Man Stanley is one cool dude. I don't understand how people like Drake or Rick Ross are consider cool.by my peers. John Mclaughlin was cool, Wayne shorter and Jaco were cool, hell JLP is still cool. How come my generation gets Shit like Lady GaGa and Wizard Khalifa
What a lot of people don't realize is that Tony Williams Lifetime is actually one of the first fusion bands. The earlier version with Jack Bruce and John McLaughlin. that band split and then Cream was a more Blues/jazz/rock fusion group and Mahavishnu was the quintessential fusion band.
4to88strings. My fusion days go back to 1973. the first band I saw was Mahavishnu with the original band, then the second band, RTF for both the No Mystery and Romantic Warrior tours, WR with alphonso and Jaco, Trilok w/McLaughlin, Mahavishnu with Jonas, Trilok with a variety of bass players, Stanley with his own band with various payers, jan hammer group with and without Jeff beck, original yellow jackets, Zawinul Syndicate, jean Luc Ponty. Another great bass player is Ralphe Armstrong.
I think you need to add some more bass players to the list of the top players. add Richard Bona, his work with Zawinul is amazing work, as is Alphonzo Johnson with WR, Cobham, Duke, etc. There is a crop of players from Africa that are inspiring as well. bass players that play with Jean Luc Ponty, Youssou N'Dour, Kine Lam, Zawinul, Trilok Gurtu all have great bass players. Stanley was one of the early fusion players that started it all and that's why the only thing one has to say is "Stanley".
@Oneness100 I was lucky enuff to see Trilok Gurtu with J Maclaughlin+on bass was Jonas Helborg. I was a Stanley Jaco Entwistle Geedy Lee fan with Stan being my favorite for jazz Entwistle for rock. I'd seen Mac several times but had barely heard of Hellborg or Trilok. I was totally awestruck. It was a small venue maybe 200 people. I bought Trilok a Heineken and he let us come back stage and got to meet and talk to them all. Jonas has a couple of decent vids on YT but nothing like live.
i dont see how a tenor could be any weaker than any other bass, you cant do things that you do on standard tuned basses on a tenor bass and you cant do things you do on a tenor on a standard tuned bass, completely different
I love Mark King he's a very great player, but don't compare King and Stanley Clarke. There's nothing that he can do that compares to this man. This guy is an iconic legend and the very best of the best ever. In bass circles King's name is not spoken of like that by anyone.
STAN WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE AS WAS BILLY COBHAM.But remember Mark is in his own place as a bassist and singer. I feel he highly underrated.But really its not about whos better,they are all amazing,but without Stanley,Ron Carter,Scott Lafaro ,Jaco , Anthony Jackson and so many more ..These guys were the trail blazers of bass,the Pioneers so to speak
Yeah I agree that King is probably underrated in some circles, he is a phenomenal slap bassist by far. I would say surely up there technically with people like Louis Johnson, Marcus Miller and Victor in that style although I understand he can play in other styles also. Stanleys improvising is so lyrical and melodic as a bassist its unsurpassed even to this day.
This man know he can embody a bass than any man has. To me, he was the first person to make bass a solo instrument. Marcus Miller, Bootsy Collins, & Wayman Tisdale all took it different levels when they played.
Victor has tremendously beautiful technique, but he cant put the same melodic and lyrical note structures together like Stanley. Thats what makes Stanley and Jaco the best to ever have done it. Their translated knowledge of notes onto playing bass is what makes them great. Today I see serious bass technique, but not music deep understanding structure.
Stanley...Jaco...and many others...(Exept Flea)..are among the best composers...never mind bass playing...as composers they are gods....flea ?now you can clean up ...good boy...here's a cookie...
I'm with you. Flea is a great bassist and I admire the fact that he is going to school for music right now to supplement himself. But comared to him, Stanley and Jaco are red giants.
@Ewbear31 By his own self admission Flea does not know music theory. So he did all that by ear??? By the time he's done with college, or what ever education he's supplementing himself, he'll definitely be even more incredible! Tons and Tons of Raw talent there!
