Stanley Clarke

bass, double bass, producer, electric bass guitar, arranger, bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, guitarrón mexicano, bell tree, handbells, vocal, instrument arranger, performer, strings, synthesizer, electric upright bass, piano, guitar

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
McCoy Tyner
Return to Forever
Dee Dee Bridgewater vocal Children of Forever, Closing (Statement), Dayride, Opening (Statement), Sea Journey, Unexpected Days
Tony Williams (American jazz drummer)
Chick Corea electric piano, piano Bass Folk Song, Children of Forever, Sea Journey, Song to John, Part 1, Song to John, Part 2, Unexpected Days

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Dee Dee Bridgewater vocal Children of Forever, Closing (Statement), Dayride, Opening (Statement), Sea Journey, Unexpected Days
Chick Corea electric piano, piano Bass Folk Song, Children of Forever, Sea Journey, Song to John, Part 1, Song to John, Part 2, Unexpected Days
Gerry Brown (drummer) drums, handbells, percussion Anna (She Loves the Good Life), Closing (Statement), Dayride, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Got to Find My Own Place, Just Cruzin' (En Hommage À Wes Montgomery, George Benson and Pat Martin), More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement), School Days, The Dancer, Tradition, Workin' Man
Leon Ndugu Chancler drums Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun), I Mean You, Jeru, Lover Man, Mack The Knife, Manteca, Now's The Time, Oleo, Perdido, Salt Peanuts, Take Five
Patrice Rushen piano I Mean You, Jeru, Lover Man, Mack The Knife, Manteca, Now's The Time, Oleo, Perdido, Salt Peanuts, Take Five
Freddie Hubbard trumpet Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
Rollice Dale strings, viola Desert Song, Got to Find My Own Place, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Modern Man, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Najee (Jerome Najee Rasheed) flute, saxophone All Blues, Buenos Aires, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Her Favorite Song, Minute by Minute, School Days, Stratus
George Duke Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboard, percussion, piano, synthesizer Come Take My Hand, Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Hair, Journey to Love, Life Is Just a Game, Silly Putty, Wild Dog
Raymond Gomez electric guitar, guitar Closing (Statement), Dayride, Got to Find My Own Place, Hot Fun, More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement), School Days, The Dancer
Billy Cobham drums, percussion All Blues, Buenos Aires, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Her Favorite Song, Life Is Just a Game, Minute by Minute, School Days, Stratus
Larry Carlton guitar All Blues, Buenos Aires, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Her Favorite Song, Minute by Minute, School Days, Stratus
Ronald Bruner, Jr. drums All Over Again, Bad Asses, Chateauvallon 1972 (Dedicated to Tony Williams), Come On, Game, La Cancion de Sofia, The Toys of Men
Steve Gadd (drummer) cymbals, drums Closing (Statement), Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Hot Fun, Journey to Love, Opening (Statement), Quiet Afternoon, Silly Putty
Steve Sykes (US engineer) engineer All Blues, Buenos Aires, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Her Favorite Song, Minute by Minute, School Days, Stratus
Deron Johnson keyboard All Blues, Buenos Aires, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Her Favorite Song, Minute by Minute, School Days, Stratus
David Sancious electric guitar, guitar, keyboard, organ, synthesizer Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Hot Fun, Journey to Love, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, Silly Putty, The Dancer
William Peterson brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Ronald Strauss strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Mike Garson organ, piano, synthesizer Closing (Statement), Dayride, Got to Find My Own Place, More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement), Slow Dance
Lenny White drums Bass Folk Song, Butterfly Dreams, Children of Forever, Hello Jeff, Sea Journey, Unexpected Days
Marilyn Baker strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Marcia Van Dyke strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Ruslan Sirota programming, Rhodes piano, keyboard, piano All Over Again, Chateauvallon 1972 (Dedicated to Tony Williams), Come On, Jerusalem, La Cancion de Sofia, The Toys of Men
Stuart Blumberg brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Lya Stern strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Karen Jones strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Al Aarons brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
John Wittenberg strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Janice Gower strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Jack Nimitz brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Gordon Marron strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Robert Findley brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Buddy Childers brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Robert Dubow strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
George Bohanon brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Gary Grant brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Thomas Buffum strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Dennis Karmazyn strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Lew McCreary brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Dalton Smith brass Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
