Stanley almost single-handedly took the bass out of the shadows and brought it to the very front of the stage, literally and figuratively. All About Jazz musician pages are maintained by musicians, publicists and trusted members like you.
Technically, "Stanley Clarke… In 2007 Clarke released a critically-lauded DVD entitled Night School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke and Friends chronicling the third annual Stanley Clarke Scholarship Concert with proceeds going to the fund. In addition to his own band, Clarke has always enjoyed collaborating with other artists.

Interested? Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Stanley Clarke, an Album by Stanley Clarke. Node Records To Release Original Motion Picture Soundtrack... Drummer Bob Holz To Release Third Album Feat. The Stanley Clarke Band. Stanley Clarke, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Deron Johnson & Najee Live At The Greek, Stanley Clarke & Friends Live At The Greek. The traditional role of the bass was largely one of time-keeping that sonically filled out the spectrum. 2001-2018. He was very intense, heavy! “Electric bass is my secondary instrument. To this day Stanley Clarke remains as passionate about music as that young prodigy from Philadelphia with big dreams. Some of Stanley’s other notable projects as band member or co-leader include: Jeff Beck, Keith Richards’ New Barbarians, Animal Logic (with Stewart Copeland), Superband (with Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Najee, and Deron Johnson), Rite of Strings (with Jean-Luc Ponty and Al Di Meola), Vertu’ (with Lenny White), Trio! Clarke was honored with Bass Player Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award and is a member of Guitar Player Magazine’s “Gallery of Greats.” He was even given the key to the city of Philadelphia. No bonus tracks, but note that box features "I Wanna Play For You" in complete form on CD for the first time. Stanley took the idea and ran with it, adapting it to complex jazz harmonies. Released in 1974 on Nemperor (catalog no. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Stanley Clarke. Together they scored a top 20 pop hit, “Sweet Baby,” and recorded three albums. CD: $15.52. STANLEY CLARKE's albums: Listen to albums by STANLEY CLARKE on Myspace, Stream Free Online Music by STANLEY CLARKE Find articles, news, musician pages, and more! All rights reserved. Bass Legends Stanley... Bunny Brunel And Stanley Clarke Bring Notable Bass Players Together For... Bass Legend Stanley Clarke Included In Smithsonian's New NMAAHC Museum... Jazz this week: Omaha Diner, Eliane Elias, Stanley Clarke, Susan... Jazz This Week: David Sanborn, Rebirth Brass Band, Chick Corea, Ku-Umba... Bass Legend Stanley Clarke’s New Album Up Reaches New Heights The... Bass Virtuoso Stanley Clarke Rallies Friends, Old And New, To Revisit... Stanley Clarke Invited Into Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Box also includes 20-page booklet with full credits. Digging through the great multitude of accolades bestowed upon Stanley reveals an interesting phenomenon. He and his wife Sofia established The Stanley Clarke Foundation in 2000, a charitable organization which offers music scholarships. Aspiring bassists must also master the percussive slap funk technique that Clarke pioneered as well. It has focused my skills and made me a more complete musician.” His 1995 CD release, Stanley Clarke at the Movies, is a testament to this. Stay tuned!

Reset your passwordClick the eye to show your password. Clarke’s incredible proficiency has been rewarded with: four Grammys, gold and platinum records, Emmy nominations, an honorary Doctorate from Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, and much more. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Arriving in New York City, he immediately landed jobs with bandleaders such as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharaoh Saunders, Gil Evans, Stan Getz, and a budding young pianist-composer named Chick Corea. “Film has given me the opportunity to write large orchestral scores and compose music I’m not normally associated with,” says Clarke. Academy Originals: What Movie Have You Watched The Most? More recently he scored the 2013 box-office hit, Best Man Holliday. Whatever was there, I was going to do the opposite.” The rest, as they say, literally is history. Clarke cites Mingus as a great influence personally and professionally. All Rights Reserved, Stanley Remembers John Singleton, Presents Score For ‘Boyz in the Hood’ at Detroit Jazz Festival, Stanley’s Halston Movie Soundtrack Album Now Available. "Stanley Clarke" (his second solo album) is a clear example of Rock & Jazz, Classic Fusion in short, dominated by guitar and bass guitar. I wanted to be one of the first black musicians in the Philadelphia orchestra. He is now an elite in- demand composer in Hollywood. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Clarke says: “Before I came along a lot of bass players stood in the back. Unquestionably he is a “living legend,” lauded with every conceivable award available to a musician in his over 40- year career as a bass virtuoso. They also won a Grammy (No Mystery) and received numerous nominations while touring incessantly. Special thanks to Stanley Clarke, Donald Elfman and Jeremy Holiday CDs come in paper sleeve replicas of the original LP covers ("I Wanna Play for You" in gatefold paper sleeve).

Learn more. Certainly there were great and celebrated bass players before Stanley like Ron Carter, Scott LaFaro, and the pioneering composer Charles Mingus. Clarke passionately believes in helping young worthy musicians.

