Or was that something that came pretty naturally to you? He is the first bassist in history who doubles on acoustic and electric bass with equal ferocity and the first jazz-fusion bassist ever to headline tours, selling out shows worldwide. ! https://t.co/y1tXcTdzpY; about 2 months ago Can't wait https://t.co . Stanley Clarke: Yeah, yeah. So we had Marcus Miller's bass right down the middle, Victor Wooten's bass was to the left and I was stage right. We will update Stanley Clarke's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. Can you just talk a little bit about that time and what that was like and how different was it from playing the 100 people in your jazz club? His name was Ken Scott. I toured with him for about a year. Stanley Clarke, Nemporer Records, 1974School Days, Epic, 1976 And sometimes it's nice to be acknowledged, you know. Member of Return to Forever, a jazz fusion band, and who is known for his leadership in an array of trios and ensembles. I received an Emmy nomination for that. And he in many ways is, like, really responsible for a lot of my musical values having to do with education and having to do with preparedness. He is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting more than 105,700 Guard members and civilians in more than 89 flying wings and 175 geographically separated units across 213 locations throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia . His playbacks was his thing and he made the playbacks sound like records. It was during this period that he first met future bandmate and collaborator keyboardist Chick Corea while playing a show. But Mr. Giaimo, I think he gave the Chemistry teacher an offer he couldn't refuse. His albums Stanley Clarke (1974) and Journey to Love (1975) are also notable. Clarke played double bass and bass guitar.[19]. And during the year many people would apply to the scholarship from all over the world and they'd come in once we did a process of elimination and we had 5 finalists and then we'd have a concert. The duo formed the Clarke/Duke Project in 1981. The first music lessons I did, I was, "it-da-dit-da-du--" I was doing that sort of stuff because down the street, that was the music teacher. [24], Clarke joined fellow bassist Paul McCartney in 1981 to play bass on McCartney's 1982 & 1983 releases Tug of War[26] & Pipes of Peace. Fusion was a combination of rock and jazz which they helped develop in the early 1970s. In the process, he became the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status. InstrumentsStanley Clarke is also the first influential bassist to use piccolo bass prominently. A bit." Two years later, Clarke and keyboardist George Duke formed the Clarke/Duke Project, which combined pop, jazz, funk, and R&B. Been doing it ever since. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status. And Lenny says, "Yeah. Member of Return to Forever, a jazz fusion band, and who is known for his leadership in an array of trios and ensembles. It's great. He is one of the two most important bass players of the 1970s (alongside Jaco Pastorius). Official Sites. You know, we're here, they're there and you know, Stewart Copeland, I've known him way before the Police. With a new group, The Stanley Clarke Band released the album The Stanley Clarke Band which won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. STANLEY Long before he became a four-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, performer, composer, conductor, arranger, producer, a composer for recordings and film, as well as one of the most celebrated acoustic and electric bass players in the world, Stanley Clarke was a student. You know what I mean? And I always thought that music would be much more interesting if you could jump around on the concentric circle and maybe go to the outer ring, go to the third ring or maybe stay in the middle. Though they're sensitive, they also hesitate, which makes them lose on chances. And if you want to make a point about it in your mind whether it's good or bad, that's your own personal thing, but you should listen." Thanks BASS Magazine for being ever-so loyal! Clarke joined fellow bassist Paul McCartney in 1981 to play bass on McCartney's 1982 & 1983 releases Tug of War & Pipes of Peace. Clarke's second self-titled album Stanley Clarke (1974) featured Tony Williams on Drums, Bill Connors - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, and Jan Hammer - Synthesizer [Moog], Electric Piano, Organ, Piano [Acoustic]. Many of the figures that Clarke plays are very difficult for a smaller bassist to play on a larger bass. You can also find out who is Stanley Clarke dating now and celebrity dating histories at CelebsCouples. Upon leaving the Philadelphia Musical Academy (now part of the University of the Arts), Stanley made his way to New York City where he very quickly landed opportunities to work with such greats