Flea has most likly sold waaaaaay more albums than stan, jaco, vic . . . he is no where near as godly on the bass, but his music comp, although not as melodic or complex, is certainly more marketable. Flea has nothing to learn about making money and having fun doing it.
lords of the low frequenices are many. we have been truly blessed by the LORD of all.we have weapons and vessels. my ears choice BASS. sex machine w/bootsy,dance to the music w/larry graham,silly putty w/stanley,geddy lee,flea,victor,laboriel,keeter betts verdine white. so sit down shut up and turn it up!
No one plays like Stanley , nor ever will!!.There is a ton of awesome players out there, but always remember Stan and Jaco,put the bass out front in popular music. They showed the world that bass , in the right hands can be extremely melodic and beautiful as well. Always remember; Stan can do it all , he was playing jazz in New York at 19!.
Well, in each area of bass playing, Stanleys has to be considered the greatest to ever to have done it. Tapping as newer style of playing has become popular in the last ten or so years for bass players although Stanley Jordan created the style on guitar more than twenty years ago. Stanleys not going to copy or get into it, because it belongs to someone else and as a legendary innovator his going to be an original.
Not only does he play upright bass, but that's his best instrument if you can beleive that. He really started out as an upright player very early, but the commercial side of the business forced him to go electric. And he really go electric...
I used to be a fan of Clarke's while a teenager. There's no arguing concerning his virtuosity, but I don't like his music nor for the most part his licks. I prefer Jaco's playing of the bass. It resembled more the bass than the lead guitar.
Interesting. It's said of both players that they approach the bass "like a guitar". Of course jaco never ventured into higher tuned basses, but he spent a lot of time flying around past the 12 fret for sure ;) But i see what you mean- Clarke's double bass playing though is of course a lot less "guitar" ;)
this is a great solo just because one plays bass does not mean he has to play funky or with a groove! be open minded!!! and its about music not beeing the best all the time!! grow up people!!
A great musician, a great bassplayer, and an influence to us all serious bassplayers. Bassplaying is all about feeling!! Not about technique or speed or competition you guys. Practise and try to do it better if you feel so competitive!! All these big names like clarke/miller/wooten/bona i have met them all are such wonderfull human beeings and RESPECT eachother!!!
Well, it's a rendition of a song that over the years was reborn several times. It's the opening of "In Celebration Of The Human Spirit" recorded Sept. 14-24 1981 on The Fuse One Recordings which later became the song "Tradition" from the "If This Bass Can Only Talk" album in 1988 then became "What if I forget the champagne" from the East River Drive CD in 1993. This show was filmed in late 1987 & "If This Bass can only talk" album was released in April of 1988 I think he was promoting that song.
he's a great bassist but honestly this solo is shit. he could have done way better than this. and a tenor bass is not a toy, most of its strings are the same as those on a regular 4 string; that's like saying all basses are toys.
Whitekid, I absolutely agree with you: this solo is, relatively speaking, shit. When compared to Victor Wooten, Richard Bona, Oteil Burbridge, Edgar Meyer, Christain McBride, NHOP, Bill Dickens, Alain Caron, and Jeff Andrews, this solo doesn't measure up. It doesn't really groove, he constantly fudges notes, there is no unifying theme, and most importantly, it appears to be nothing more than bravado.
This guy has done more for this instrument than all the players you mentioned combined. Are you crazy or is this over your head...lol. Check the record and due your homework. Much of what you are probably playing comes through this guys work. The best to ever has done it!
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As for the first sentence, I would like you to explain yourself. As for your second sentence, I am not sure whether it is declarative or interrogative. As for the third sentence, I don't know how to "due" my homework; "due" isn't even a verb. As for the forth sentence, I think you mean to say "guy's." The last sentence is not a sentence, nor is the verb conjugated properly. Despite it all, you really believe that you know what you're talking about.
