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Hey All

Just listening to an advance copy of the new Stanley Clarke album and it's actually really pretty good - typical fusion stuff but he plays some pretty funk-tastic bass lines - all on electric - and his solos are really rich and full-sounding - and they even go into some drum and bass and rock things alongside the Chick Corea style latin-jazz-rock a la Return To Forever - and Hiromi is on it too and plays great.

Anyway more here if you're interested:

[url="http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/The-Stanley-Clarke-Band/"]http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Th...ey-Clarke-Band/[/url]

Cheers

Mike

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I haven't seen him live for years, last time was at the RFH I think & I had backstage passes but was way too shy to even say hello in the tiny little bar there. I did say hi to George Duke but only because he spoke to me first, lol.

Great live sound - I know this sounds a bit obvious but he really sounds like he does on the albums - unlike some people who get buried in the mix & you can't hear them properly.

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This sounds good. "The Toys of Men" was a real return to form so I'm looking forward to this! Although I am pleased this is an all electric record, I'm worried when Stan says it is the last Electric stuff he'll be doing for a while. I guess I'll be switching off Stanley for a while then because DB playing really does bore me to tears.

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Sadly, most of the tracks on the sampler sound pretty bland. However, I'm sure these 30 second clips are never a good way to judge a record. He'll have a hard job beating "The Toys of Men".

He'll have to work even harder to do better than the Animal Logic records, they are just incredible.

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[quote name='Chris2112' post='845327' date='May 22 2010, 08:35 PM']I guess I'll be switching off Stanley for a while then because DB playing really does bore me to tears.[/quote]

:) I really like Stanley's upright playing-it's as unique as his electric work.

I've just heard the clips and it didn't sound bad,but I wasn't excited by it. I'll probably still buy it
though.
It's cool that he's got Hiromi on the album-she's a great player-,but I don't really like Ronald
Bruner Jr's drumming.

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[quote name='Chris2112' post='847870' date='May 25 2010, 08:07 PM']Oh, I believe Stanley is the best upright player around, but I still don't dig it much!

However, Ronald is a fierce drummer, I absolutely love him. He plays with such fire, like a young Jeff Sipe. Sounds like a bloody artillery battery on the kit![/quote]

I haven't checked what the clips are like on the sampler but as an album I enjoyed it and the full tracks have real life to them, the drumming is very cool, Stan is mainly on electric and plays his ass off. I think there are a couple of tunes on DB and for the record I think his upright playing is great - I guess my original point was that I'm not a big fan of Stan on record but this one was a lot better than I expected... I'm less and less bothered about bass led albums but this one is worth checking out.

Mike

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