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Stanley Clarke bummed me out last night

#142
BluesWalker said:
I would be bummed if he came out and played upright for the whole show. He is obviously a good upright player, but his name/forte/strength/etc is all based on his electric playing.
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I was first aware of his upright playing on Light as a Feather and Return to Forever (ECM) in the early 1970s, although a lot of people didn't become aware of him until School Days and post-School Days recordings.
I saw him several years back in a Master Class at Victor Wooten's Bass and Nature Camp and his whole presentation was on upright bass. That was all he played and he was really advocating bassists investigate both instruments. He was actually playing a hybrid carved/ply bass that retailed at about 3-4 grand (probably an early Spellbinder Upright) and sounded wonderful. I think he's just gravitated to more upright lately.
His new CD is 80-90% electric, BTW.
 
#144
Here in Indy they have learned to annouce if it is an "electric Acoustic or track" show! There had been a few shows by other artists both instrumentalist and vocalist....when people expected a band or an electric show and it turned out to be a "Solo" with backing tracks! For a hundred bucks....I'd expect him to play it ALL!


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#145
Passinwind said:
I saw Stanley at Jazz Alley in Seattle a couple of years ago. It was roughly 50/50 BG and URB. Another TBer went a day or two later and said the show was completely different than the one I saw. I would personally happily pay much more for an all-upright performance, but his encore at the show I saw was a 20 minute duo jam with Dennis Chambers and Stanley covering all the old fusion territory including School Days, Lopsy Lu, etc.
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I think I was at that show - I was in town for work and I remember that bit where he did the jam with Dennis.

I saw Stanley, Chick Corea, and Lenny White last year while on vacation at the Tokyo Blue Note when they were doing the acoustic trio. All they did were standards and some of their tunes and it was AMAZING. Just Stanley on upright through an Ampeg. That's it. His Live 76 - 77 album is amazing, but I love Stanley's upright playing.

I actually just got the Japan only 2CD from those trio dates they did last year and it's as good as I remember them being.

Sorry the OP didn't get what he wanted, but these days I'd almost rather hear Stanley do what he does on upright than play School Days again. As an electric player who mainly plays more traditional jazz more often than not, I get a lot of ideas just by listening to cats like him ...
 
#146
Several Years ago I paid $100 to see Eric Clapton, he walked out on stage and said
"I'm playing nothing but the blues tonight, hope you like it".
Well, I didn't like it. I wanted the whole enchilada, rock, pop & the blues.
Great blues show mind you but not what I wanted.
I have seen Stanley twice and each time he spent equal time on UB & Alembic.
I was very happy. As far as $100 I think he is worth it.
 
#147
Haven't read this entire thread but it's no secret that Stanley Clarke announced some time ago that he doesn't feature any slapping and popping in his concert appearances. I think that his performances are designed to promote more traditional bass work, despite the commercial success he enjoyed on some past projects where he altered his style and slapped. Something like Ricky Nelsons "Garden Party"...you can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself.
 
#154
A few years back I went to see the Dave Brubeck Quartet in Baltimore. At the time, Dave was about 84 or so. This was a strange collaboration he was doing with a choral group, but having been a Brubeck fan I was willing to take a chance, since you never know when the guy will stop touring.

The show was in a small indoor theatre, and it was pouring rain. People were getting there late and having trouble finding parking, so the show got delayed. I was sitting in the seats, very close to the stage, when out walks Dave and his band, and Dave says, "Because of the weather we'll going to give folks some more time to get here. Meanwhile, we're gonna play you a little jazz."

YES! They played 4 or 5 numbers to warm us up. Can you say "happy"? Needless to say, this was the best part of the show. The main show with all the choral singers was less interesting to me, but Dave Brubeck is a class act and never forgets what the fans want.
 
#155
Saw him last night @ the Tarrytown Music hall in NY for $40 as seat. Yup, upright entire show cept for the encore.. Enjoyed the bejeepers out of it! One the most effortless players you'll ever see. Omar Hakim was on drums, which was an awesome treat!
 
#159
fourstringdrums said:
This is true but man...$350 for a dinner out for two people. What did you order? A porthouse stuffed with fois gras and topped with snails? :)
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Probably ;) When I eat at Ruth's Chris, the bill's closer to $150, but I don't drink so my wife just gets a couple glasses of wine instead of a couple bottles. But if you drink and get dessert, it could come out to $350 easily.

Anyway, Del Frisco's has converted me away from Ruth's Chris ;)
 

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