I appreciate your cogent response and grammatical edits to my discourse. I didnt know I was being graded on the usage of the English language here, but Im extremely sure if your musicianship was half perceptive as youre incisive critique on vocabulary beyond a shadow of a doubt you would be much further and conversant as a player if you are a musician in fact. I stalwartly reiterate my rejoinder to your backward comments of Stanley Clarke.
Stated again, if you were aware of Mr. Clarkes playing style, influence and contribution to the bass, youre tremendously amateurish and unqualified statements would never have been written. Unequivocally you need to do additional study and homework on this particular artist. As you asked I may or may not know what Im talking about, but ever major bass readers poll, majority bass player and musician does and they have stated Clarkes contribution for years.
ah ok, fair enough. I jus really liked it and didn't like seeing it berated, but as you say, everyones entitled to their own opinions, so no offense meant dude.
Actually, Stanley is playing a Tenor Bass here. Tuned A D C G. A piccolo bass is tuned just like a 4 string only one octave higher. It's not a toy. It's an instrument. (Is a tenor sax also a toy?)
it doesn't mean it's not a "proper bass" which is what you said. it's just set up differently. and just because "wacking out" a huge E or A is the best, doesn't mean it's not a bass if it cannot do so. It's not a TYPICAL bass, but it's still a bass.
this is shit? amazing technique, awesome jazz harmony and also showing a real understanding of the blues, whats shit about that? wheres your video of non-shit bass playing then?
He's playing on an Alembic Bass, his particular model is a Piccolo Bass which is tuned one octave higher than a regular bass... Damn, I would love to have a piccolo bass...
i too would love to play a bass solo ...when am sort of good enough . But then a solo is what ever you feel like playing in your own way .Stans the man!
Yeah, Stanley is by far my favorite and the greatest bass player, but if you like just pure slapping check out Louis Johnson. I believe including the new bass hero's of today that Louis Johnson still my be the best thumper or slappers in the business.
tenor strings to be exact... It's tuned a 4th higher. Think of a standard tuned bass with every string moved one slot to the left, with a high C added on the end. His piccolo basses are tuned an entire octave higher.
I've got a 6 string so that's got the advantage of having BEADGC, its a bit daunting to play with such a thick neck to begin with, but its with it in my opinion
stanley clarke is the most influential figure on modern day bass in my opinion. i'd have to say him or jaco. its a hard choice. anyway i think i heard some of "bad asses" around 1:42. to think those people heard him perform that years before he recorded it and made it famous is pretty awesome i think.
Actually that lick is a pretty old one in stanley's repertoire, but it's still a good one :) I think bad asses is just a song-length extension of something similar.
What this Brotha did, and still does with acoustic and electric bass is truly revolutionary, he was my first excursion into really listening to it as a lead and solo instrument, along with the likes of the legendary Larry Graham, Mark Adams of the funk group Slave, and Mark King of Level 42, all appreciated for making a Bass truly speak.
Not the best selection of music for him to do a solo to, but it's crazy how he is playing it! The guy plays a bass lead like Eddie Van Halen does on a 6-string!
Man Stanley is one cool dude. I don't understand how people like Drake or Rick Ross are consider cool.by my peers. John Mclaughlin was cool, Wayne shorter and Jaco were cool, hell JLP is still cool. How come my generation gets Shit like Lady GaGa and Wizard Khalifa
nclempark1 1 month ago
What a lot of people don't realize is that Tony Williams Lifetime is actually one of the first fusion bands. The earlier version with Jack Bruce and John McLaughlin. that band split and then Cream was a more Blues/jazz/rock fusion group and Mahavishnu was the quintessential fusion band.
Oneness100 1 month ago
4to88strings. My fusion days go back to 1973. the first band I saw was Mahavishnu with the original band, then the second band, RTF for both the No Mystery and Romantic Warrior tours, WR with alphonso and Jaco, Trilok w/McLaughlin, Mahavishnu with Jonas, Trilok with a variety of bass players, Stanley with his own band with various payers, jan hammer group with and without Jeff beck, original yellow jackets, Zawinul Syndicate, jean Luc Ponty. Another great bass player is Ralphe Armstrong.
