Jazz / Fusion; Crossover Jazz; Jazz-Funk
Stanley Clarke - Arranger, Bass, Bass (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Multi Instruments, Percussion, Producer, Synthesizer
Allan Holdsworth - Guitar
Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet
George Duke - Piano
George Howard - Sax (Soprano)
Gerry Brown - Drums
James Earl - Bass
John "J.R." Robinson - Drums
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Steve Hunt - Synthesizer
Stewart Copeland - Drums
Vance Taylor - Piano
Wayne Shorter - Sax (Soprano)
* Bernie Grundman - Mastering
* Byron Miller - Arranger, Producer, Synthesizer Bass
* Chris Cuffaro - Photography
* Csaba Petocz - Engineer
* Dan Humann - Engineer
* Eddie Arkin - Arranger, Synthesizer
* Gregory Hines - Dancer
* Joe Gastwirt - Engineer
* Mick Guzauski - Mixing
* Mitch Gibson - Engineer
* Nancy Donald - Art Direction
* Steve Sykes - Engineer
* Tony Lane - Art Direction
This was bassist Stanley Clarke's twelfth solo set, and one of his very few that would be recommended to jazz (as opposed to funk and R&B) listeners. On the instrumental set, Clarke's bass is featured in a wide variety of settings, including duets with tap dancer Gregory Hines and drummer John Robinson, a quartet with Wayne Shorter ("Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"), in a power trio with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and drummer Stewart Copeland, a piece with George Duke (on acoustic piano for a change) and soprano saxophonist George Howard, a quartet with the synthesizers of Steve Hunt, and "Funny How Time Flies," which has a colorful Freddie Hubbard trumpet solo. Throughout, Clarke's bass has plenty of solo space, and he shows how strong a player he can be when given decent material.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic |
