If This Bass Could Talk

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:43:15
Personnel: Stanley Clarke (various instruments, synthesizer, acoustic & electric basses); Wayne Shorter, George Howard (soprano saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Vance Taylor, George Duke (piano); Steve Hunt, Edward Arkin, Byron Miller (synthesizer); Alan Holdsworth (guitar); James Earl (bass); Gerry Brown, John Robinson, Stewart Copeland, Ndugu Leon Chancellor (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Gregory Hines (taps). Includes liner notes by Ivan Bodley. Personnel: Stanley Clarke (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic bass, bass guitar, percussion); Allan Holdsworth (guitar); George Howard , Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); George Duke, Vance Taylor (piano); Eddie Arkin, Steve Hunt (synthesizer); Byron Miller (bass synthesizer); John "J.R." Robinson , Gerry Brown , Stewart Copeland (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Gregory Hines (dancer). Audio Mixer: Mick Guzauski. Recording information: Baby O' Recorders, Hollywood, CA; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Cherokee; Complex & Westlake Audio; Garage Recorders; Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Photographer: Chris Cuffaro. Arrangers: Eddie Arkin; Stanley Clarke ; Byron Miller. This was bassist Stanley Clarke's twelfth solo set, and one of his very few that would be recommended to jazz (as opposed to funk and R&B) listeners. On the instrumental set, Clarke's bass is featured in a wide variety of settings, including duets with tap dancer Gregory Hines and drummer John Robinson, a quartet with Wayne Shorter ("Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"), in a power trio with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and drummer Stewart Copeland, a piece with George Duke (on acoustic piano for a change) and soprano saxophonist George Howard, a quartet with the synthesizers of Steve Hunt, and "Funny How Time Flies," which has a colorful Freddie Hubbard trumpet solo. Throughout, Clarke's bass has plenty of solo space, and he shows how strong a player he can be when given decent material. ~ Scott Yanow
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)