Oneness100 1 month ago
I think you need to add some more bass players to the list of the top players. add Richard Bona, his work with Zawinul is amazing work, as is Alphonzo Johnson with WR, Cobham, Duke, etc. There is a crop of players from Africa that are inspiring as well. bass players that play with Jean Luc Ponty, Youssou N'Dour, Kine Lam, Zawinul, Trilok Gurtu all have great bass players. Stanley was one of the early fusion players that started it all and that's why the only thing one has to say is "Stanley".
Oneness100 2 months ago
@Oneness100 I was lucky enuff to see Trilok Gurtu with J Maclaughlin+on bass was Jonas Helborg. I was a Stanley Jaco Entwistle Geedy Lee fan with Stan being my favorite for jazz Entwistle for rock. I'd seen Mac several times but had barely heard of Hellborg or Trilok. I was totally awestruck. It was a small venue maybe 200 people. I bought Trilok a Heineken and he let us come back stage and got to meet and talk to them all. Jonas has a couple of decent vids on YT but nothing like live.
4to88strings 1 month ago
Toujours bon bon bon.......
okolodu 5 months ago
STANLEY IS THE ORIGINAL MUSICMAN BASSIST..HE MADE THE BASS A SOLO INSTRUMENT WITH RETURN TO FOREVER
scottfree6 5 months ago
@scottfree6
John Ethwistle of The Who was pretty impressive as well !
ukraininoak 2 months ago in playlist Stanley Clarke
Flea is a greaat bassist, but a Flea compared to Jaco or Stanley!
dezziwood555 6 months ago
So Stan plays with all of his right hand fingers, awesome
MrBassnVocals 9 months ago
Nice quality D:
FesjncaCS 11 months ago
Another fine example of why Stanley is in a class by himself.
TheBusRand 1 year ago 2
@TheBusRand Excellent! I couldn't have said it better myself! Kudos to you sir!
ztztzyzy 1 year ago
He's just awesome
MrStayCoul 1 year ago
i dont see how a tenor could be any weaker than any other bass, you cant do things that you do on standard tuned basses on a tenor bass and you cant do things you do on a tenor on a standard tuned bass, completely different
JEVentrillon 1 year ago
one of cliff burtons inspirations
cliffdimerandy 1 year ago
@cliffdimerandy Mmh maybe I'm wrong but I don't think stanley influenced cliff
MrStayCoul 1 year ago
@MrStayCoul Wrong....read Cliff's bio and you will see that Stanley and Geezer were both big time influences for him.....
ztztzyzy 1 year ago
Man, Too bad Cliff isn't alive today, I'm sure he would've made metallica way better then they are now, this man was Cliff's mentor, and I see why
Mriao231 2 years ago 3
@Mriao231 dude i know for a fact if cliff was still alive...metallica wouldve never sold out..
doublethumpbass89 1 year ago
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True that
Mriao231 1 year ago
@doublethumpbass89 How the fuck could you possibly know that to be a fact Nostradamus?
hollywoodhillsagency 1 year ago
if i could play like that for a day i would be a happy dude
jrayblaze61 2 years ago 2
Just The Best player guitar Bass !! para sempre ; )
Djibinho 2 years ago
YEAH YEAH but Mark King Improved on the style and is still the best of all time
ghbluesboy 2 years ago
I love Mark King he's a very great player, but don't compare King and Stanley Clarke. There's nothing that he can do that compares to this man. This guy is an iconic legend and the very best of the best ever. In bass circles King's name is not spoken of like that by anyone.
