I've been a fan since his Return to Forever days and still think he is the most amazing musician... everything he does is insane. His version of Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.' as a rap song is dead on!
It's a physically demanding instrument that only those who play it know about. He makes it look easy, but his hands must pretty thrashed by evening's end.
@spoonido I play double bass, and it really does look easy...until you start playing. It's so much more difficult than you would expect. And while Clarke makes it look simple, the things he is doing are incredibly, incredibly difficult. Shifting that fast is incredibly hard, and so is pizzicatoing that fast. He's truly remarkable. (If he plays often, he'll have developed calluses on his fingers which would make it easier to play. It hurts less with calluses haha)
Just heard Jazz in the Garden on Jazz FM - this has been a renewal of listening to Stanley Clarke. I first heard Stanley playing on the Album 'If only this base could talk'
It's the only album I've ever bought from just hearing one track while walking into a record store - the guy is a genius on bass! :)
When I was 12 years old, I found out Stanley was staying in hotel in Florida. I brought, of all things, my bass clarinet and waited. When he walked by, I played School Days. He stopped in his tracks. From there, he invited me to his room where he gave me a 3+hour bass lesson.As if that weren't enough, he then came to my first ever gig in support. 100% pure class human being. - Derek of Man Made Souls
@ShOrtieMAC919 He is concentrating really hard, and those strings hurt, especially when you play that way/that fast, trust me strings hurt...(atleast on the double/upright/acoustic bass)
this is awesome, but there is a difference between an acoustic bass and a double bass like the one he is playing. An acoustic bass is just like a regular bass guitar, except of course it is acoustic like an acoustic guitar, duh.
all this arguing is whityz why of mind screwing with us blacks i get it yall think were all ignorant well im not and by the waay your wrong dude im touring tha world makin dough and wat are you doing..NUFFIN!!! SO TAKE DAT BS AND SHOVE IT IT MAKES ABSOLUTLY NO SINCE 2 ME AND IM A NIGGAH WANKER MOFOS AHH YALL MADE ME LAUGHIN AND FOR THE DUDE WHO CALLED ME A CLOSE MINDED IDOT HOW IS DAT WAIT NVM I DONT WANNA KNOW LOOK AT WHO IM LISTENING TO STANLEY MUFTHAFUGGIN CLARKE HERBIE HANCOCK JOE ZAWINUL...
hold up i was watchin stanley tha man do his thing when i saw stupid ass white dude know it als mofos start talk shit so i shut em up.. now this is my last comment to yall fools groove is grove there is technicallity term for groove and soul so let us negros or who ever have dat right to say we have soul and groove so guess wat 00aurum00 im nt finna play this smart ass game with yo brahh its pointless your wrong with whites its technicallity and with black we dont have dat not all but most
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meaning groove and by the way white boi u contradicted yourself and yes i know i spelled it wrong so fuck me lolz..... groove is groove and musicianship dumbass...wait i forget its all about technicallity with white folks haha ooh man robots...!!!!
You know the worst thing about YT is you can not block an ignorant "poster" after he/she posts an ignorant comment. If I ran YT "rhodes" woulda been blocked after his first statement, cuz he is just trying 2 start crap with all other posters. Lets just enjoy the genius of Stanley here, I mean what he does here is awe-inspiring!! I know you guys know it, so lets ignore "rhodes" and hope he goes away (although I know I am not ignoring him, but it has to start somewhere).
im a drummer and a fender rhodes player...what the fuck is FAIL u can tell u a white boi and yes us niggah a.k.a. blacks have groove and soul.....so digg it yall can have jimi henderix dat niggah was a sell out to yall white folk...!!!!
I beg to differ my man...Jimi Hendrix was not a sell out to anyone. He played music because he loved to, not just because he wanted to get on "whitey's" good side. That brings me to my next point. Why is this argument even being brought up? The man in this video is an incredible bass player, and, yes, he was about to be a bass player for the Philadelphia Philharmonic before he was offered a gig playing elsewhere, which led him down the path he follows even now. Music is music, man. Never forget.
It is just amazing that some idiot had to pull out the race card. I am a musician and good is good. I don't give a fuck about anything else! Stanley Clark is one of my major influences. As well as, Vic Wooten, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, and people of many different ethnic backgrounds. The one thing that is amazing though, you actually spelled groove and soul right. You may have groove and soul, but my 5-year old can spell better!
