If This Bass Could Only Talk

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:43:10
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. 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