ShangoDC 2 years ago
STAN WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE AS WAS BILLY COBHAM.But remember Mark is in his own place as a bassist and singer. I feel he highly underrated.But really its not about whos better,they are all amazing,but without Stanley,Ron Carter,Scott Lafaro ,Jaco , Anthony Jackson and so many more ..These guys were the trail blazers of bass,the Pioneers so to speak
76alembic 2 years ago
Yeah I agree that King is probably underrated in some circles, he is a phenomenal slap bassist by far. I would say surely up there technically with people like Louis Johnson, Marcus Miller and Victor in that style although I understand he can play in other styles also. Stanleys improvising is so lyrical and melodic as a bassist its unsurpassed even to this day.
ShangoDC 2 years ago
This man know he can embody a bass than any man has. To me, he was the first person to make bass a solo instrument. Marcus Miller, Bootsy Collins, & Wayman Tisdale all took it different levels when they played.
whouwit24 2 years ago
amaziiiiiiiing !!!!!!
Djibinho 2 years ago
Dont u just love it wen someone brings melody to bass.
Pastafield 2 years ago 3
I swear that's an Alembic bass! I love alembic basses. Please correct me if I'm wrong =/ lol =)
StrawberryJungle 2 years ago 2
Yup, that's an alembic.
sorencasonwood 2 years ago
stanley has nothin on victor except age
gmcwhir 2 years ago
Victor has tremendously beautiful technique, but he cant put the same melodic and lyrical note structures together like Stanley. Thats what makes Stanley and Jaco the best to ever have done it. Their translated knowledge of notes onto playing bass is what makes them great. Today I see serious bass technique, but not music deep understanding structure.
ShangoDC 2 years ago
Stanley...Jaco...and many others...(Exept Flea)..are among the best composers...never mind bass playing...as composers they are gods....flea ?now you can clean up ...good boy...here's a cookie...
swanzenswanzen 2 years ago 2
I'm with you. Flea is a great bassist and I admire the fact that he is going to school for music right now to supplement himself. But comared to him, Stanley and Jaco are red giants.
Ewbear31 2 years ago 10
@Ewbear31 By his own self admission Flea does not know music theory. So he did all that by ear??? By the time he's done with college, or what ever education he's supplementing himself, he'll definitely be even more incredible! Tons and Tons of Raw talent there!
Upritebass 1 year ago
@Ewbear31 dont forget victor and marcus
Aidos8158 3 days ago
Flea? Are u waching this? Learn what music comp is all about!!
swanzenswanzen 2 years ago
Flea has most likly sold waaaaaay more albums than stan, jaco, vic . . . he is no where near as godly on the bass, but his music comp, although not as melodic or complex, is certainly more marketable. Flea has nothing to learn about making money and having fun doing it.
wontacceptthis 2 years ago
For Stanley and Jaco it was never about money. Hell, I bet it was never about money even for Flea.
Ewbear31 2 years ago 2
merci merci merci...
MarcoBurrone 2 years ago
so want his bass and his top is beautiful!! TOP MARKS! as always
jaydeebassman 2 years ago
This manwas and is a genious
tom3k789 2 years ago
lords of the low frequenices are many. we have been truly blessed by the LORD of all.we have weapons and vessels. my ears choice BASS. sex machine w/bootsy,dance to the music w/larry graham,silly putty w/stanley,geddy lee,flea,victor,laboriel,keeter betts verdine white. so sit down shut up and turn it up!
untieddog2 2 years ago
No one plays like Stanley , nor ever will!!.There is a ton of awesome players out there, but always remember Stan and Jaco,put the bass out front in popular music. They showed the world that bass , in the right hands can be extremely melodic and beautiful as well. Always remember; Stan can do it all , he was playing jazz in New York at 19!.
76alembic 2 years ago
jacos good i have his signatue bass fretless it is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!
maplestoryJUiCAY 2 years ago
nice hear those suspended seventh chords all through the solo I am impressed I just never seen him do tapping like victor
Teebraxton 2 years ago
Victor, is a student of Stanley Clarke. Go to "SMV Tour Battles of the Bass". Hit me back after you watch it.
