The Message The Stanley Clarke Band

• 1 And Ya Know We're Missing You: Dedicated to Leon NDUGU Chancler, Darryl Brown, Al Jarreau, Tom Petty, Chuck Berry & my good friend Larry Coryell 01:58
• 2 After the Cosmic Rain/Dance of the Planetary Prince 06:59
• 3 The Rugged Truth 03:32
• 4 Combat Continuum 05:04
• 5 The Message 02:47
• 6 Lost in a World 05:31
• 7 Alternative Facts 03:46
• 8 Bach Cello Suite 1 (Prelude) 02:25
• 9 The Legend of the Abbas and the Sacred Talisman 04:03
• 10 Enzo's Theme 03:44
• 11 To Be Alive 04:52
• Total Runtime 44:41

Info for The Message

45 Jahre nach seinem Album-Debüt zeigt der vierfache Grammy-Gewinner Stanley Clarke, dass er sowohl im elektrischen als auch im akustischen Bereich immer noch unerreichbar ist und eine Vision von Fusion und Funk, Breakbeats und Bass-interpretierten Cello-Suiten entfaltet. Unterstützt durch eine junge, vielseitige Band und eine Sammlung von Melodien, die während einer turbulenten Tournee durch Europa geschrieben wurden, wartet seine neue CD „The Message“ mit einer Fülle von Kraft, Seele und erstaunlicher Musikalität auf.

„The Message“ ist unverkennbar ein Stanley Clarke-Album. Fünf Jahrzehnte Bass-Meisterschaft sind nicht einfach und Clarke hat kein Interesse daran, seinen Thron aufzugeben. Angetrieben von der Jugendlichkeit seiner Bandkollegen, greift Clarke noch tiefer in seine musikalische Trickkiste und zaubert einen unglaublich guten Sound daraus hervor.

Stanley Clarke, Bass
Cameron Graves, Synthesizers
Beka Gochiashvili, Klavier, keyboards
Mike Mitchell, Schlagzeug

Stanley Clarke
was barely out of his teens when he exploded into the jazz world in 1971. Fresh out of the Philadelphia Academy of Music, he arrived in New York City and immediately landed jobs with famous bandleaders such as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharaoh Saunders, Gil Evans, Stan Getz and a budding young pianist-composer named Chick Corea.

All of these musicians immediately recognized Clarke’s ferocious dexterity and complete musicality on the acoustic bass. Not only was he an expert at crafting bass lines and functioning as a timekeeper – in keeping with his instrument’s traditional role – but the young prodigy also possessed a sense of lyricism and melody distilled from his bass heroes Charles Mingus, Scott LaFaro and others, as well as non-bass players like John Coltrane. Clarke envisioned the bass as a viable, melodic solo instrument positioned at the front of the stage rather than in a background role, and he was uniquely qualified to take it there.

The vision became a reality when Clarke and Corea formed the seminal electric jazz/fusion band Return To Forever. RTF was a showcase for each of the quartet’s strong musical personalities, composing prowess and instrumental voices. “We really didn’t realize how much of an impact we were having on people at the time,” Clarke recalls. “We were touring so much then; we would just make a record and then go back on the road.” The band recorded eight albums, two of which were certified gold (Return To Forever and the classic Romantic Warrior). They also won a GRAMMY (No Mystery) and received numerous nominations while touring incessantly.

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