Stanley Clarke (album)

Stanley Clarke is the second solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. The opening track "Vulcan Princess" is a remake of "Vulcan Worlds", the opening track on Return to Forever's Where Have I Known You Before released earlier that year.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.

Side one

1. "Vulcan Princess" – 4:00
2. "Yesterday Princess" (Clarke, Carolyn Clarke) – 1:41
3. "Lopsy Lu" – 7:03
4. "Power" – 7:20

Side two

1. "Spanish Phases for Strings & Bass" (Michael Gibbs) – 6:26
2. "Life Suite" – 13:47
3. Part I – 1:51
4. Part II – 4:12
5. Part III – 1:03
6. Part IV – 6:41

Personnel

• Stanley Clarke – bass guitar, double bass, guitar, piano, vocals
• Jan Hammer – keyboards
• Bill Connors – guitar
• Tony Williams – drums
• Airto Moreira – percussion on "Life Suite"
• David Taylor – trombone, brasses
• Jon Faddis, James Buffington, Lew Soloff, Garnett Brown, Peter Gordon – brass
• David Nadien, Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy, Carol Buck, Beverly Lauridsen, Harry Cykman, Harold Kohon, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Emanuel Green – string section
• Michael Gibbs – string & brass arrangement

Production

• Stanley Clarke – producer
• Ken Scott – engineer
• Brian Gardner – mastering engineer
• Dave Whitman – assistant engineer

References