clarke Band

Filmography (selection)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Clarke, Stanley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clarke, Stanley Marvin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fusion bassist and film composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia