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Friday, April 5, 2013
THE 186th MIX FOR F.S.V.B
Sunday, January 6, 2013
WHO'S THE GREATEST FUNK BASS PLAYER # 5 STANLEY CLARKE
In this Series of Posts, I will Writing about the Artist's who are in My "Who's the Greatest Funk Bass Player" Poll.
The Poll is over to the Right of the Blog, it has been Running for a Few Week's, so if You haven't already Voted, Please do so!
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.
I will Write a Post on Each Artist, One Every Other Week!
ARTIST NUMBER 5..............STANLEY CLARKE
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.
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)
with Return to Forever
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- Live albums
- Return to Forever, Live (1979)
- Returns (2009)
- The Mothership Returns (2012)
- 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
- 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)
Sunday, August 26, 2012
BACK HOME and JEFFREY OSBORNE
Our Move to Norwich back in Early 1987 came to an Abrupt Ending, shortly after a the 15th June 1987!
This was the Date my Sister Telephoned me at Home in Norwich to say that "My Father had been taken ill and was Rushed to Hospital"
We came back to Yarmouth asap, we took Nathan and Natalie straight to Susan's Sister's House (so she could look after them) & we went straight to the Hospital.
My Old Boy (as I always called my Father) had been Suffering from an Heart Complaint for a Few Years Previously and had took a turn for the Worse!
This is when I found out that "The Old Boy" had been Bad for Ages, but my Mother and Sister's decided not to tell me anything about this!
What a Family (they are), Me and Susan are just the Opposite to this, if we are ill, our Kids are the First to Know! (not the last).
At this time I was 28 Years Old, Married with 2 Kids and the Eldest of 4 Sibling's, so perhaps I should have been the First to Know!
But Knowing My Mother as I Do (Back then, But Not Now), this I suppose, should have been Expected!
Anyway after that Visit to the Hospital, we went to get Our Kids and went back to Our Home in Norwich, I am Not Sure of How it Happened or the Timing's, But We Decided to Move Back to Great Yarmouth (asap).
As I said this is another Time in the Past I can't Remember 100%, I Don't know if we had Planned our Move Back before "The Old Boy" was ill or after, but whatever it was, we Moved back to Our Old House about 3/4 Days after "The Old Boy" was Admitted to the Hospital!
It turned out, Her who we Swapped Houses with (in the first place), Wanted to go Back to Norwich, So we just Swapped back Houses again!
So after about 12 Weeks we were back Home in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, in the Same House we had left earlier, We were all Glad to be Left that Dump in Norwich, but now We had to Deal with "The Old Boy" who was Still in Hospital in a Bad Way!
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Now for some Music, During 1984 Jeffrey Osborne (Former Lead Singer with LTD) released His 5th Single on A&M Records, "Stay With Me Tonight" it was Taken from his Second Album (same Title for the Album), that was Released the Previous Year.
What a Great Track this was, I Purchased the 12" Single and the Album, Jeffrey Osborne has an Un-mistakable Voice.
The Track was Produced by George Duke and Reached Number 30 on the US Pop Chart and Number 4 on the US R&B Chart, it also Reached Number 18 on the UK Pop Chart.
The Album Attained Platinum Status and Number 3 on the US R&B Chart.
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