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The Bass-ic Collection

by Stanley Clarke

Product Description:

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.