Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love
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Artist: Stanley ClarkeEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
- Silly Putty
- Journey to Love
- Hello Jeff
- Song to John, Pt. 1
- Song to John, Pt. 2
- Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Pt. 1-4
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Free Music Review: Stanley Clarke's Journey To Love
Hit: 5 Stars
Flourishing in a musical environment where rock,jazz and funk could exist in an infinate variety of flavors and combinations Stanley Clarke followed up his self titled second album with this album. On every song his thumping,vamping as well as the fusion of both technically demanding funkiness and improvisations on both electric and acoustic bass alone would make this a truly remarkable listening experience. At the same time the high level of quality here goes far deeper than that. Although not always as fluid compositionally as some of his contempories Clarke's abilities lay in not only his own aggressive attack on his instrument but in how he melded so well together with the other musicians surrounding him. That includes the likes of David Sancious,Lenny White,John McLaughlin,Steve Gadd,Jeff Beck and the man who would become Clarke's musical brother in arms for many years:George Duke. More than anything all the music here really showcases how the combination of Clarke and Duke's electric and acoustic flair,although very different in feeling managed to create a sound that was not only distinctive but baught out the best qualities in each player. "Silly Putty" showcases both their talents on a spirited horn funk jam where Clarke thumps his way right into Duke's rubbery synthesizer flavors....well like silly putty. The atmospheric title song has Clarke playing in both styles and,while his (at best) untutored vocals on the song are not a highlite they do provide a certain level of reality suspension that provide just the right touch to this more jazzy number. "Hello Jeff" has Clarke rocking out in fine style with Jeff Beck and it really makes it clear that these two would have been served so well doing a duet album together,both in funk and rock stylings. Considering how the influence of John Coltrane was showing up all over the place in the early to mid 70's Clarke's two part tribute "Song To John" finds him improvising some of his most impressive harmonic textures especially on acoustic bass. As a long time wanna be acoustic bassist myself I find this piece particularly since 'trane has his own musical influence on myself and I really enjoy the combination of bass playing in conjunction with some of his influence. The album ends much the same way the previous album did-with a long 14+ "Concerto For Jazz/Rock Orchestra",a very proggy fusion jam which finds Clarke and his entire bad coming together to do their stuff. There's a lot of bombast here of course but in the end it's all really worth it. Considering he was only three albums into his solo career at this point the album showcases so much continual growth even within itself that his musical future was more than sufficiantly assured.
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