Peace...
ShangoDC 2 years ago
Well, in each area of bass playing, Stanleys has to be considered the greatest to ever to have done it. Tapping as newer style of playing has become popular in the last ten or so years for bass players although Stanley Jordan created the style on guitar more than twenty years ago. Stanleys not going to copy or get into it, because it belongs to someone else and as a legendary innovator his going to be an original.
ShangoDC 2 years ago
who was the bass player that was on the screen at the VERY beginning?
ejlarsonstratford 3 years ago
that was stanley clarke, he plays stand up as well.
zacktothefuture 3 years ago
Not only does he play upright bass, but that's his best instrument if you can beleive that. He really started out as an upright player very early, but the commercial side of the business forced him to go electric. And he really go electric...
ShangoDC 2 years ago
I used to be a fan of Clarke's while a teenager. There's no arguing concerning his virtuosity, but I don't like his music nor for the most part his licks. I prefer Jaco's playing of the bass. It resembled more the bass than the lead guitar.
FernandoCavuto 3 years ago 3
Interesting. It's said of both players that they approach the bass "like a guitar". Of course jaco never ventured into higher tuned basses, but he spent a lot of time flying around past the 12 fret for sure ;) But i see what you mean- Clarke's double bass playing though is of course a lot less "guitar" ;)
nightcrayon 2 years ago
this piece sounds very classical! I like!
jwuonog 3 years ago
Man this solo is great, I don't know what the negative critics are talking about
JayBass18 3 years ago
5:15 YES!
CalmLikeABombX 3 years ago
Stanley is the man when it comes to Bass
markee2006 3 years ago 3
stanley clarke is amazing if you dont agree go back and listen to return to forever
Laiden12 3 years ago 3
this is a great solo just because one plays bass does not mean he has to play funky or with a groove! be open minded!!! and its about music not beeing the best all the time!! grow up people!!
Bassmanonmasa 3 years ago 4
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this clarke-dude has always been way overrated! listen to this bullshit!
DeRauser 3 years ago
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He is one pimp mo fo.
OneBigRetard 3 years ago
A great musician, a great bassplayer, and an influence to us all serious bassplayers. Bassplaying is all about feeling!! Not about technique or speed or competition you guys. Practise and try to do it better if you feel so competitive!! All these big names like clarke/miller/wooten/bona i have met them all are such wonderfull human beeings and RESPECT eachother!!!
DMCpro6944 3 years ago 4
its about music, not speed noise and 'appearing' to be the 'best' all thetime...
nechance 3 years ago 10
Best Bassist alive!!!
IvanovBR 3 years ago 2
Or dead
xenotoxette 3 years ago
What are you talking about? Stanley Clarke is still alive and still stunning us with his music.
ssssroryssss2 3 years ago 2
Best of the best!
RikiCe85 3 years ago
that's an alembic, right?
fanofthemusic1090 3 years ago
Listen up everyone! What's the song he begins with?
voncoolio 3 years ago
Well, it's a rendition of a song that over the years was reborn several times. It's the opening of "In Celebration Of The Human Spirit" recorded Sept. 14-24 1981 on The Fuse One Recordings which later became the song "Tradition" from the "If This Bass Can Only Talk" album in 1988 then became "What if I forget the champagne" from the East River Drive CD in 1993. This show was filmed in late 1987 & "If This Bass can only talk" album was released in April of 1988 I think he was promoting that song.
basssman 3 years ago 2
Stanley has soul
KurtSandford 3 years ago
Stanley jest ciągle znakomity!
