Stanley Clarke

Stanley Marvin Clarke (born 30 July 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American bass player and Grammy - winners from the field of fusion and jazz music. In the merger field, he is considered one of the most important bassists of the 1970s (next to Jaco Pastorius ). He also appeared since the early 1990s, increased to as a film composer.

Life

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

In 1987 he founded the jazz singer Deborah Holland and the former The Police drummer Stewart Copeland, the band Animal Logic. After two studio albums and a few singles, the musicians went their separate ways in late 1991. In 2005, the Clarke Acoustic fusion supergroup Trio! with Béla Fleck and Jean -Luc Ponty. In addition, he has been a producer of film music. In 2011, Clarke was awarded the Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album ( Best Contemporary Jazz Album), The Stanley Clarke band (2010).

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, is in strong striking the strings with the thumb side by rotation of the wrist. He often combined with rhythmic plucking the higher strings. Clarke was the beginning of the 1970s greatly to the development and dissemination of this technique in the jazz-rock at. Clarke is the first influential musician who often used a piccolo bass, a one octave higher pitched, four-string electric bass. Although he has become known for his electric bass playing, ( the main instrument of his later career ) is his virtuoso playing on the double bass documented early ( Moon Germs by Joe Farrell Quartet, 1971).

Discography

Solo albums

Return to Forever

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

With George Duke

Animal Logic

New Barbarians

  • Buried Alive ( with Keith Richards )

Together with other artists

Filmography (selection)

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