The release of his self-titled Stanley Clarke in 1974 and the widely regarded School Days two years later, took the world by storm, transforming the bass into a melodic and harmonic lead instrument, as never before. The Stanley Clarke Band At Fano Jazz By The Sea 2018, The Stanley Clarke Band At Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Stanley Clarke: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White: Forever Fine in Dusseldorf. He was Rolling Stone’s very first Jazzman of the Year and bassist winner of Playboy’s Music Award for ten straight years. I was going to approach my career completely like a revolutionary. Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories and includes your local jazz events calendar. His journey has already been epic and storied. Digital Music. Membership has its privileges. Yet there was one album that hardly ever did-only occasionally as a mentioned titled … SC Band Lineup: Stanley Clarke: basses, Shariq Tucker: drums, Cameron Graves: keyboards, Beka Gochiashvili: piano, keyboards, Salar Nader: tabla, Evan Garr: violin, Preview Tracks from: New show dates coming soon! Tell us why you would like to improve the Stanley Clarke musician page. Stanley Clarke Interview - The 2014 BMI Film/TV Awards, Stanley Clarke - Bach Cello Suite No.1 - prelude (contrabass), Copyright © Stanley Clarke. In 1974, he released the eponymous Stanley Clarke album which featured the hit single, “Lopsy Lu.” Two years later, he released School Days, an album whose title track is now a bona fide bass anthem, a must-learn for nearly every up-and-coming bassist, regardless of genre.

But many of those bass players were serious musicians. Sly and the Family Stone’s Larry Graham first developed the rudimentary slap technique. But Clarke became the first bassist in history to headline sold-out world tours and have gold albums. He had the personality of a revolutionary that could have run a paramilitary group. Leave feedback. Listen to music from Stanley Clarke. Always in search of new challenges, Clarke turned his boundless creative energy to film and television scoring in the mid-1980s. Albums with the most listeners in the last 7 days. Stanley’s hypnotic, innovative approach to playing the instrument liberated the bass from the back to the front of the stage. “The greatest moment in my life that changed me was having dinner with the great Charlie Mingus. The official website of Grammy-winning bassist, producer, composer Stanley Clarke. He has been nominated for three Emmys and won a BMI Award for Boyz ‘N the Hood. His first passion, which carries to this day, is for the acoustic bass. Yet it is far from over.

Four-time Grammy™ winner Stanley Clarke is quite possibly the most celebrated acoustic and electric bassist in the world. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. In it we also find a great deal of melody, something that might be interesting, except that it is Rock part, Hard Rock. Albums. They were very quiet kind of guys who didn’t appear to write music. Stanley says: “my original goal was to be a classical bassist. When I first started playing electric it was at parties and just for having fun. (with Bela Fleck and Jean Luc Ponty), and SMV (with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten).

He was also the first to double on acoustic and electric bass with equal virtuosity, power, and fire. Clarke then fired the “shot heard ‘round the world” that started the 1970s bass revolution and paved the way for all bassist/soloist/bandleaders to follow. Clarke and Corea formed the wildly influential jazz fusion band Return to Forever, a showcase for each of the quartet’s strong musical personalities, composing prowess, and instrumental voices.

They recorded eight albums, two of which are certified gold (Return to Forever and Romantic Warrior). One moment, you will be redirected shortly. By the time he was 25 years old, he was already regarded as a pioneer in the jazz fusion movement. As composer, orchestrator, conductor, and performer he has scored blockbuster films: Boyz ‘N the Hood, What’s Love Got To Do With It?, The Transporter, Romeo Must Die, Passenger 57, Poetic Justice, and The Five Heartbeats.

Stanley Clarke was a musician whose solo albums of the 1970's were always talked about. But I made records and got famous more as an electric bass player than as an acoustic bass player.”, In 1971, 20-year-old Stanley Clarke exploded into the jazz world, fresh out of the Philadelphia Academy of Music. Four-time Grammy™ winner Stanley Clarke is quite possibly the most celebrated acoustic and electric bassist in the world. Privacy Policy | We do not sell or share your personal information | © 2020 All About Jazz. All that I did was just take the step and create my own band.”. Stanley worked with George in various situations for over 40 years until George’s untimely passing in 2013. It is difficult to remember how limited the potential career path of a bass player was before he came on the scene. The concert features Stevie Wonder, Wallace Roney, Bela Fleck, Sheila E., Stewart Copeland, Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wayman Tisdale, and Marcus Miller. Chick Corea changed my mind about that.”. That’s when I realized exactly what I wanted to do with the bass. Stanley promises that he will find time to release At the Movies Two compiled from the 20 additional years of film scores since then. Interestingly electric bass, for which Stanley is most renowned, is not his principal instrumental. “It has given me the chance to conduct orchestras and arrange music for various types of ensembles. Stanley Clarke Band – The Message (Out June 29, 2018). Please Sign Up or Sign In to send your inquiry. As a performer, composer, conductor, arranger, recording artist, producer, and film scorer known for his ferocious dexterity and consummate musicality, Clarke is a true pioneer in jazz and of the bass itself. NE 431; Vinyl LP). As a performer, composer, conductor, arranger, recording artist, producer, and film scorer known for his ferocious dexterity and consummate musicality, Clarke is a true pioneer in jazz and of the bass itself.