Stanley Clarke: Slap Bass Tracks???

dulouz · #1 10-16-2007, 02:22 PM

Hey everyone, I need your help. I am looking for any recordings of Stanley Clarke playing slap bass. What are your favorites? What do you all recommend? Thanks...

MonetBass · #2 10-16-2007, 02:37 PM

Check out the "Passenger 57" soundtrack. Mr. Clarke wrote all of the music for that, and has some pretty cool slapping on it.

Grueber · #3 10-16-2007, 02:39 PM

Silly Putty and Lopsy Lu

gre107 · #4 10-16-2007, 02:43 PM

You could bassicaly get any of his albums and there will be great examples of him slapping. Get his first album Stanley Clarke and School Days. These will keep you off the streets for a long time.

Peace!

DWBass · #5 10-16-2007, 02:55 PM

^^^What they said^^^!

Baryonyx · #6 10-16-2007, 04:06 PM

One of my favourite Stanley Clarke tunes is "Hot Fun", especially the version from "I wanna play for you". That one really worked my muting skills when I learned it! Also from that album parts of "Jamaican Boy" and especially "My Greatest Hits" will satisfy your lust for Stanley's slapping!

Another great Stanley slap track is "Bassically Taps". It's a little duet with Gregory Hines tapdancing and Stan playing away, amazing tone and a lot of very clean muting, very nice!

Another underrated classic from Stan is "Rose Colored Glasses" from the second Animal Logic album. A very understated, powerful slap line, but very cool. In fact, I'd recommend that all Stan fans and indeed, anyone who enjoys intelligent pop music check out the Animal Logic records. For my money the first one was slightly better, but Stewart Copeland, Deborah Holland and Stanley were an amazing trio. Stanley never shows off, he just plays the most perfectly fitted lines around, with an attention to detail in terms of note choice and nuances comparable to that of say, Anthony Jackson! Heck, if you must hear Stanley soloing with Animal Logic, check out "In The Garden" from their second album! Seriously, check these records out, you will not regret it!

Peace and love to the Stanley fans around here, I'm always happy to discuss this guy, as underrated as he is!

bottomzone · #7 10-16-2007, 05:01 PM

"Future Shock", "Play The Bass 10^2", "Speed Ball" and "Time Exposure" from Time Exposure
"Play The Bass" from Let Me Know You
"Born in The USA" from Find Out
"Funk is it's Own Reward" from East River Drive

Stanley's new CD just dropped today! I plan on added it to my collection.

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

Baryonyx · #8 10-16-2007, 05:03 PM

According to Amazon.co.uk it's not out until October 29th?

bassbrad · #9 10-16-2007, 07:04 PM

The Toys of Men is out in the USA today and it is hitting on all levels. It has several monster slap tracks and trak 7 Bad Asses is him working out with the new drummer that is super sick.

bottomzone · #10 10-16-2007, 08:09 PM

Yes, today is the day.

http://www.headsup.com/ecards/3128/default.html

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

Dr. Cheese · #11 10-16-2007, 09:13 PM

I heard some samples from Toys of Men on Amazon, and I am excited about a Stanley Clarke CD for the first time in about twenty or twenty-five years. It sounds like he really has re-connected with his Fusion roots, and there are several every strong acoustic tracks too,

dulouz · #12 10-16-2007, 10:36 PM

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions, this should keep me busy for awhile...

JimK · #13 10-17-2007, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gre107

Get his first album Stanley Clarke and School Days.

His 1st solo album is Children Of Forever.
It is pretty forgetable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Forever

bottomzone · #14 10-17-2007, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

I heard some samples from Toys of Men on Amazon, and I am excited about a Stanley Clarke CD for the first time in about twenty or twenty-five years. It sounds like he really has re-connected with his Fusion roots, and there are several every strong acoustic tracks too,

I CONCUR!!!

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

tZer · #15 10-17-2007, 10:32 AM

I used to have an album of Stanley's called, "Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" that had a track called, "We Supply (All Your Funky needs)" that had the coolest slap line!!

Click here for the funk!

That album also featured (Amongst many other notables) Simon Phillips on drums...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocks,_Pebbles_and_Sand

I "learned" this line YEARS ago... I still noodle with it almost every time I play. It is really infectious.

Barkless Dog · #16 10-17-2007, 10:43 AM

School days- yeah played too death, but still great.

StanFan · #17 10-17-2007, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

I heard some samples from Toys of Men on Amazon, and I am excited about a Stanley Clarke CD for the first time in about twenty or twenty-five years. It sounds like he really has re-connected with his Fusion roots, and there are several every strong acoustic tracks too,

+1

He also has 2 tracks streaming on stanleyclarke.com.

gre107 · #18 10-17-2007, 10:55 AM

Toys of Men (I just got it yesterday) has some great slap on it! Stanley is doing some absolutley sick stuff on the Bad A*ses track!

bkbirge · #19 10-17-2007, 10:56 AM

Best thread here in a long time. Keep the songs comin'. I've got almost all his albums on my mp3 player here at work (ripped myself, not pirated thank you) and I just made a playlist from the recommendations and called it 'slap clarke'. Slap + piccolo bass solos = Funk Overload.

Dr. Cheese · #20 10-17-2007, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tZer

I used to have an album of Stanley's called, "Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" that had a track called, "We Supply (All Your Funky needs)" that had the coolest slap line!!

Click here for the funk!

That album also featured (Amongst many other notables) Simon Phillips on drums...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocks,_Pebbles_and_Sand

I "learned" this line YEARS ago... I still noodle with it almost every time I play. It is really infectious.

Louis Johnson actually did the slap bassline on "We Supply." Stanley did the piccolo stuff that sounds like rythmn guitar.