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THE STANLEY CLARKE BAND: UP

Stanley Clarke

 

Jazz Rock/Fusion

3.80 | 6 ratings

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Fercandio46
4 stars In this work, someone who is one of the best bassists in history continues to testify because he holds that title with all merit. In Up, Stanley Clarke goes from the funk rhythms (Pop Virgil) that are part of his DNA, to the orchestrations and complex rhythm breaks with atonal choruses, (Last train to Sanity) counterpoints with reminiscences of his friend and musical partner Chick Corea . (How you miss him!) Continuing along the paths of the most contemporary jazz as in the homonymous song, Stanley has always been an integral bassist, who can make his electric bass speak as well as exclaim his double bass, creating melodies from classics (one can glimpse J.S. Bach walk often.) demonstrating a versatility that perhaps distances him from one of the great and famous bassists, the late Jaco Pastorius. With their Bass Folk Song we immerse ourselves in the depths and then move to an avenue illuminated by night neon lights (I Have Something to Tell You Tonight). The deep jazz sensitivity (the same one that led him to collaborate with the exquisite Hiromi Uehara) and playing the double bass with his bow, turning it into a Cello as if it were Yo-Yo Ma himself. In la canción de Sofía, with which this varied mosaic closes, takes us to that intimate and autumnal air typical of someone who knows many tones and is not afraid to use them. Stanley Clarke is not just another virtuoso bassist, in each successful album he demonstrates feeling, transmits something more than the execution of simple musical notes, he leaves his spirit in those sound waves bouncing off our own acoustic box, thus becoming a most personal experience.
Fercandio46 | 4/5 |

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