Modern Man is the fifth album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke.
"Dayride" from the Return to Forever album No Mystery (1975) was re-recorded for this album. Also included was "More Hot Fun", a sequel to "Hot Fun" from the previous album School Days.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where noted.
Side one
Side two
Personnel
- Stanley Clarke â double bass, bass guitar, piccolo bass, piano, guitar, vocals
- Mike Garson â piano, organ, synthesizer, moog
- Jeff Beck â guitar on "Rock 'n Roll Jelly"
- Raymond Gomez â guitar
- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter â guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar synthesizer on "He Lives On"
- Carmine Appice â drums on "Rock 'n Roll Jelly"
- Jeff Porcaro â drums, percussion
- Gerry Brown â drums, percussion
- Steve Gadd â cymbal
- Dale Devoe â trombone
- Al Harrison, James Tinsley â piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flügelhorn
- Bobby Malach â tenor saxophone, flute
- Alfie Williams â soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
- Rollice Dale, Mark Kovacs, Leonard Selic, Barbara Thomason â viola
- Ron Cooper, Jan Kelly, Niles Oliver, Harry Shultz â cello
- Ronald Clark, Frank Foster, Cynthia Kovacs, Connie Kupka, Debra Price, Alice Sachs, Steve Scharf, Josef Schoenbrun, Sandy Seymour, Marsha Van Dyke, Kenneth Yerke â violin
- Charles Veal Jr. â concertmaster, violin
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters â vocals
Production
- Stanley Clarke â producer, arranger
- Ed Thacker â engineer
- Art Bechtel, Brian Leshon, Christopher Gregg, Gary J. Coppola, Michael Frondelli, Paul Aronoff â assistant engineer
- Norman Seeff â photography
- Ed Lee â cover design
References