The Bass-IC Collection

Performer: Stanley Clarke
Artist: George Duke; Tony Williams; Jeff Beck; Dennis Chambers; Steve Gadd; Jan Hammer; Gerald Albright; Airto
Distributor: Sony Music Entertainment

Notes: THE BASS-IC COLLECTION contains 2 new tracks. Personnel includes: Stanley Clarke (vocals, cello, piano, organ, keyboards, guitar, sitar, acoustic, electric, piccolo & tenor basses, tubular bells, handbells, gong, programming); George Duke (vocals, acoustic & electric pianos, organ, Clavinet, Mini-Moog, ARP Odyssey & ARP String Ensemble synthesizers, hand claps); Gerald Albright (soprano saxophone); Brandon Fields (alto saxophone); Kirk Whalum (tenor saxophone); Jan Hammer (acoustic & electric pianos, organ, Moog synthesizer); David Sancious (keyboards, electric & 12-string guitars); Raymond Gomez, Jeff Beck (electric guitar); Gerry Brown (drums, handbells); John Robinson, Kenny White, Steve Gadd, Dennis Chambers, Tony Williams (drums); Airto (percussion). Producers: Stanley Clarke, Ken Scott, George Duke. The jazz-fusion bassist Stanley Clarke has built a stellar reputation over the decades since his first recordings in the early 1970s. This mostly instrumental best-of includes his highly influential hit "School Days," which alerted the world to his prodigious bass-slapping technique, and a tribute to P-Funk supreme George Clinton in the form of "Mothership Connection," the latter done to a vintage early-'80s go-go rhythm. Appearances by fellow fusion collaborator George Duke and the legendary British guitarist Jeff Beck, in addition to a host of other stellar fusion names, and the inclusion of technically accomplished workouts like "I Wanna Play for You" and "Rock 'N' Roll Jelly," make this a fine introduction to the bassist's work.

Philadelphia-born bassist Stanley Clarke got his start playing with straight-up jazzers (Horace Silver, Joe Henderson), but became known as one of the prime movers in the jazz-rock fusion movement of the 1970s. His virtuosic technique on both the electric and the acoustic bass made him a superstar of the instrument. Clarke skillfully blended rock, jazz, and funk, on solo recordings, as a member of fusion supergroup Return To Forever, and in collaborations with keyboardist George Duke and others. Clarke's distinctive slapping technique has influenced numerous technically stunning players, from Bela Fleck accompanist Victor Wooten to Miles Davis cohort Marcus Miller.

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