If This Bass Could Only Talk

by Stanley Clarke

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Portrait
UPC:	0074644092325
Rank:	97409

Tracks

1. If This Bass Could Only Talk
2. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
3. I Wanna Play for You
4. Stories to Tell
5. Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
6. Workin' Man
7. Tradition
8. Come Take My Hand
9. Bassically Taps

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Stanley Clarke   Primary Artist,Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass),Bass (Acoustic),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Multi Instruments,Bass,Guitar
George Duke   Guest Artist,Piano
Freddie Hubbard   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Gregory Hines   Guest Artist
Allan Holdsworth   Guest Artist,Guitar
Wayne Shorter   Guest Artist,Sax (Soprano)
Stewart Copeland   Guest Artist,Drums
Paulinho Da Costa   Guest Artist,Percussion
George Howard   Guest Artist,Sax (Soprano)
Steve Hunt   Synthesizer
Byron Miller   Synthesizer Bass
Gerry Brown   Drums
John "J.R." Robinson   Drums
Vance Taylor   Piano
Eddie Arkin   Synthesizer
James Earl   Bass

Technical Credits

Stanley Clarke   Producer,Arranger,Composer
Csaba Petocz   Engineer
James Harris III   Composer
Gregory Hines   Dancer
Byron Miller   Arranger,Producer
Mitch Gibson   Engineer
Nancy Donald   Art Direction
Tony Lane   Art Direction
Chris Cuffaro   Photography
Charles Mingus   Composer
Steve Sykes   Engineer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Terry Lewis   Composer
Joe Gastwirt   Engineer
Eddie Arkin   Arranger
Janet Jackson   Composer
Mick Guzauski   Mixing
Dan Humann   Engineer