BTW, rhodes, I am Irish, Ojibwa indian, and black. I am proud of all of my heritages. I perform music for all and don't consider race in any aspect of my life. If I am using words that are daunting to your limited mind and vocabulary, I can dumb it down a little bit. I play bass, guitar, banjo, violin, drums, mandolin, piano, flute and just about anything I want to figure out. I love music and I don't care what color their skin is. The times are very different and you should realize it!
fail statement. race has nothing to do with it. not all black people can play like stanley, not all white people can play like richie kotzen, not all asians can play like jerry C...you get the idea. one could also associate black people with soulja boy, white with miley cyrus and asians with (insert really annoying korean boy band here) so that comment just got wrecked.
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uh dat was kinda gay sorry but ah my comment still stands blacks have better chops...look it up we got soul hommie and fuck u and soulja boi....lolz tell em!!!
so 50 cent, lil wayne will automatically have better chops than SRV and Eric claption???? and for the record i am dark skinned myself so u can't try and use any racial statements against me.
I saw Christian McBride perform last week live, he's chasing Stanley, Marcus, the Victors (Wooten and Bailey), and also touring with John McLaughlin. Say what?
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with dat comment brah your the nigger..
dumbass apriciate that stanley is a bad motherfuker a BLACK MAN is better than you and youll NEVA top him hahaha lol
fool oh im 19 and touring the world makin money i already got my own house and 3 kickass trucks on dubs and all v8s youll neva top that get like me dude
I love how these self important critics who never played an original idea in their entire lives puff themselves by picking at a guy who brought a whole new approach nd technique to the upright. Ahhhhh. And really, if Stanley's virtuosity isn't in tune enough for you- you really ought to just stick to Classical- jazz isn't about technical perfection.
on the acoustic, he's overrated. but, he's not a jazz player, he's a pop musician. At his time, Stanley did things with strumming and playing chords on the e-bass that nobody had ever done. Do some research before you post
Pop musician my ass, nothing he ever did could ever be considered pop unless you're saying that anything but classical is pop.
Stanley Clarke is still an exceptional stand up bassist, even though you're right, there are better at stand up. However, he's still a totally original and unique bassist and one of the greatest for sure.
yes, and that's probably why he won 1 Grammy Award, 7 Grammy Nominations, 3 Emmy Nominations, and why he was the Rolling Stones first Jazz Man of the Year,
Playboys Music Award Best Bassist 10 straight years, one of Los Angeles Magazines Top 50 Most Influential People for 2004, Bass Player Magazines 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree and member of Guitar Player Magazines Gallery of Greats... and probably why george benson has him as his bass player..
damn I went to Stanley's house and he showed me this bass...so frikkin cool... he has another one about two hundred years old, I've never heard such a rich sound out of a bass
He was kinda turning around the harmonics of the Spanish Phases for Strings and Bass (around 5.20 for example,same bassline) .Looks like a simple training for him..he's really a talented guy
how does he get that tone out of his bass? It sounds like a fretless bass guitar, not an upright bass. Is it the strings or something? Or some kind of pickup? I'm baffled.
no that's not it. It's just the way he and his bass sound. I have a fretless bass and an upright bass and they sound very different, so it's not that. Probably just a combiniation of the bass, the strings, and his style.
you and i can play that bass he's using and have totally different sounds. its definitely the musician applied to the instrument producing a tonal character
This is not acoustic bass. Contabass and bass guitar are diffrent instruments although they can play the same role in band. Acoustic bass is a bass guitar with resonating chamber.
I stand corrected, however most people I've discussed this with previously uses contrabass and accoustic bass interchangeably. When they talk about what you refer to as an accoustic bass they use the term accoustic bass guitar.
Playing it really isn't that difficult (speaking from experience; I own one.)
But to be able to solo and play the higher notes as well as he does, it takes a lot of time studying the instrument, and slap n' pop technique takes a very long time to master because it's done completely differently on an upright (much more difficult).
no that's not a cello, it's a double bass, accoustic bass, or upright bass. you can't slap a cello, well you could i guess but it would sound wierd. and there isn't a "massive difference" between the terms "accoustic" and "double" bass. you guys are thinking of an accoustic bass GUITAR...
