Stanley Clarke - The Toys of Men
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Artist: Stanley ClarkeBrand: Stanley
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-16
Music Label: Heads Up
Soundtracks:
- Toys of Men: Draconian/Fear/Chaos/Cosmic Intervention/The Opening of th
- Come On
- Jerusalem
- Back in the Woods
- All Over Again
- Hmm Hmm
- Bad Asses
- Game
- Cancion de Sofia
- Bajo Negro
- Broski
- Ch?teauvallon 1972
- Bass Folk Song No. 6
Free Music Notes for The Toys of Men
Free Music Review: Stanley at his best
Hit: 5 Stars
Stanley puts all his talent and heart in this album. Just listen to the first song and you can tell where SC come from. When someone is able to come up with and 11 minutes song combining the sound of Jazz, soul and Classical, topped with a solo bass as a finale, only then you will discover where Stanley Clarke comes from.
If you are a Stanley Clarke fan, "Toys of men" probably rates among his best work so far; if you are new to SC's sound, then you can't go wrong buying this album.
Highly recommended by an old fan
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It has been somewhat of a frustrating run for fans of uber-bassist Stanley Clarke's legendary, genre-defining '70s work. After establishing himself as the world's premier four-string jazz-rock maestro with his work in Return to Forever and solo albums such as School Days, Clarke altered his focus by churning out middling commercial funk pop and soundtracks. They diluted his status as a talented musician whose fleet-fingered style and elaborate picking technique influenced a generation of bass players. But he's back now, with an anti-war-propelled set that is an encouraging and convincing return to form. The opening 11-minute, six-part suite, featuring fiery fiddle from the intriguingly named Mads Tolling, sounds like prime-era Mahavishnu Orchestra, and also highlights Clarke's frantic yet precise staccato technique on his instrument. It alone is worth the price of this disc, but the remaining dozen tracks emphasize Clarke's intentions to prove he's never lost his touch. He shifts between acoustic and electric settings, inserting stark solo and duo interludes that spotlight his prodigious talent between longer work-outs with his tight group. "Bad Asses," where he is accompanied only by drums, sizzles with thumb-numbing, lightning-hot funk and "Chateauvallon 1972 (Dedicated to Tony Williams)" finds Clarke in fusion territory again working a sizzling, dramatic slow riff as powerful and vital as anything he has done in decades. Long-time admirers now have an album that indisputably proves Stanley Clarke hasn't lost a step as the foremost bass player of his generation. --Hal HorowitzJazz Music CDs
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