where you come down on him as a Bass Player?

his work with Return to Forever?

His solo Career?

His work with George Duke and others?

his SOundtrack score work?

you find him funky or mellow?

is he on your mount Rushmore of Jazz Bass Players?

what you think of him in the R&B/Pop world when he has done work over there?

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I've yet to get hooked on anything else he's done.

What he tends to go for on bass hasn't really knocked me out from the little I've heard of his music.

I definitely want to get more familiar with his music at some point.

>where you come down on him as a Bass Player?

One of the GOAT.


>his work with Return to Forever?

Classic.

>His solo Career?

A mixed bag. I think working in RTF kept him grounded. His solo albums made in those years were generally great. Working with George Duke made his work even better.

>His work with George Duke and others?

The first Clarke/Duke album was a classic. Duke finally got Stan to come out of his "alt-Black" shell a lil bit and he was on a nice lil R&B run for a few years.

Now the subsequent Clarke/Duke albums (particularly the second one) didn't hit like the first one did, but there was some good stuff on there.

I think as a producer, he is very underrated. For some reason on his own albums, he had a hard time getting the R&B stuff down right (at least before Time Exposure), though I will ride for I WANNA PLAY FOR YOU (that title track especially) all day; his work as producer for Rodney Franklin and Ramsey Lewis must be heard.

>his SOundtrack score work?

Underrated. I think he did a great job on Boyz N The Hood; though it took me a while to figure out it was him.

>you find him funky or mellow?

He can be both. You have to prod him to be the former sometimes; he's kind of got "NyQuil" (© O_E) qualities as a bass player. When he's there, he's one of the best.

>is he on your mount Rushmore of Jazz Bass Players?

Absolutely. With Marcus Miller and others.

>what you think of him in the R&B/Pop world when he has done
>work over there?

A mixed bag. I actually like his singing.
Some of my favorite albums he's ever recorded are the ones that immediately followed Clarke/Duke: I Want To Know You, Time Exposure, Find Out! "Heaven Sent" from Time Exposure is a must listen. Because Howard Hewett sings it, they think it's his song, though.

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