Gee---what do people understand by the term "Acoustic" ? Quite simply ---Of or being an instrument that does not produce or enhance sound electronically----therefore, this is Acoustic bass ! ! ! ---Yes, a double bass, and by nature (not powered), ACOUSTIC !
I'm thinking of getting the Dean EAB Acoustic-Electric Bass. I play pretty much every style except heavy stuff. I don't need anything special. i just want to be able to busk, record, and play show with decent quality. does any body know anything about it?
Acoustic Bass is Great, However they can be quiet. They dont seem usually to be as loud as Acoustic Guitars unless its a Really top range Bass. You might need one of those mini amps that connect to your belt?
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Slick, but I don't think Stanley ever came close to Ron Carter's abilities, in terms of lyricism, mastery of harmonies, and being incendiary in ways you might not notice the first 2-3 times you listen to a song.
People that don't play the upright/acoustic/stand-up/double bass- whatever you prefer to call it don't have an idea as to what the physical limitations are on this instrument. What Stanley's doing here is phenomenal - on par and as groundbreaking as what Victor Wooten does on the electric. Stanley helped pioneer and pave the way for what Victor does on the electric as well. What a treat to be able to see stuff like this for free...
Dude, acoustic bass is the unplugged equivelant of the electric bass, double bass is just double bass. Technically double bass is acoustic, but the terminology doesn't recognize it as such.
mestroooooooooooooo
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jimmyjoneses1 6 days ago
down on your knees, bassmen all over the world!!!
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yea i'm only 16, but this is one of the best bits of music that i have ever heard.
cnseanm4 1 month ago
1:52 For everyone that came for the song, there you go.
xlxBlackoutxlx 2 months ago
He looks like a pirate witth that shirt!!!
MrMaxxTV 3 months ago
I've been a fan since his Return to Forever days and still think he is the most amazing musician... everything he does is insane. His version of Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.' as a rap song is dead on!
awickedtribe 8 months ago
I don't see why there was so much argument over skin colour. All dark skin means is a little extra dark pigment, nothing else.
Total1337 8 months ago
lol double bass man, this guys is very amazing though :), thumbs up if he should tour in Australia!
SomeGuyWithABassGtr 8 months ago
The major key modulation is so unexpected, and yet so well executed. Clakre, you are the best.
gabo1604 9 months ago
It's a physically demanding instrument that only those who play it know about. He makes it look easy, but his hands must pretty thrashed by evening's end.
spoonido 10 months ago
@spoonido I play double bass, and it really does look easy...until you start playing. It's so much more difficult than you would expect. And while Clarke makes it look simple, the things he is doing are incredibly, incredibly difficult. Shifting that fast is incredibly hard, and so is pizzicatoing that fast. He's truly remarkable. (If he plays often, he'll have developed calluses on his fingers which would make it easier to play. It hurts less with calluses haha)
AtlantisxxESIB 8 months ago
Mr. Clarke understands this instrument. We should listen.
BoozehammerOfGalem 10 months ago
Nice sleeves, Stan!
OhKeeff 11 months ago
/watch?v=Q2y4-9kJ1vg
cursedswordsman 1 year ago
i LOCK MY SELF IN THE BATHROOM AND EAT SOAP
ieatsick 1 year ago 2
He's The Best, SimPly !!!!
Djibinho 1 year ago
Just heard Jazz in the Garden on Jazz FM - this has been a renewal of listening to Stanley Clarke. I first heard Stanley playing on the Album 'If only this base could talk'
It's the only album I've ever bought from just hearing one track while walking into a record store - the guy is a genius on bass! :)
JCB853 1 year ago
When I was 12 years old, I found out Stanley was staying in hotel in Florida. I brought, of all things, my bass clarinet and waited. When he walked by, I played School Days. He stopped in his tracks. From there, he invited me to his room where he gave me a 3+hour bass lesson.As if that weren't enough, he then came to my first ever gig in support. 100% pure class human being. - Derek of Man Made Souls
ManMadeSouls 1 year ago 2
@ManMadeSouls that's deep
thatmannsonn88 11 months ago
bill cosby on bass
DRstaszak 1 year ago
Beautifully filmed
HEADSUPBERKELEY 1 year ago
Nice puffy shirt. Avast ye maties!
