Stanley Clarke

American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever

Born: 30 June 1951
Philadelphia
Country: United States
Active: 1966–
Record labels: Columbia Records, Polydor Records, Epic Records, Heads Up International, Mack Avenue Records
Discography: 34 albums

Biography

Stanley Clarke is a jazz musician who plays piano, guitar, double bass and bass instrument. Stanley Clarke was born on 30 June 1951 in Philadelphia. The music is usually filed under jazz, jazz fusion and pop music. Record labels: Columbia Records, Polydor Records, Epic Records and Heads Up International. The discography here lists 34 albums, from “Children of Forever” (1973) to “Halston: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (2019). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings attain Gold certification. Clarke is the recipient of five Grammy Awards, with fifteen nominations, three as a solo artist, one with the Stanley Clarke Band, and one with Return to Forever. Clarke was selected to become a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship. A Stanley Clarke electric bass is permanently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Clarke has composed many TV and film scores, beginning with one episode of Pee-wee's Playhouse in 1987 for which he received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1988.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Children of Forever 1973 · Polydor Stanley Clarke 1974 · Nemperor Records Journey to Love 1975 · Nemperor Records School Days 1976 · Nemperor Records Modern Man 1978 · Epic I Wanna Play for You 1979 · Nemperor Records Rocks, Pebbles and Sand 1980 · Epic The Clarke / Duke Project 1981 · Epic Let Me Know You 1982 · Epic The Griffith Park Collection 1982 · Elektra Musician The Clarke / Duke Project II 1983 · Epic The Griffith Park Collection 2: In Concert 1983 · Live · Elektra Musician Time Exposure 1984 · Epic Find Out! 1985 · Epic Hideaway 1986 · Epic Shieldstone 1987 · Optimism, Incorporated If This Bass Could Only Talk 1988 · Portrait 3 1990 · Epic Passenger 57 1992 · Epic East River Drive 1993 · Epic Live in Montreux 1993 · Live · Jazz Door Live at the Greek 1994 · Live · Epic The Rite of Strings 1995 · Gai Saber Bleeding Hearts 1997 · LaserLight Digital Jazz Straight Up 2001 · Recording Arts Standards 2001 · Kind of Blue Records 1, 2, to the Bass 2003 · Epic

Jazz Standards 2004

The Manhattan Project 2005 · Live · Blue Note The Toys Of Men 2007 · Heads Up International The Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi with Ruslan & Ronald Bruner, Jr. 2010 D-Stringz 2015 · impulse! Barbershop the Next Cut 2016 · Sony Classical Halston: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2019 · Node Records

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Albums where Stanley Clarke is credited as a sideman

1971	In Pursuit of Blackness — Joe Henderson	bass
1971	Crankin’ — Curtis Fuller	bass
1972	Return to Forever — Chick Corea	double bass, electric bass guitar
1972	Ca' Purange — Dexter Gordon	bass
1972	Child's Dance — Art Blakey	bass
1972	Black Unity — Pharoah Sanders	bass
1973	Light as a Feather — Chick Corea and Return to Forever	bass
1973	Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy — Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea	bass, arranger
1973	Village of the Pharoahs — Pharoah Sanders	bass
1973	Butterfly Dreams — Flora Purim	arranger, bass, electric bass guitar
1973	Prelude — Deodato	electric bass guitar
1973	Moon Germs — Joe Farrell	bass
1974	Where Have I Known You Before — Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea	organ, chimes, bell tree, bass
1974	Virgin Land — Airto Moreira	bass
1974	The Loud Minority — Frank Foster	bass
1974	Two Is One — Charlie Rouse	bass
1975	Captain Marvel — Stan Getz	bass
1975	Tangerine — Dexter Gordon	bass
1975	No Mystery — Return to Forever feat. Chick Corea	synthesizer, organ, bass, double bass, vocals
1976	My Spanish Heart — Chick Corea	bass
1976	Land of the Midnight Sun — Al Di Meola	bass guitar, vocals
1976	Romantic Warrior — Return to Forever	handbell, bell tree, bass, acoustic bass guitar, producer
1977	From Me to You — George Duke	acoustic bass guitar, bass
1977	Reach for It — George Duke	bass
1977	Musicmagic — Return to Forever	bass, producer
1978	Electric Guitarist — John McLaughlin	bass
1978	Just Family — Dee Dee Bridgewater	arranger, bass, producer
1978	Together — McCoy Tyner	double bass
1978	Live — Return to Forever	bass
1979	Boulevard Nights — Lalo Schifrin	bass