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LIVE AT THE GREEK

Stanley Clarke

Jazz Rock/Fusion


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4 stars Stanley Clark & Friends , live album from year 1993! Made his strong name in fusion collaborated with Chick Corea / Return to Forever in early seventies, Clark became almost idol between fusion bass players. His solo albums just confirmed it.

So, there you can hear almost supergroup in live performance at The Greek Theater,LA. Just two names - Clark by itself and his old mate Billy Cobham - are enough to attract you for listening of this CD. Najee - sax / flute performer are well known as well. So - what are you expecting?

Yes, you right , it is highest standart fusion there. No experimentalism, no raw energy, ok, more as a report for all this years. But very well balanced, soft in sound, very professional.

If you are ready to listen for just on the best fusion players in their rare meeting - it's for you!

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Posted Friday, August 28, 2009 | Review Permalink
5 stars Despite being a jazz fusion fan, somehow I missed Live At The Greek way back when, so it was a treat to discover it. All the players here have pedigree: Stanley Clarke from Return To Forever, Larry Carlton from The Crusaders, Billy Cobham from The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Daron Johnson played with Miles Davis in the early '90s, and Najee, well know in smooth jazz circles, shows his fusion chops here. With this kind of talent, we should hope for something good, and fortunately, we've not been disappointed. The album starts unassumingly with a short (3:26) instrumental version of Minute By Minute, a Doobie Brothers song by Michael McDonald and Lester Abrams, which Carlton previously recorded as a studio instrumental. The next five tracks range from 5:20 to 14:02 minutes, and include three originals, plus Miles Davis' All Blues and Charles Mingus' Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, both being given the fusion treatment here. But the tour de force is a 21:33 minute version of Clarke's School Days. Clarke, Cobham and Carlton get the chance to really stretch out on this track, and the results are worth the price of admission. This would have been a great concert to attend.
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