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Stanley Clarke
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Bass player Stanley Clarke from Philadelphia played both double bass and bass guitar. He played young with Horace Silver, Joe Henderson and Pharoah Sanders, and in 1972 became a member of Chick Corea's Return to Forever. There he made the bass guitar a solo instrument, with slap technique and fast lines. His solo album School Days (1976) became a model for bass players from jazz, rock and funk. Later he worked a great deal in Hollywood as a film composer. With Corea and Lenny White he reunited Return to Forever in 2008.
Listening
Listening tip. Hear how the bass is out in front and plays the melody.
School Days · Stanley Clarke, 1976
Lopsy Lu · Stanley Clarke, 1974
Silly Putty · Stanley Clarke, 1975
Discography
Studio albums
- 1973Children of Forever
- 1974Stanley Clarke
- 1975Journey to Love
- 1976School Days
- 1978Modern Man
- 1979I Wanna Play for You
- 1980Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
- 1981The Clarke / Duke Project
- 1982Let Me Know You
- 1983The Clarke / Duke Project
- 1984Time Exposure
- 1985Find Out!
- 1986Hideaway
- 1987Shieldstone
- 1988If This Bass Could Only Talk
- 19903
- 1992Passenger 57 (soundtrack)
- 1993East River Drive
- 1995The Rite of Strings
- 1997Bleeding Hearts (soundtrack)
- 2000Stanley Clarke
- 2001Jazz Straight Up
- 2001Standards
- 20031, 2, to the Bass
- 2007The Toys Of Men
- 2010Stanley Clarke
- 2015D-Stringz
- 2016Barbershop the Next Cut (soundtrack)
- 2019Halston: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1972Return to Forever
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader