Stanley Clarke - Hot Fun (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival)

[delosnegros3]

hola!,alguien me podria decir que es esto?,funk?,jazz?

[Tfunkize]

Hey !!! is that Ray Gomez on guitar ????

[Socioistic]

How can anyone actually dislike this? Seriously, I don't think it's possible.

[water0xFF]

@Socioistic Really? I just I did it

[Socioistic]

@water0xFF

That's just sad then, mate. I'm sorry for you.

[xena1154]

THANK`S- it is great!!! (`v`)

[nadir6661]

DA FUNK

[chi3knees]

im a guitar player...and i love what the drummer does the whole time man, damn..

[pennydreadfuls92]

Ha the sax player reminds me of SKERIK!

[stinguy30]

SIMPLY FANTASTIC

[bustindustin01]

2 people that "disliked" don't like having fun..

[rocktheintertubes94]

This makes me want to go grab my Alesis

[SuperSukme]

cool. drummer looks like a funky trucker

[brianmh34]

THE 70'S WAS THE GREATEST ERA IN MUSIC!!!!!!! AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE SARCASTIC... IT'S NOT AN ERROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[speratic1984]

Tight thank you for this vid, deff one of my Stanley favorites

[WoWintosh]

2:26

That has to be the greatest trumpet solo I have ever heard

[ArtsPatron2008]

@WoWintosh "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!

[funksterbass]

I love Stanley Clarke, but this sounds like the soundtrack to a porno...

[MattSpon]

at 3:15, who here knows what that line is from?

[GraditudevsRevenge]

hahaha the trumpet player was my favorite.

[drwatson57]

Who is that keyboard player?

[lionlr1]

@drwatson57 PETER ROBINSON FROM BRAND X.

[mcadarette]

The "Strictly Commercial" horn line at 3:15!

[tyrannicoystercult]

friggin cool outro. li love the drumming at the start too super weird

[fuzzerify]

Weird.

I usually hate jazz-funk.

[woodenfret]

That's some vintage haircut!

[heckto35]

BOi this is some bad shit! I bet the boys was sho nuff smoking the shiit to this one!

[ExtremeBogom]

Hey bitch, where's ya stud?

[BrianSamtur]

Gerry Brown on drums, All Williams on saxes and Stanley Clarke, bass all went to school together at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.

Gerry Brown played drums on my first cd OPEN THE GATES and Al Williams played saxophones on my first cd , OPEN THE GATES and my most recent cd, # 10, the Truth Will Make Us Free.

It would be awesome to see them playing together again with Stanley.

A "school days" reunion. LOL :+)

[AfroThunder0071]

Love the groove at 5:44

[ButterBass]

The brown bass!! ?

[ButterBass]

woa is that the brown bass?...

[needtashow]

speeechliss

[4to88strings]

my favrit Stanley vid. young n havin fun. Gerry Brown..wow what a drummer, and he's probably cookin bbq backstage!! Great horns nice mix i got it cranked in the fones rite now. I got to jam on stage w/Stanley for about 15 minutes in '84. One of the hilites of my musical life. Been a fan since 70's. RTF Romantic Warrior changed my life and ear forever

[canaiaded]

Ther's one word to describe all this, just one fuckin' word: EPIC.

[lajbass3o1]

oh my god, it doesnt get anymore 70's than this, seriously.

[sixteynine10]

MIdnight Sun FTW!!!!!!!!

[primussucks]

fucking superb

[chegalha]

That's some funky shit! Clarke tha man!

[GuzFunkadelic]

Funky

[AfroThunder0071]

Love this song!!!!!! I like the triumphant part at the end especially at 7:10

[andersonearl]

oh my goodness this is the shit,, thanks

[GaryNull]

jerry brown . . hello

[jekof4]

no one could be cooler than the drummer :D

[weber247]

The best version you are goin to hear ever!!!!

[Parrock1]

As a bass player, I can tell you this is funking hard to play. I had a book with the notation in a few years back and I'm not ashamed to admit I couldn't do it.

[GaryNull]

@Parrock1 - not ashamed, . . .  lol, .. just being brave enough to listen I'll give you credit for.

[Lonewolf36]

I have not read all of the comments yet, and we all know Stanley as the premier basist in the world, but what I noticed, did anyone else (?) that the Keyboard players stand is duct taped and held togethr with rope? Just wondering. As usual an excellent performance by Stanley and band.

[drwatson57]

@Lonewolf36 On the old round topped Rhodes other keyboards would slide off and fall on the floor (I know from experience). so I guess the duct tape and rope was to keep it from falling.

[Lonewolf36]

@drwatson57 I too had the same issue back in the day. Besides the Rhodes, the Prophet 5 was also nearby. I started to use 2 stands instead. I see I am not the only one to notice this. Have you or anyone else been involved with Stanley Clarkes Meetup Groups? Here in San Francisco I had for some years headed up The MeetUp here. Gave me opportunities to see Stanley Clarke at various shows and to meet and talk with Stanley on numerous occassions. Hot Fun!! it was to do this.

[appledecca]

Gotta take your time....these guys know that....thank you...1 for my AmericanA Channel....gotta gind the right playmate...he he ! sweet regards......these instruments are having some conversation.....

[vzsozs]

omg omg omg omg omg the drummer the bassist, the guitarist... omg!

[GaryNull]

@vzsozs the drummer omg to the 15 power.

[ShangoDC]

The last 2 minutes of the song is called "Closing Statement" from the Modern Man album. Never nice energy.....

[kingbolterz]

Groovin to the max!!!!!!!!

[mrprogjazzgto]

OH WOW...LOL

This is Great Vintage Funk Stuff...!!

Ray Gomez, Gerry Brown, Stanley and an Awesome horn section..!

Love Stanley's Fro..!

[Djibinho]

this song is so fuckin sexy! And Groove !!

[MattTheFunkyOne]

Gonna go grab my bass now.

[l3ftov3rblunts]

hahaha good stuff, man, your tone is greatttt. i hate shitty slap tone. sweet bass too

[NeatSquash]

This is very different to his recorded version off "school days" but still kicks ass.

[stumplifter]

That is an Alembic he is playing. . .

It may even be THE 'brown bass'.

Either way it is tight and yeah... Gerry Brown is awesome.

[ShangoDC]

Yeah its the brown bass!

[bigbadbob58]

This music is so tight you could strangle someone with it! The drummer kicks totally!

[MrBassdog]

Sick Drummer !!!!!!

[anarchistnow]

ah yes...fusion in the '80s. At least disco was dead. SC is one of the best!

[gianca60]

Disco never died, still living today.

[VintageGuy1]

Woww, I remember going to this show in MD as if it was just yesterday. What great memories, thanks for posting

[thepapax]

awesome...

[nrwhite6325]

looks like he is playing his Carl Thompson on this one.

[oldschoolbbass]

@nrwhite6325 ,

No He is playing his series one Alembic.

[diamonddust22]

He's blessed with gigantic tarantulas for hands.

[KarateMastR57]

That in combination with having basses with small necks it is ridiculous ^__^

[diamonddust22]

@KarateMastR57 Yes that is so true. I can't wait til next week, I pick up my Music Man Bongo. Should be incredible.

[D4rKDr34M]

AMAZING.

[fperdomo]

Stanley has the rarest of all fro's in this vid.. the Halfro!!!!! hahahaha

[tomitstube]

if only sly were around. this is so hot.

who's the drummer? the guy is sick!

the whole band and arrangement is amazing.

wow.

[ShangoDC]

The drummer is Gerry Brown. Based on Clarke's account one of the very first drummers he grow up playing with in Philly.

[theroyalpriest]

worse stanley clarke I've ever heard and I still LOVE IT!!

[mrhosehose]

makes me think 'thank fuck for music'

[confusedpete]

reggie jackson is young on this video! didnt know he played drums :P "i must kill the queen"

[swagar]

Goddamn.  I'm not usually into music this "free". Either this is a kickass exception, or I've just been converted.

[pfunkky]

The brother on the drums has got that drumers "nasty-hard-ass-power-snap"!! 1:29 to 1:56.....GOT-DAAAAAAMN!!!! Home-boy is nasty, and this is from 1977, real musicianship here baby!!! Not like today's samplers making big bank off music that's older than them!!! G-MAG

[GaryNull]

That drummer, Gerry Brown is great.

Funny, I was playing a track from a solo he did last night. If you can find the sond "Chaser" off the album "John Lee and Gerry Brown" you'd probably like it.

[freein2339]

Gerry Brown ....from the same high school that Wilt Chamberlin went to...Overbrook High in Philly....

[VintageGuy1]

...That was a tight-cut!!!

[UltimateDud]

this is awesome xD

[colrick1234]

Drummer The Great Jerry Brown

[bdrums777]

look at the size of that drummers china!!!

[jonannlou]

thats no china - its a satelite dish!!

[kdarr]

the keyboardist's "jumpsuit ass" is totally grossing me out.

[Hugoj33]

como toca el negrito

[cheezer57]

It's Barack Obama with a Fro!!

[Binkulak]

first trumpet solo is amazing:D

[zseattle]

hah! yeah. and second trumpet solo is 'strictly commercial'

[JMarcel2007]

Drumer is Gerry Brown, Larry Graham=bassist

[zacktothefuture]

larry graham isnt in this video.. wow. thats stanley clarke on bass.

[alembicbassguy]

Hot drumming in this clip - very hot in fact..bravo!

[meirelesgabriel]

it's LARRY GRAHAM on the drums :D

[coopm12]

I don't think thats Graham. That's Gerry Brown.

[meirelesgabriel]

I know that isnt larry hahaha but... really looks like!!!

[HammondB200]

Succesful troll is succesful

[wahwahwatson]

Donald Byrd on trumpet? Ronnie Laws on sax?

[witchman1]

Brecker Brothers?

[HammondB200]

what the hell are you talking about?

[BusterMudd]

It's definitely Gerry Brown on drums. He's like the only guy on the planet (besides Doug Clifford) who ever played North Drums.

Looks like Pete Robinson (from Brand X) on keys.

[Slapbass90]

is the drummer that ritchie guy that played with the brecker bros?

[sbdrum]

I believe that's Gerry Brown on drums.

[AlanIsHarmony]

Ray Gomez! He was superb! School Days was a wonderful album.

[LordOfTheBoard83]

That screaming was unexpected, but nonetheless very cool! :-)

[sightonsound]

i had to watch the screaming about twenty times

[dandiacal]

The mini cadenzas are fantastic! The trumpet soloist quotes Midnight Sun and that bebop tenor is marvelous. They all have impeccable jazz chops which only adds to the funk. Gerry Brown laying it down! Then there is that silly Return To Forever fanfare in the brass. Fun!

[lindberg77]

the trumpet quote is from Frank Zappa's strictly commercial..

[1sujet]

actually, it's from The Midnight Sun, that's what Zappa was quoting...

[lindberg77]

my mistake... which part of Di Meola's album is it?

[1sujet]

it's actually an Ella Fitzgerald tune, can't remember who wrote it right now.

definitely not Al Di Meola. Weather Report has a version of it on YT.

[cmp46225]

Who is on the Drums?

[mwrivs]

I believe it's Ray Brown

[cmp46225]

Ray Brown was a Bass player, unless you know another RB.

[cmp46225]

Might be Billy Cobham mate.

[mwrivs]

Billy Cobham doesn't look like that at all

[mwrivs]

I meant Gerry Brown. Played on Schooldays (1976). Saw him in London that year

[ackerlaw2004]

MY Man DOWNTOWN GERRY BROWN layin'it think and groooovy.

[willy4u4u]

who's on guitar?

[nevesh]

Ray Gomez

[evilisasevildoes6669]

love that tune.

[larssolheim88]

what a great display of fusion phatness. all hail stanley clarke and the rest of these guys. what a great rendition. whoever posted this is tight.

[MercuryX]

i LOVED this song from the School Days album. as a teen, i was rocking this on my walkman and my friends in the neighborhood would laugh at me cause they had no concept of music outside of rap/hiphop...while my parents introduced me to all sorts of stuff. Stanley Clarke was a musical genius and "Fusion" rocks!

[doubts]

snap..

similar story except the twats i knew all liked acid house or crap like skid row.

I had to leave that crap behind when i heard real music.

[korHan7]

why not the coolest bass riff alone wth only the drums in the studio version!!???