Krzys409 3 years ago 2
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he's a great bassist but honestly this solo is shit. he could have done way better than this. and a tenor bass is not a toy, most of its strings are the same as those on a regular 4 string; that's like saying all basses are toys.
whitekid345895 3 years ago
It's alright whitekid, it's alright. Don't cry.
voncoolio 3 years ago
when you post a video of yourself doing better, i'll listen to your opinion
WUTNINETHOUSAND 3 years ago
Whitekid, I absolutely agree with you: this solo is, relatively speaking, shit. When compared to Victor Wooten, Richard Bona, Oteil Burbridge, Edgar Meyer, Christain McBride, NHOP, Bill Dickens, Alain Caron, and Jeff Andrews, this solo doesn't measure up. It doesn't really groove, he constantly fudges notes, there is no unifying theme, and most importantly, it appears to be nothing more than bravado.
tednugentsghost 3 years ago
This guy has done more for this instrument than all the players you mentioned combined. Are you crazy or is this over your head...lol. Check the record and due your homework. Much of what you are probably playing comes through this guys work. The best to ever has done it!
ShangoDC 3 years ago 2
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As for the first sentence, I would like you to explain yourself. As for your second sentence, I am not sure whether it is declarative or interrogative. As for the third sentence, I don't know how to "due" my homework; "due" isn't even a verb. As for the forth sentence, I think you mean to say "guy's." The last sentence is not a sentence, nor is the verb conjugated properly. Despite it all, you really believe that you know what you're talking about.
tednugentsghost 3 years ago
I appreciate your cogent response and grammatical edits to my discourse. I didnt know I was being graded on the usage of the English language here, but Im extremely sure if your musicianship was half perceptive as youre incisive critique on vocabulary beyond a shadow of a doubt you would be much further and conversant as a player if you are a musician in fact. I stalwartly reiterate my rejoinder to your backward comments of Stanley Clarke.
ShangoDC 3 years ago
Stated again, if you were aware of Mr. Clarkes playing style, influence and contribution to the bass, youre tremendously amateurish and unqualified statements would never have been written. Unequivocally you need to do additional study and homework on this particular artist. As you asked I may or may not know what Im talking about, but ever major bass readers poll, majority bass player and musician does and they have stated Clarkes contribution for years.
ShangoDC 3 years ago
CAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT REALLY WHEN YOU MAKE CRAZY STATEMENTSI HOPE SOlol
ShangoDC 3 years ago
I love my tenor and i love [most of] this soul-o.
ACUTEFAILURE 3 years ago
He's so dayum bad, he makes me sick. Man how did he get so awesome. I wonder what he's like away from the bass?
nancydrew5 3 years ago 2
ah ok, fair enough. I jus really liked it and didn't like seeing it berated, but as you say, everyones entitled to their own opinions, so no offense meant dude.
NPjazzsaxmusic 3 years ago
Actually, Stanley is playing a Tenor Bass here. Tuned A D C G. A piccolo bass is tuned just like a 4 string only one octave higher. It's not a toy. It's an instrument. (Is a tenor sax also a toy?)
basssman 3 years ago
@basssman Good points, and true.
Upritebass 1 year ago
it doesn't mean it's not a "proper bass" which is what you said. it's just set up differently. and just because "wacking out" a huge E or A is the best, doesn't mean it's not a bass if it cannot do so. It's not a TYPICAL bass, but it's still a bass.
rarisgod 3 years ago
this is shit? amazing technique, awesome jazz harmony and also showing a real understanding of the blues, whats shit about that? wheres your video of non-shit bass playing then?
NPjazzsaxmusic 3 years ago
you or the best every from pittsburgh pa please stop this w.a.m.o fm 106
stancarrz 3 years ago
man i could only wish for 10% of his talent
geeslim 3 years ago
what's his tuning??
did he use an octaver??
plays so good!
topheytophezz 3 years ago
He's playing on an Alembic Bass, his particular model is a Piccolo Bass which is tuned one octave higher than a regular bass... Damn, I would love to have a piccolo bass...
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thanks you
me too
topheytophezz 3 years ago
He is doing so many excerpts from his albums, from "School Days" to "If This Bass Could Only Talk."
I've studied his work ever since I began playing nearly 28 years ago, and he is a major force in the style I have developed over that time.
GodslaveRocks 3 years ago
There are even some Return to Forever licks in there.