Bassinyoface1 1 year ago
@ShOrtieMAC919 He is concentrating really hard, and those strings hurt, especially when you play that way/that fast, trust me strings hurt...(atleast on the double/upright/acoustic bass)
TheLovelyActor 1 year ago
@TheLovelyActor Particularly when you start doing big slides and plucking the strings as hard as he does.
JPastorius3 1 year ago
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Believe me he is not in pain, just the oposite
Paun12 1 year ago
@ShOrtieMAC919
It takes a lot of sacrifice. That's why.
rockston11 1 year ago
Stanley Clarke is the best!!!
abaneyone 1 year ago
DADDY!!!!
nastymusic4444444 1 year ago
@ about 1:45 he quotes Freedom Jazz Dance by Eddie Harris, and everyone in the crowd misses it.
Brilliant; he truly, truly is a master of his craft.
slotho122 2 years ago
this is awesome, but there is a difference between an acoustic bass and a double bass like the one he is playing. An acoustic bass is just like a regular bass guitar, except of course it is acoustic like an acoustic guitar, duh.
Starkiller863 2 years ago
sounds like sex and heaven on strings
urafuknkunt 2 years ago
i think he transports that bass inside of those sleeves
marcoze 2 years ago 3
I like at 5.20 ish he gets really happy when starts playing something that sounds really cool.
Neileaf 2 years ago
Ever see Stevie Ray Vaughn get really into his solos? I swear its the same face =P
urafuknkunt 2 years ago
this probably should be titled stanley clarke plays double bass
NapoleanXV 2 years ago 3
AWESOME. HES THE BEST
ThaKingofCo 2 years ago 2
the master.
(Rhodes you're a douchebag, shut up and go back to your world tour)
mackle5 2 years ago 2
Stanley Clarke is a BASSMASTER!!!!!
I'm not talking about fishing either.
wackyruss 2 years ago 22
Hell he could be a wicked fisherman, using his end pin to impale fish
logohi212 2 years ago
heh heh. Good one.
wackyruss 2 years ago
not only would he be a good fisherman, he would be an amazing mass murder
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all this arguing is whityz why of mind screwing with us blacks i get it yall think were all ignorant well im not and by the waay your wrong dude im touring tha world makin dough and wat are you doing..NUFFIN!!! SO TAKE DAT BS AND SHOVE IT IT MAKES ABSOLUTLY NO SINCE 2 ME AND IM A NIGGAH WANKER MOFOS AHH YALL MADE ME LAUGHIN AND FOR THE DUDE WHO CALLED ME A CLOSE MINDED IDOT HOW IS DAT WAIT NVM I DONT WANNA KNOW LOOK AT WHO IM LISTENING TO STANLEY MUFTHAFUGGIN CLARKE HERBIE HANCOCK JOE ZAWINUL...
xxxxrhodesxxxx 2 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Are you serious?
assassinloki090 2 years ago
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LOL YOU IZ TROLLING FAGGET
*ahem*
fratboyfrat 2 years ago
does anyone else think ebonics are silly in text?
MrJkizzle123 2 years ago
No race is ever "silly" in any circumstance. Only individuals.
stasgard 2 years ago
What a good piece of music and what jerk arguing bellow. Quite a contrast. :(
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hold up i was watchin stanley tha man do his thing when i saw stupid ass white dude know it als mofos start talk shit so i shut em up.. now this is my last comment to yall fools groove is grove there is technicallity term for groove and soul so let us negros or who ever have dat right to say we have soul and groove so guess wat 00aurum00 im nt finna play this smart ass game with yo brahh its pointless your wrong with whites its technicallity and with black we dont have dat not all but most
xxxxrhodesxxxx 2 years ago
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meaning groove and by the way white boi u contradicted yourself and yes i know i spelled it wrong so fuck me lolz..... groove is groove and musicianship dumbass...wait i forget its all about technicallity with white folks haha ooh man robots...!!!!
xxxxrhodesxxxx 2 years ago
close minded idiot!
MrJkizzle123 2 years ago
You know the worst thing about YT is you can not block an ignorant "poster" after he/she posts an ignorant comment. If I ran YT "rhodes" woulda been blocked after his first statement, cuz he is just trying 2 start crap with all other posters. Lets just enjoy the genius of Stanley here, I mean what he does here is awe-inspiring!! I know you guys know it, so lets ignore "rhodes" and hope he goes away (although I know I am not ignoring him, but it has to start somewhere).
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you still a jackass and i dont care if my spelling is off or not so anywayz ya MUTT shut up im tired of txtn yall fools...!!!
xxxxrhodesxxxx 2 years ago
im a drummer and a fender rhodes player...what the fuck is FAIL u can tell u a white boi and yes us niggah a.k.a. blacks have groove and soul.....so digg it yall can have jimi henderix dat niggah was a sell out to yall white folk...!!!!
xxxxrhodesxxxx 2 years ago
I beg to differ my man...Jimi Hendrix was not a sell out to anyone. He played music because he loved to, not just because he wanted to get on "whitey's" good side. That brings me to my next point. Why is this argument even being brought up? The man in this video is an incredible bass player, and, yes, he was about to be a bass player for the Philadelphia Philharmonic before he was offered a gig playing elsewhere, which led him down the path he follows even now. Music is music, man. Never forget.
Jimmytuba08 2 years ago 5
It is just amazing that some idiot had to pull out the race card. I am a musician and good is good. I don't give a fuck about anything else! Stanley Clark is one of my major influences. As well as, Vic Wooten, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, and people of many different ethnic backgrounds. The one thing that is amazing though, you actually spelled groove and soul right. You may have groove and soul, but my 5-year old can spell better!
kc8ntp 2 years ago 2
BTW, rhodes, I am Irish, Ojibwa indian, and black. I am proud of all of my heritages. I perform music for all and don't consider race in any aspect of my life. If I am using words that are daunting to your limited mind and vocabulary, I can dumb it down a little bit. I play bass, guitar, banjo, violin, drums, mandolin, piano, flute and just about anything I want to figure out. I love music and I don't care what color their skin is. The times are very different and you should realize it!
kc8ntp 2 years ago
Just amazing! Bass power!
anskaru89 2 years ago
stop fighting just watch the video lol
big1mitch 2 years ago
4:04 fantastic sound! :o
orchestra92 2 years ago
Hwy sorry, man, I'm white, and this is the coolest bass solo I have ever heard. Stanley Clarke is truly the master.
kimmiemesser 2 years ago
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fuck whites yall are haters yall hate us black musicians cuz we have crazy gifted chopes... and yall dont
xxxxrhodesxxxx 2 years ago
fail statement. race has nothing to do with it. not all black people can play like stanley, not all white people can play like richie kotzen, not all asians can play like jerry C...you get the idea. one could also associate black people with soulja boy, white with miley cyrus and asians with (insert really annoying korean boy band here) so that comment just got wrecked.
apollominor 2 years ago 4
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uh dat was kinda gay sorry but ah my comment still stands blacks have better chops...look it up we got soul hommie and fuck u and soulja boi....lolz tell em!!!
xxxxrhodesxxxx 2 years ago
so 50 cent, lil wayne will automatically have better chops than SRV and Eric claption???? and for the record i am dark skinned myself so u can't try and use any racial statements against me.
apollominor 2 years ago 17
You are truely a fucking fool
avok23 2 years ago
nicely put!
rdprince 2 years ago 2
oi don't be racist.
HagridAndAdoh 2 years ago 2
and what the fuck is a 'chope' anyway???
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Great performance, I've never seen a double bass played like that before.
dvaintsogr8 2 years ago
<3<3<3<3<3 pour toi! =)
4anika 2 years ago
...response to UrsaMusic:
you pompous condescending ass. i cant tell from your screen name if youre an actual female or just a really bitchy male but please shut up.
mkfnfraz 2 years ago
Way cool!
CamTheCat 2 years ago
Why does everybody give such a fucking big deal about the name of the instrument?
Chill the fuck out
dekarthegreat 2 years ago 10
What you see is an upright bass, an acoustic bass is just like an acoustic guitar but rather in bass format
That might be why.
JoeAuriun 2 years ago 5
@dekarthegreat he plays one mean bull fiddle :)
Bassman911 1 year ago
@dekarthegreat
ole viva tu mostruo
eres un guitarrista gitano
sastipendali 1 year ago
@dekarthegreat you are just jealous
death274705 1 year ago
@dekarthegreat if they really cared about the name of instruments they would try to have people stop saying tremolo instead of tremelo
grevejp44 5 months ago
If only I could learn to play those kind of notes. that was awesome.
selaron1000 2 years ago
I love this video. Stanley is more than the considerable sum of his parts.
untergrunt 2 years ago
I saw Christian McBride perform last week live, he's chasing Stanley, Marcus, the Victors (Wooten and Bailey), and also touring with John McLaughlin. Say what?
Bassdog
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check my site out fool drums keyz fender rhodes with soul and on the road now miami baby whoot whoot im doin me me
and i care for other even lifeless pricks like you ta do better and work hard ya digg gud day to you sir......PEACE
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white boiz alwayz got to be proper and tecnical stupid lifeless pricks....!!!!!!
xxxxrhodesxxxx 3 years ago
and niggers like you always have to come off as ignorant.
Not all black people are niggers...just idiotic ones like you.
OperationIvyPunk 3 years ago 5
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with dat comment brah your the nigger..
dumbass apriciate that stanley is a bad motherfuker a BLACK MAN is better than you and youll NEVA top him hahaha lol
fool oh im 19 and touring the world makin money i already got my own house and 3 kickass trucks on dubs and all v8s youll neva top that get like me dude
xxxxrhodesxxxx 3 years ago
I don't need or want money so really, you don't have anything over me. Fuck you. Honestly, I doubt you have any talent, whatsoever.
OperationIvyPunk 3 years ago 6
Awe-inspiring
set67 3 years ago
I love how these self important critics who never played an original idea in their entire lives puff themselves by picking at a guy who brought a whole new approach nd technique to the upright. Ahhhhh. And really, if Stanley's virtuosity isn't in tune enough for you- you really ought to just stick to Classical- jazz isn't about technical perfection.
moffat691 3 years ago 3
So that's what a double-bass sounds like eh? (haven't heard a full performance before). I like it!
evilmick66 3 years ago
one of the best acoustic bass solo I have ever heard...despite some technical mistakes ;-) thank u
fabri600 3 years ago
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BTW... Why the hell would anyone want to have a beautiful wooden instrument sound like a 5$ crappy electric bass.
SteveNY7 3 years ago
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Stanley Clarke has so unbelievably bad taste. Bad intionation, bad tone. He is all chops and no content!!!!!!!!
SteveNY7 3 years ago
dude you don't have any idea where fudge you are, I'd like to see you do better.
gallienflea 3 years ago
Response to Steve NY:
on the acoustic, he's overrated. but, he's not a jazz player, he's a pop musician. At his time, Stanley did things with strumming and playing chords on the e-bass that nobody had ever done. Do some research before you post
UrsaMusic 3 years ago
Pop musician my ass, nothing he ever did could ever be considered pop unless you're saying that anything but classical is pop.
Stanley Clarke is still an exceptional stand up bassist, even though you're right, there are better at stand up. However, he's still a totally original and unique bassist and one of the greatest for sure.
GecSword 3 years ago 2
Your opinion. Who's better at double bass?
No fight - just curious.
doa50 3 years ago
Who is better than who? Do you mean my personal opinion on the best stand up bassist? I really don't know, probably Charles Mingus maybe?
GecSword 3 years ago
his intonation is perfect, and the tone is probably from this video
J90820 3 years ago
yes, and that's probably why he won 1 Grammy Award, 7 Grammy Nominations, 3 Emmy Nominations, and why he was the Rolling Stones first Jazz Man of the Year,
Playboys Music Award Best Bassist 10 straight years, one of Los Angeles Magazines Top 50 Most Influential People for 2004, Bass Player Magazines 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree and member of Guitar Player Magazines Gallery of Greats... and probably why george benson has him as his bass player..
robjazztorres 3 years ago
Awesome!!!
it`s the first time that i`ve seen this style of play the double bass!! it seems like a bass guitar
elbajomundo 3 years ago
i'd really like to see a duo on acoustic between him and Brian Bromberg :)
StovoKhor 3 years ago
1:12 sounds like a jesse cook song (can't remember the name) but i love this mans bass work !!!!
miketretiak 3 years ago
he must have unbelievebale strong fingers
HorstHorstmann202 3 years ago 3
wtf? it's a double bass!
metaldesire4 3 years ago 2
damn I went to Stanley's house and he showed me this bass...so frikkin cool... he has another one about two hundred years old, I've never heard such a rich sound out of a bass
ghostrider2233 3 years ago 3
He was kinda turning around the harmonics of the Spanish Phases for Strings and Bass (around 5.20 for example,same bassline) .Looks like a simple training for him..he's really a talented guy
pineider 3 years ago
isnt it a chello? not a bass?
