www.lanier2.imeem.comAlternative Name: Stanley M. Clarke Genre: Jazz Active: '60s - 2000sInstrument: BassBiographyA brilliant player on both acoustic and electric basses, Stanley Clarke has spent much of his career outside of jazz, although he has the ability to play jazz with the very best. He played accordion as a youth, switching to violin and cello before settling on bass. He worked with R&...
As far as I know, Stanley Clarke was the inventor of the transcendent jass/funk electric bass solo. School Days is still one of my all-time favorite albums and tunes. Victor Wooten seems to be building on this fine precedent.
p=. A million years ago, when Level 42 were at the height of their popularity, a bass-playing friend told me to check out Stanley Clarke if I liked that kinda bass. So when I found his _School Days_ in a crate on a street market, I was happy to spend the 10 Deutschmarks (maybe $ 5). There's a lot of great Jazz-Funk on the album, "The Dancer" especially, but my favourite turned out to be this l...
OK it’s obviously not my area of expertise, since this is my first ever FF post, but what the funk, please accept this bad ass bassmeister’s little toon here as a respekful nod to the nice Friday thang that you guys do.Here's Mr. Clarke from his 1993 album “East River Drive”.…oh, and this picture of my kid sister with my compliments…
www.lanier2.imeem.comAlternative Name: Stanley M. Clarke Genre: Jazz Active: '60s - 2000sInstrument: BassBiographyA brilliant player on both acoustic and electric basses, Stanley Clarke has spent much of his career outside of jazz, although he has the ability to play jazz with the very best. He played accordion as a youth, switching to violin and cello before settling on bass. He worked with R&...