GodslaveRocks 3 years ago 2
i too would love to play a bass solo ...when am sort of good enough . But then a solo is what ever you feel like playing in your own way .Stans the man!
gticat1 3 years ago
i like the sound of the bass is so cool
javzlinkin 3 years ago
Everything Stanley Clarke plays sounds good, not one exception can be found.
voncoolio 3 years ago 2
yowza!
hisvorpalswords 3 years ago
you know
i can see him slapping,
i thought larry graham "invented" slap, but there is stanley clarke doing it at least ten times better
demoncheeseball101 3 years ago
i wouldn't say that
ijb446 3 years ago
Yeah, Stanley is by far my favorite and the greatest bass player, but if you like just pure slapping check out Louis Johnson. I believe including the new bass hero's of today that Louis Johnson still my be the best thumper or slappers in the business.
ShangoDC 3 years ago
THE GRRRRREEEEEAAAAATTTTTEEEEEESSSSSTTTT bass
player of ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
carameljimmy 3 years ago
clark is one bad ass mf er on the bass,electric bass
dreadtodred 3 years ago
He's useing piccolo strings right?
xiz90 4 years ago
yep on his alembic 76 piccolo.
fingers81 4 years ago
Actually the piccolo bass that he uses is a Carl Thompson. This is an Alembic Tenor bass.
basssman 3 years ago
tenor strings to be exact... It's tuned a 4th higher. Think of a standard tuned bass with every string moved one slot to the left, with a high C added on the end. His piccolo basses are tuned an entire octave higher.
nightcrayon 3 years ago
I jus did a similar trick to my 5 string. Getting rid of the B string and adding a C. EADGC
funkyfingasjackson 3 years ago
I've got a 6 string so that's got the advantage of having BEADGC, its a bit daunting to play with such a thick neck to begin with, but its with it in my opinion
manofsteel42 3 years ago
yeah funkyfingasjackson, I do that all the time :)
Lewis512 3 years ago
great
NicoPastorius 4 years ago
rediculous, delicious
musicman9897 4 years ago
As far as I'm concerned, the best jazz bassist ever
ilipiwke 4 years ago 3
stanley clarke is the most influential figure on modern day bass in my opinion. i'd have to say him or jaco. its a hard choice. anyway i think i heard some of "bad asses" around 1:42. to think those people heard him perform that years before he recorded it and made it famous is pretty awesome i think.
zenbassie03 4 years ago
Actually that lick is a pretty old one in stanley's repertoire, but it's still a good one :) I think bad asses is just a song-length extension of something similar.
nightcrayon 4 years ago
awesome
SilasTheStricken 4 years ago
stanleys been around for years and still brilliant today
SilasTheStricken 4 years ago
my hero
superstarARH 4 years ago
mine too
basssman 4 years ago
mine three
santinobass 4 years ago
este loco es una fuckin maza se va ala mierda tocando increible!!!!! terrible!!!! asombroso!!!
ISAACISACHAR 4 years ago
Thanks Bassmutha! I also dig the vids you post!!!
basssman 4 years ago
Awesome!
Mowac 4 years ago
What this Brotha did, and still does with acoustic and electric bass is truly revolutionary, he was my first excursion into really listening to it as a lead and solo instrument, along with the likes of the legendary Larry Graham, Mark Adams of the funk group Slave, and Mark King of Level 42, all appreciated for making a Bass truly speak.
davisismail1comcast 4 years ago
Stanley clarke is the king he still kicks ass.
markee2006 4 years ago 3
Stan the man!!!
Moricavader 4 years ago 3
Not the best selection of music for him to do a solo to, but it's crazy how he is playing it! The guy plays a bass lead like Eddie Van Halen does on a 6-string!
bigbadbob58 4 years ago
even better than eddie van halen
syaowolf 4 years ago 4
amazing video, some of his best song licks played within the solo too! Thanks a lot =]
MrMaiden 4 years ago