David Campbell (US based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) strings Desert Song, Hot Fun, Life Is Just a Game, Quiet Afternoon, School Days, The Dancer
Bob Malach (an American jazz saxophonist) flute, tenor saxophone Closing (Statement), Dayride, Got to Find My Own Place, More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement)
Al Harrison flugelhorn, trumpet Closing (Statement), Dayride, Got to Find My Own Place, More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement)
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer) drums Come Take My Hand, Hair, I Want to Play for Ya, Simply Said, Wild Dog
Pat Martino guitar Bass Folk Song, Butterfly Dreams, Children of Forever, Sea Journey, Unexpected Days
James Tinsley flugelhorn, trumpet Closing (Statement), Dayride, Got to Find My Own Place, More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement)
Dale Devoe trombone Closing (Statement), Dayride, Got to Find My Own Place, More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement)
Artie Webb (flutist) flute Bass Folk Song, Butterfly Dreams, Children of Forever, Sea Journey, Unexpected Days
Victor Bailey programming, bass All Over Again, Bad Asses, Chateauvallon 1972 (Dedicated to Tony Williams), El Bajo Negro, Jerusalem
James Earl bass All the Children (Todos Los Niños), Los Caballos (The Horses), Tradition, Workin' Man
Andy Bey vocal Butterfly Dreams, Children of Forever, Sea Journey, Unexpected Days
Alfie Williams baritone saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone Dayride, Got to Find My Own Place, More Hot Fun, Opening (Statement)
L. Subramaniam violin All the Children (Todos Los Niños), Shanti Peace Paz
Jef Lee Johnson guitar Come On, Game, The Toys of Men
Jeff Beck electric guitar, guitar Hello Jeff, Journey to Love, Rock 'n' Roll Jelly
Doug Webb saxophone Anna (She Loves the Good Life), Hair, Simply Said
Jeff Porcaro drums He Lives On (Story About the Last Journey of a Warrior), Modern Man, Slow Dance
Everette Harp alto saxophone, saxophone, soprano saxophone Anna (She Loves the Good Life), Hair, Simply Said
Mads Tolling violin Come On, La Cancion de Sofia, The Toys of Men
John McLaughlin (guitarist) acoustic guitar Desert Song, Song to John, Part 1, Song to John, Part 2
Michael Hunter (trumpet player) trumpet Anna (She Loves the Good Life), Hair, Simply Said
Michael Thompson (session guitarist) guitar All the Children (Todos Los Niños), Los Caballos (The Horses), Simply Said
Hubert Laws flute Anna (She Loves the Good Life), Simply Said
Nick Lane (US trombonist, composer & arranger) trombone Anna (She Loves the Good Life), Hair, Simply Said
Esperanza Spalding vocal All Over Again, The Toys of Men
Steve Scharf (violinist) violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Frank Foster (violin) violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Alice Sachs violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Steve Hunt (Keyboard player of Allan Holdsworth) synthesizer Tradition, Workin' Man
Josef Schoenbrun violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Julia Waters vocal More Hot Fun, Slow Dance
Ken Yerke violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Sandy Seymour violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Barbara Thomason viola Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Leonard Selic viola Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Gregory Hines tap dancing Bassically Taps, If This Bass Could Only Talk
Phil Davis keyboard Game, La Cancion de Sofia
Harry Shlutz cello Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Debra L. Price violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Ira Hearshen instrument arranger 'Bout the Bass, Anna (She Loves the Good Life)
Mark Kovacs viola Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Marsha Van Dyke violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Maxine Waters vocal More Hot Fun, Slow Dance
Ronald Cooper cello Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Paulinho da Costa percussion Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun), La Cancion de Sofia
Connie Kupka violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Charles Veal Jr. violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Milt Holland congas, percussion, triangle Desert Song, The Dancer
Ronald Clark violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Jay Kelly cello Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Niles Oliver cello Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Cynthia Kovacs violin Got to Find My Own Place, Modern Man
Myron McKinley keyboard 'Bout the Bass
Michael Landau guitars Jerusalem
Reggie Hamilton bass Anna (She Loves the Good Life)
Robert Leatherbarrow vibraphone Simply Said
Joe Satriani guitar Hair
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter guitars He Lives On (Story About the Last Journey of a Warrior)
Allan Holdsworth guitar Stories to Tell
Armand Sabal-Lecco bass Hair
Byron Miller synthesizer Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
Paul Jackson, Jr. guitar Anna (She Loves the Good Life)
George Howard soprano saxophone Come Take My Hand
Carmine Appice drums Rock 'n' Roll Jelly
Charles Johnson (US jazz/funk guitarist aka Icarus) acoustic guitar, electric guitar Life Is Just a Game
Stewart Copeland drums Stories to Tell
Vance Taylor percussion Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
Ed Arkin synthesizer Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) drums All the Children (Todos Los Niños)
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) soprano saxophone Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