WolfnerdStudios 3 years ago
Definately a bass.
Much bigger than a cello, but yeah, they do look kinda the same.
But that's an upright/acoustic/double bass.
ealtdharkon 3 years ago
how does he get that tone out of his bass? It sounds like a fretless bass guitar, not an upright bass. Is it the strings or something? Or some kind of pickup? I'm baffled.
Zeldafoo9 3 years ago
It's just Stanley...
xenotoxette 3 years ago
It sounds like a fretless bass guitar 'cos its without frets too.
0anghell 3 years ago
no that's not it. It's just the way he and his bass sound. I have a fretless bass and an upright bass and they sound very different, so it's not that. Probably just a combiniation of the bass, the strings, and his style.
Zeldafoo9 3 years ago
you and i can play that bass he's using and have totally different sounds. its definitely the musician applied to the instrument producing a tonal character
TBITB 3 years ago
Stanley Clarke puts his feelings and emotions into his music.
WWEhopeful 3 years ago
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Rubbish!
graybus 3 years ago
Thanks for the intelligent critique. I'm sure we will all take note of someone who is clever enough to crush cans.
Mwgsy64 3 years ago 5
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hey stanley.....FUCK YOU
azurebass24 3 years ago
Thanks for that you turd.
Mwgsy64 3 years ago
why would you say something like that?
ghostrider2233 3 years ago 2
5.13 to 5.39 sounds like his playing portrait of tracy
Brandon694 3 years ago
Gotta give it a 5 for talent alone. But, where I come from that ain't no "acoustic bass"... it's a bass fiddle.
Eurastus007 3 years ago
accoustic bass, bass fiddle, contrabass, upright bass...
A lot of different words for the same instrument.
raizumichin 3 years ago
This is not acoustic bass. Contabass and bass guitar are diffrent instruments although they can play the same role in band. Acoustic bass is a bass guitar with resonating chamber.
Rokhan1234 3 years ago
I stand corrected, however most people I've discussed this with previously uses contrabass and accoustic bass interchangeably. When they talk about what you refer to as an accoustic bass they use the term accoustic bass guitar.
raizumichin 3 years ago
come cazzo fa a slappare un contrabbasso?!?!
piter2619 3 years ago
Why not you cazzo?
Mwgsy64 3 years ago
The KING OF THE BASS!!!
zhiwy 3 years ago
il doit avoir une sacrée corne sur les doigts
thibs64 3 years ago
I only knew him recently. I am not about double basses. Never tried one. But this man made me feel like playing one.
wenchiang12 3 years ago
Double basses are cool.
theclinger 3 years ago 6
i have respect for people who can play double bass let alone solo on it and make it sound amazing so hats off to him
befrankis 3 years ago 3
Playing it really isn't that difficult (speaking from experience; I own one.)
But to be able to solo and play the higher notes as well as he does, it takes a lot of time studying the instrument, and slap n' pop technique takes a very long time to master because it's done completely differently on an upright (much more difficult).
Daenoxiis 3 years ago
Clarke is as fascinating as NHOP.... truly remarkable...
ImOnTheTube 3 years ago
he played the acoustic bass at wolftrap yesterday. and it was spectacular.
BassToYoFace 3 years ago
the lick he starts playig at around 5:20, wow what a great part.
drinkincococola 3 years ago
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That was infact Sex in a Pan by Victor Wooten. That's a great one to learn.
This guy's pretty fast, but I actually think he's unremarkable in comparison to Wooten.
burtcocain1986 3 years ago
are you serious, this man MADE victor Wooten
THESOURCEofHamilton 3 years ago 11
This man is Wootens daddy...
xenotoxette 3 years ago 6
Stanley Clark "unremarkable" ??
Marcus Miller too?
I'm a big fan of Wooten but his forte is more technical as opposed to 'feel' and expression.