as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharaoh Saunders, Gil Evans and Stan Getz. You're playing with Keith Richards and Ron Wood and Stewart Copeland and Jeff Beck. Graeme Clarke was born in Waconia, United States. You know, a lot of people come down and we'd have a great time and we'd play, all the judges would play. He named it after the high school that he attended in the 1960s. He also composed music for the movies Boyz n the Hood, Passenger 57, and What's Love Got to Do with It,[13] the television programs Lincoln Heights, Waynehead, Static Shock, A Man Called Hawk and Soul Food, and the video for "Remember the Time" by Michael Jackson. And it all began in a very unlikely place when you wrote some music for "Pee Wee's Playhouse" and the rest is history. And I was very fortunate. , Jo Reed: But when it's good, it's so beautiful. Stanley Clarke is the 900th most popular musician . A veteran of over 40 albums, he won the 2011 Best Contemporary Jazz Album Grammy Award for The Stanley Clarke Band. Next week, Im speaking with poet Huascar Medinabe sure to listen. And I had to have communication devices like headphones to communicate. Stanley Clarke, best known for being a Bassist, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on Saturday, June 30, 1951. And you actually conducted a 60 piece orchestra performing the score from Boyz n the Hood the soundtrack as the film played. Stanley Clarke: The electric bass came around I think it was eleventh grade, somewhere around there. After the second album, Farrell, Purim and Moreira left the group to form their own band, and guitarist Bill Connors, drummer Steve Gadd and percussionist Mingo Lewis were added. Youve been listening to Art Works produced at the National Endowment for the Arts. Why don't you do some other things?" Stanley Clarke prefers not to tell the details of marital status & divorce. Birth date: June 30, 1951 Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Profession: Songwriter, Musician, Composer, Bassist, Film Score ComposerNationality: United States of AmericaMusic groups: Return to Forever, SMV, Animal LogicMovies: Night School. The label's first releases were by guitarist Lloyd Gregory and composer Kennard Ramsey. You're doing jazz. They reunited for tours during the 1990s and the 2000s. If you see something that doesnt look right, contact us. Jo Reed: That was bassist, composer and 2022 NEA jazz Master Stanley Clarke. Stanleys artistry has been honored in every way imaginable: gold and platinum records, multiple Grammy Awards, multiple Emmy nominations, virtually every readers and critics poll in existence. The second album, Light as a Feather (1973), was released by Polydor and included the song "Spain".[15][16]. Animal LogicHe formed Animal Logic with rock drummer Stewart Copeland, after the break-up of The Police, and singer-songwriter Deborah Holland. In October 2006, Clarke was honored with Bass Player magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. And the reason why I did it was because I remember when I was going to a music conservatory in Philadelphia, my biggest problem was just having money. Stanley Clarke. Even though they don't mention it much online, but myself and Chick Correa, we were Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. He began playing the piano at the age of 14, already winning various competitions including Best High School Jazz Soloist Award and the National Young Arts Competition. Like obviously you got to be able to write music. Jo Reed: Stanley, let me ask you finally, you have got four Grammys, many other awards. He closed out the decade with 1988's more post-bop and modal jazz-leaning If This Bass Could Only Talk, which also featured Copeland as well as Wayne Shorter, Allan Holdsworth, and tap dancer Gregory Hines. And I was glad to let it go. Another tool in the toolkit. It makes you think of your life, you know, and retrospect all the things that you've done. I had been playing with Joe Henderson. And the difference between our scholarship foundation and others is that everybody wins. STANLEY. In addition to his solo career, Clarke, as a founding member of the legendary jazz-rock fusion band Return to Forever, has helped redefine the sound of jazz over the last 50 years. And all the promoters were afraid. Stanley Clarke: Yeah, Mr. Rossi was like a very short I used to call him my little Roman friend because he was an Italian guy. Stanley Clarke: Yeah. There's a lot of musicians that I know. The film tells the extraordinary story of the life and death of the American fashion designer, Roy Halston Frowick. Two years later, he picked up his second Grammy, this time for Jazz Instrumental Album, for The Stanley Clarke Band, which included Japanese pianist Hiromi, keyboardist Ruslan Sirota, drummer Ronald Bruner, Jr., and a slew of guest performers. And then I just, you know, I have this stuff that's in my universe, you know, and it comes out when I need it, you know. Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Can you describe his musicality and how it fit with yours? Graeme Clarke weighs 175 lbs (79 kg). I sort of reserved my opinion about it. I loved it. It was like a clean canvas and you just go up and you do it. If it's directed at people and it has a positive message hanging on that, it's incredible. And I read somewhere that originally you thought the bass on it was too loud? He is best known for his work with the fusion band Return to Forever, and his role as a bandleader in several trios and ensembles. As a result, Clarke's tone is full-bodied and woody-sounding, with an organic flavor. Jo Reed: Did you have to learn to forget it? He has been a Scientologist for many years. I have that with Lenny. In 1975, Clarke picked up his first Grammy for RTF's No Mystery, which took home the award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group. Stanley Clarke. He earned the money being a professional Bassist. I wanted to be one of the first African-Americans in the Philadelphia Orchestra so I was studying classical music. In the early 1980s, Stanley and longtime friend and colleague, keyboardist George Duke, teamed up to launch The Clarke/Duke Project. Say there's three spots, the guy kicks here, he falls down here, another guy, whatever. Stanley Clarke made money by Rock Stars niche. Stanley Clarke (June 30, 1951) is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass as well as for his numerous film and television scores. And so I got turned on to Charlie Mingus, Stan Getz and later everyone else. In addition to an economical variation on the funky Larry Graham-style slap-n'-pop technique, Clarke also uses downward thrusts of the entire right hand, striking two or more strings from above with his fingernails (examples of this technique include "School Days", "Rock and Roll Jelly", "Wild Dog", and "Danger Street"). You know, when I wrote that song it was interesting, because Return To Forever was winning a Grammy and I was so excited because I didn't know much about the Grammys. We were-- We were putting everything out there. So then we did the second take and that was the song and I told the guys, "No, you don't fix. And so there's a way to do that, you know, where you pick the right tempo, like you pick all the different spots. Jo Reed: In other interviews, youve discussed people in your early life who call shining lights. And one of them was Mr. Rossi, your teacher. They worked in a trio again in 2012 with guitarist Birli Lagrne and two years later recorded D-Stringz (Impulse!, 2015). It was produced by Lenny White and Stanley Clarke and featured pianist Hiromi."[32]. Clarke intended to become the first black musician in the Philadelphia Orchestra until he met jazz pianist Chick Corea. After the second album, Farrell, Purim and Moreira left the group to form their own band, and guitarist Bill Connors, drummer Steve Gadd and percussionist Mingo Lewis were added. Stanley Clarke: Yeah. Night School captures performances that range from straight-ahead jazz to full-tilt rock fusion to a twenty-two-piece string ensemble. He had a record out. Stanley Clarke: You know, it wasn't that. Clarke's TV and movie music contribution can be found in Soul Food (2000-2004), Static Shock (2000-2004), First Sunday (2008), Soul Men (2008), The Best Man Holiday (2013), and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016). See all 83 Events. Like many famous people and celebrities, Stanley Clarke keeps his personal life private. Long before he became a four-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, performer, composer, conductor, arranger, producer, a composer for recordings and film, as well as one of the most celebrated acoustic and electric bass players in the world, Stanley Clarke was a student. We're playing jazz, but that person has a particular way that he plays, that he takes that language. And it was just sort of another thing for the arsenal there, I'll put it that way, another technique. Corea produced Clarke's first solo album, Children of Forever (1973), and played keyboards on it with guitarist Pat Martino, drummer Lenny White, flautist Art Webb, and vocalists Andy Bey and Dee Dee Bridgewater. The series consists of seven episodes titled "Origins of Black Music," "That Philly Sound," "Jazz Beyond the Classroom," "Black Music in Film, Television & Theatre," "Jazz," "Black Music in Film The Next Generation:" and "Bass to Bass." . That's another thing about Chick Correa that's not-- I'm not sure whether it's known, but you know, he was a guy his favorite thing to do is just jump up on a stage with no music, with nothing, with guys that he knew musically and just play. I had the bass with me and I remember playing the line to "School Days." In 2003, he released 1, 2, to the Bass, and then paired with pianist Patrice Rushen for 2006's Standards. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? So we called it "School Days" and that was that. They scored a Top 20 pop hit with "Sweet Baby," and paired again in 1983 for a follow-up and tour. Always, his distinctive bass stood out. Stanley Clarke: Well, "Pee Wee's Playhouse," well first of all, that show was an interesting show. No one wanted the acoustic bass in the corner, so he picked it up. Yeah. Roxboro's roster also includes keyboardist Sunnie Paxson, pianist Ruslan Sirota, and pianist Beka Gochiashvili. And so we got there, something happened to the piano player, so Joe said, "I'm bringing this guy down from New York and his name is Chick Correa." I had started out in New York playing with Horace Silver then I played with Art Blakey and a few others and then eventually Stan Getz and then eventually I played with Joe Henderson. You did lots of touring. Well, Harry, Mr. Giaimo, was a really important person to me because when I got to high school there were no high schools for the performing arts and I was really, I was set. She was a great painter as well. Ken was a great engineer. With its memorable riff, the title song became so revered that fans called out for it during concerts. Clarke has spent much of his career outside jazz. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Stanley Robert Clarke (geboren 31 juli 1938) is een Engels voormalige concurrentie zwemmer die zwommen voor Groot-Brittanni op de Olympische Spelen en de Europese kampioenschappen, en streden om Engeland in de Commonwealth Games. Jo Reed: Well, a couple of years ago, you were the artist in residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival. But then once I sat down and I talked to Bayard and Bayard, Bayard gave me a great lesson. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old? In 2012 Return to Forever won a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Forever. Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, Independent Film & Media Arts Field-Building Initiative, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), National Endowment for the Arts on COVID-19. People born on a Saturday enjoy an optimistic and positive disposition. In 2004 he was featured in Los Angeles magazine as one of the 50 most influential people. They toured together, and Beck appeared on some of Clarke's albums, including Journey to Love (1975)[20] and Modern Man (1978). My goal, I was going to actually play bass in the Philadelphia Orchestra. That's the only purpose of notation is so someone else can play this idea you had yesterday. They recorded together for the first time on Clarke's album Journey to Love. I had a short thing with the piano, but although the piano stayed with me up until now, and I started playing bass eventually when I got to the age of 12. And I said, "Yeah. Like, they had different composers come in for different episodes. During the early 1980s, he toured with Corea and Return to Forever, then worked with Bobby Lyle, Eliane Elias, David Benoit and Michel Petrucciani. Hello Again composed by Stanley Clarke, performed by Return to Forever, from the album, The Best of Return to Forever. Stanley Clarke. So I remember reading it going, "Wow. I listened to a lot of things. Clarke made his professional debut at age 15, joining saxophonist Byard Lancaster at the Showboat jazz club. (his first under the Stanley Clarke Band moniker) and 1986's Hideaway, which featured George Howard, Angela Bofill, Herbie Hancock, and Stewart Copeland. He played drums. We sounded great because we were very, had a lot of energy and we had a lot of skills at that age. We'll call it the Clarke-Duke Project." This band consisted of singer Flora Purim, her husband Airto Moreira (both Brazilians) on drums and percussion, Corea's longtime musical co-worker Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute, and Clarke on bass. I've never really defined myself within a genre of music. The gig, for which Stanley and drummer Darryl Brown were paid about $75, was an experience which sparked the flame of inspiration that would propel the nascent ambitions of the young bassist like a rocket. Then the next person gets a certain amount of money. [18][22], Clarke has spent much of his career outside jazz. I really, really, really found something that I was going to do and I approached it very seriously. The top 2 people get the biggest, the most amount of money. How much does Graeme Clarke weigh? Stanley Clarke: I started probably right out of high school. (laughs). He says, "Well, does it make you feel like?" Since the 1980s, Clarke has scored for film and television, with more than 75 credits to his name, including the films Whats Love Got To Do with It?, Boyzn the Hood, Romeo Must Die, Poetic Justice, and The Transporter.
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