McCoy Tyner bass Ballad for Aisha, Bayou Fever, Carriba, Goin' Way Blues, Highway One, I Want to Tell You 'Bout That, I Want to Tell You 'Bout That (alternate take), In the Tradition Of..., Memories, Never Let Me Go, Nubia, Once Upon a Time, One of Another Kind, Shades of Light, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Trane-Like, Will You Still Be Mine
Return to Forever producer, acoustic bass guitar, bass, bell tree, handbells Chick’s Piano Solo, Come Rain or Come Shine, Do You Ever, Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant, Parts I & II, Hello Again, Majestic Dance, Medieval Overture, Musicmagic, So Long Mickey Mouse, Sorceress, The Endless Night, The Endless Night, Part 1, The Endless Night, Part 2, The Magician, The Moorish Warrior and Spanish Princess, The Musician, The Romantic Warrior
Dee Dee Bridgewater arranger, producer, bass Children Are the Spirit (of the World), Just Family, Maybe Today, Melody Maker, Night Moves, Open Up Your Eyes, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Sweet Rain, Thank the Day (You Walked Into My Life)
Tony Williams bass, electric bass guitar Cape Wilderness, China Moon, China Road, China Town, Gambia, Harlem Mist '55, Hittin' on 6, Infant Wilderness, Machu Picchu, Sea of Wilderness, The Night You Were Born, Tony, Wilderness Island, Wilderness Rising, Wilderness Voyager
Chick Corea performer, bass Armando's Rhumba, Captain Marvel, Compadres, El Bozo, Part III, The Gardens, The Hilltop, Wind Danse
The Stanley Clarke Trio double bass 3 Wrong Notes, Bass Folk Song No 5 & 6, Brain Training, Global Tweak, Isotope, Paradigm Shift (Election Day 2008), Sakura Sakura, Sicilian Blue, Solar, Someday My Prince Will Come, Take the Coltrane, Under the Bridge
Maggie Morrison double bass All of Me, All of Me (alternate take), High Wire - The Aerialist, I Hear Music, I Love You Porgy, I Mean You, Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, Take the a Train, Them There Eyes
Freddie Hubbard bass Blue Nights, Bring It Back Home, Eclipse, I Love You, Now I've Found Love, Spanish Rose, Sunshine Lady, The Love Connection
Ray Psyah bass Atlanta, Every Reason to Smile, Great Danes, Heroes, Put It on the Line, The Good Times, Trip You in Love, Try Me Baby, You're Gonna Love It
Fuse One arranger, bass Friendship, Grand Prix, Hot Fire, In Celebration of the Human Spirit, Silk, Sunshine Lady, Sunwalk, Taxi Blues, To Whom All Things Concern
Stan Getz bass Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel (alternate version), Crystal Silence, Day Waves, Five Hundred Miles High, Five Hundred Miles High (alternate version), La Fiesta, Lush Life, Times Lie
Léo & Rafael producer Change of Life, Chilean Pipe Song, Indigo, La canción de Sofia, Memory Canyon, Morocco, Renassaince, Song to John (Dedicated to John Coltrane), Topanga
Nich Wilbur instrument arranger, bass, strings Finding My Way, I Just Want to Love You, Let's Get Started, Louie Louie, Never Judge a Cover by Its Book, Sweet Baby, Touch and Go, Winners
Najee bass Black Man
Dexter Gordon bass Airegin, Airegin (Alternate), August Blues, Ca' Purange, Oh! Karen O, Tangerine, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, What It Was
George Duke electric bass guitar Illusions
The Manhattan Project bass Dania, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Michel's Waltz, Nefertiti, Old Wine, New Bottles, Stella by Starlight, Summertime, Virgo Rising
Flora Purim arranger, bass, electric bass guitar Butterfly Dreams, Dindi, Dr. Jive (Part 1), Dr. Jive (Part 2), Light as a Feather, Love Reborn, Moon Dreams, Summer Night
Sonny Rollins bass Caress, Double Feature, Little Lu, Strode Rode, The Dream That We Fell Out Of, The Very Thought of You
Airto Moreira bass, electric upright bass Hot Sand, Musikana, Samba Nosso (Our Samba), Stanley's Tune, Virgin Land
Eumir Deodato electric bass guitar Also sprach Zarathustra, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Carly and Carole, September 13, Spirit of Summer
Gato Barbieri bass Antonico, El parana, El sertao, Maria domingas, Yo le canto a la luna
Art Blakey bass C. C., Child's Dance (Christian's Song), I Can't Get Started, Kaku Aka, Song for the Lonely Woman
Joe Farrell bass Bass Folk Song, Great Gorge, Moon Germs, Time's Lie
Frank Foster bass E.W.-Beautiful People, J.P.'s Thing, Requiem For Dusty, The Loud Minority
Gerald Albright performer, electric bass guitar Giving Myself to You, Mr. Right, Samba Queen, Sedona
Santana bass Aspirations, Flor de canela, Here and Now, Promise of a Fisherman
Pharoah Sanders bass Black Unity, Part I, Black Unity, Part II, Mansion Worlds, Memories of Lee Morgan
L. Subramaniam bass Chameleon, Spanish Wave
Hera Eíríksdóttir bass Living Time-Event I, Living Time-Event II, Living Time-Event III
Joe Henderson bass Mind Over Matter, No Me Esqueca, Shade of Jade
Hubert Laws bass Inflation Chaser
The Special Five bass Hopscotch, In His Presence Searching, Two Is One
Beck double bass, electric bass guitar Heart Is a Drum, Morning
Eliane Elias bass Choro, Through the Fire
David Benoit double bass I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Saturdays
Dianne Reeves bass I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, Yesterdays
Deborah Holland bass We Don’t Need a Reason
Marva King performer Baby This Love (feat. George Duke, Stanley Clarke)
Rachelle Ferrell bass Autumn Leaves
Harvey Mason electric upright bass Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
陆春龄 electric bass guitar Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
Al Di Meola vocal, bass guitar Love Theme From "Pictures of the Sea"
Curt Cress bass Between the Lines
Bunny Brunel bass Ivanhoe
Benny Golson bass Walkin' and Stalkin'
Leon Thomas double bass Gypsy Queen