To say "this guy is pretty fast" shows your ignorance.. if you think playing is all about speed.
harkstone1 3 years ago 4
wooten has just as much feel and expression as miller and clarke
vicwootenisgod 3 years ago
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Omg, you guys are all wrong. That's a cello, Jesus Christ..
finoyv0y 3 years ago
no that's not a cello, it's a double bass, accoustic bass, or upright bass. you can't slap a cello, well you could i guess but it would sound wierd. and there isn't a "massive difference" between the terms "accoustic" and "double" bass. you guys are thinking of an accoustic bass GUITAR...
speerdoggy 3 years ago 3
You're so stupid and an ignorant if you don't have a solid idea of what are you talking about shut your mouth IGNORANT .
jentzenbass 3 years ago
Lmao, so apparently musicians who browse YouTube aren't immune to trolling.
finoyv0y 3 years ago
A cello's about 3/5 the size of an acoustic bass, also, the fretboard is laminated differently, giving it a completely different sound.
xenotoxette 3 years ago
Gee---what do people understand by the term "Acoustic" ? Quite simply ---Of or being an instrument that does not produce or enhance sound electronically----therefore, this is Acoustic bass ! ! ! ---Yes, a double bass, and by nature (not powered), ACOUSTIC !
Frankly747 3 years ago
Yes, it is acoustic, but 'acoustic bass' implies to most a bass guiatr which is acoustic. Not an 'upright bass/double bass'.
So yes, it is a bass and it is acoustic. It is not really an acoustic bass by terms of general conversation and consensus.
I guess you are being a bit of a pedant.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago 3
this is acoustic bass.... NOT!!!!!
joakin88 3 years ago
acoustic bass??? sorry... it's a DOUBLE BASS... massive difference... I'm annoyed because I was expecting him to be playing an acoustic bass...
paulcooke100 3 years ago
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No, it's an acoustic bass.
andstayout 3 years ago
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school days? i thought it was school's gay!
HK83IE 3 years ago
I'm thinking of getting the Dean EAB Acoustic-Electric Bass. I play pretty much every style except heavy stuff. I don't need anything special. i just want to be able to busk, record, and play show with decent quality. does any body know anything about it?
guitarpoop11 3 years ago
Acoustic Bass is Great, However they can be quiet. They dont seem usually to be as loud as Acoustic Guitars unless its a Really top range Bass. You might need one of those mini amps that connect to your belt?
bassmanedd 3 years ago
Im a blind musician and I like thees guys and what they are doing is wonderful!!
bobby10ster 3 years ago
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Slick, but I don't think Stanley ever came close to Ron Carter's abilities, in terms of lyricism, mastery of harmonies, and being incendiary in ways you might not notice the first 2-3 times you listen to a song.
rochdoug 3 years ago
thats amazing. *BOWS DOWN*
WOLVOSTONER 3 years ago 2
rumba flamenco introduction
Bakunin53 3 years ago
This is amazing!
jdsnb 3 years ago
Thats the way, man!
WhitetheDark 3 years ago
Man, I bet he has no fingerprints left.
nancydrew5 3 years ago 5
Mythical,inspiring,completely complete,the ultimate definition of brilliant.
angiequick3333 3 years ago
You or the best You or the best .........
stancarrz 3 years ago
i saw him at a return to forever concert and he did the exact same stuff. I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME!!!!
ejlarsonstratford 3 years ago 4
way way way genius ... nothing to describe it
stefancrusko 3 years ago 4
People that don't play the upright/acoustic/stand-up/double bass- whatever you prefer to call it don't have an idea as to what the physical limitations are on this instrument. What Stanley's doing here is phenomenal - on par and as groundbreaking as what Victor Wooten does on the electric. Stanley helped pioneer and pave the way for what Victor does on the electric as well. What a treat to be able to see stuff like this for free...
richmoore1998 3 years ago 3
Dude, acoustic bass is the unplugged equivelant of the electric bass, double bass is just double bass. Technically double bass is acoustic, but the terminology doesn't recognize it as such.
xenotoxette 3 years ago 3
vic is more crazy than thes man but this is good too
javzlinkin 3 years ago
it isnt an acoustic bass but its still amazing.
metalkarloz 3 years ago