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You don't double thumb, neither does Stanley. But...

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He smokes most specialist slappers, IMO in this uber version of Cantaloupe island - Stanlye's thumb supremacy is unchallenged. How locked he is to Omar's snare and bass drum footwork and then his finger and strum work, just kills. , just driving it higher and higher. with every choruListen to his duet solo with Omar setting up Omar for his drum solo.

And really a drum set is the instrument to use not finger drums. Flecktones are you listening?

Also this is probably a reason why Alembics are special, In construction and electronics. The back and forth transition from slap to finger to strum is delicious


 
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patate_hurlante said:
Probably something like "it's all about the groove, man".

Not exactly a novel thought, but to render unto Caesar's etc, that's a thought that simply can't be restated too many times ;-)

@logdrum: Sweet video, thanks!
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Talking crap about very accomplished musicians doesn't need to be restated by anyone. If you really think your chops outshine Vic, Marcus, etc. then don't hide behind an old video of Stanley, show us YOUR badass chops so we can see how great they are!
 
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JonathanPDX said:
Talking crap about very accomplished musicians doesn't need to be restated by anyone.
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Maybe I'm confused, but I see absolutely no instance of "talking crap" in the original post, just praise upon Stanley Clarke's playing, if at all "despite" his old school technique.

JonathanPDX said:
If you really think your chops outshine Vic, Marcus, etc.
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No, but I legit can outrun Usain Bolt.
Can't you?
 
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Admiral Akbar said:
Well, the op said Stanley “smokes most specialist slappers”, which presumably includes “double thumpers”.

I feel like this thread is all about commenting on a sports skills competition rather than actual an actual musical performance.
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Clickbait. Or to put it another way: "It's a trap!!!"
 
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patate_hurlante said:
Maybe I'm confused, but I see absolutely no instance of "talking crap" in the original post, just praise upon Stanley Clarke's playing, if at all "despite" his old school technique.
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He says "You don't double thumb neither does Stanley" in the title, then throws shade at the Flecktones. Why even bring up that stuff if the point is to share a cool Stanley clip? Because it's not about that, the clip is just a vehicle for throwing shade at others.
 
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Wow. An exceptional performance all the way around.

Rather than engaging in sophomoric “mine’s bigger than yours,” we should be celebrating these performances and grateful that they are part of our heritage. The playing was simply stunning.

I found Mr. Clarke’s sound quite different from his normal thing; seemed like he was leaning much more heavily on the neck pickup, with VERY interesting results. Nice!

Popular music in its best expression yields identifying sounds and styles for each player. Whining about some player’s individual sound kind of pretty much misses the point.

This was a fabulous ensemble and performance. No more need be said.
 
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doran.dragic said:
- He's no Louis Johnson
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Interesting you bring that up, as those two players were pretty much the two benchmark players within that style area for a long time in the 70s. Johnson traded on the Thunderthumbs identity and Clarke used to playfully jab at him, challenging him to play anything that was not key of E. They were and are two sides of a certain coin.

You won’t get very far throwing shade at Stanley Clarke as a slap bass player - he was one of the original innovators. But, as your comment implies, his playing was always a little more about note choices than about powerful bulldozing licks. That said, he did record many really badass tracks. Check out “Play the Bass 10” on Time Exposure, “Bad Asses” on Toys of Men as two examples.
 
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Altitude said:
Interesting you bring that up, as those two players were pretty much the two benchmark players within that style area for a long time in the 70s. Johnson traded on the Thunderthumbs identity and Clarke used to playfully jab at him, challenging him to play anything that was not key of E. They were and are two sides of a certain coin.

You won’t get very far throwing shade at Stanley Clarke as a slap bass player - he was one of the original innovators. But, as your comment implies, his playing was always a little more about note choices than about powerful bulldozing licks. That said, he did record many really badass tracks. Check out “Play the Bass 10” on Time Exposure, “Bad Asses” on Toys of Men as two examples.
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Sorry, I wasn't being entirely serious (although I meant what I said about thinking the bass sounded poorly in that video).
 
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Seeing Stanley multiple times, there is no question that his live Alembic sound was/ is monstrous.
He used to run his Series 1 Short Scale (Alembic) in stereo through a stack of EV`s. For absolutely sure there was no thinness to his low end!
Park West: Chicago.
Uptown Theatre Chicago ~ the concert was going on for four hours when I left.
Ravinia: Highland Park, etc.
Not to mention that upright/ double bass tone!
Full Range and clarity in the entire available frequencies a bass (or player) could produce.
 
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