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If This Bass Could Only Talk,Stanley Clarke

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Stanley Clarke
Released 1988

Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
06:05
2,328 plays

If This Bass Could Only Talk
02:30
1,701 plays

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
06:25
1,694 plays

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- 1
- If This Bass Could Only Talk
- 02:30
- 1,701 plays

- 2
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- 06:25
- 1,694 plays

- 3
- I Want To Play For Ya
- 03:22
- 1,561 plays

- 4
- Stories To Tell
- 03:46
- 1,551 plays

- 5
- Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
- 06:05
- 2,328 plays

- 6
- Workin' Man
- 06:25
- 1,378 plays

- 7
- Tradition
- 07:11
- 1,166 plays

- 8
- Come Take My Hand
- 04:07
- 1,315 plays

- 9
- Bassically Taps
- 03:15
- 1,307 plays

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album review

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, All Music Guide