Stanley Clarke Articles
Lenny White To Release First Solo Album in 10 Years, featuring Stanley Clarke and Victor Bailey
Return to Forever drummer Lenny White has announced his first solo album in a decade, Anomaly. White will be joined by bassists Stanley Clarke and Victor Bailey, and a host of others.
Anomaly finds White returning to his pioneering jazz-rock roots that helped to define the early 70’s fusion movement, and looking forward.
“We [...]
Stanley Clarke helps present basses for charity
Stanley Clarke was a special guest at the Grammy Museum during a ceremony that introduced five new upright basses, which will be auctioned for charity. The basses, which were designed by artists from the Walt Disney Animation Studio, feature a New Orleans theme, an Enchanted Princess, Dumbo’s Pink Elephants, a Cheshire Cat grin, and a [...]
Stanley Clarke interview with NBC News (80’s)
In what is obviously a clip from the 80’s, here’s Brian Madden of NBC News doing an interview/story on Stanley Clarke.
Is it okay if we say how glad we are that the 80’s hairstyles, clothes, eyewear and synthesizers are long gone?
Stanley Clarke & Steve Gadd: “My Greatest Hits”
Today’s video features Stanley Clarke and Steve Gadd laying down one mean groove, mostly to the Clarke tune “Silly Putty”.
An Interview with Stanley Clarke
When bassists list people who constitute legends, there is one name that is continually mentioned: Stanley Clarke. There are very few bassists who have been as innovative, who have crossed styles and musical barriers, and who have changed the way we approach the bass in the way that Stanley has over his still-flourishing career. Was [...]
SMV: Live at Vitoria Gasteiz Jazz Fest
Here’s a great video of SMV (Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten) live at the Vitoria Gasteiz Jazz Festival, earlier this year.
Or in the words of Marcus Miller: “We have a lot of bass for you. We hope you like bass.”
Stanley Clarke Tour Update (with Corea, Clarke, White)
Stanley Clarke is continuing with the Corea, Clarke and White reunion tour through December. If you have not gotten the chance to see them live yet they are well worth checking out. From first hand experience the show is unbelievable.
The upcoming dates for November and December include:
11/02/2009 Wiener Konzerthaus-Vienna AUSTRIA
11/03/2009 Fabrik – Hamburg GERMANY
11/04/2009 Tonhalle-Dusseldorf [...]
Stanley Clarke acoustic bass solo (1994)
In 1994, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola and Jean Luc Ponty performed in Montreux. A DVD of the live performance emerged more than 10 years later.
This segment features Clarke’s extended solo break, including quotes from his Spanish Phases for Strings and Bass and self-titled albums.
SMV: Making Thunder photo book
Photographer Steven Parke released a behind-the-scenes book, SMV : making THUNDER last year, and we missed it (doh!)
The book includes 40 never-before-seen photos of Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten in studio, recording their Thunder album.
The book is available in both soft and hard cover formats, via Blurb.
Preview the book here.
No Treble Rewind: Spotlight on Alun Vaughan, Steve Uccello’s new release, bass chords lesson & more
In case you missed it, here are some of the most popular features from last week (August 16th through 22nd).
Features & Columns
Bass Chords lesson
It’s time to focus on the guitar aspect of bass guitar and learn to play chords.
Player Spotlight: Alun Vaughan
Meet bassist Alun Vaughan, our player in the spotlight for August 18, 2009.
Ask Damian [...]
