Stanley Clarke: Unfortunately, it's a little more serious. Stanley Clarke: Well, my mother was the artist. We sounded great because we were very, had a lot of energy and we had a lot of skills at that age. [30] Their album The Message was released in 2018. On the Road with Stanley Clarke episodes were re-broadcast on BET-J in 2007. I mean, you put a bow on an electric bass, it's oh. I sometimes forget that as a film composer and as a film maker, a part of making a film, if you're lucky enough to contribute to films that mean something, you affect a lot of people. Clarke plays both acoustic and electric bass and is joined by guests Stewart Copeland, Lenny White, Bla Fleck, Shelia E., and Patrice Rushen. In addition to his innovations with the bass guitar, he also developed instruments such as a piccolo bass guitar and a tenor bass guitar. Say there's three spots, the guy kicks here, he falls down here, another guy, whatever. Find Stanley Clarke tour schedule, concert details, reviews and photos. Been doing it ever since. Birth Name: Stanley Clarke Occupation: Bassist Born In: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Birthdate: June 30, 1951 Age: 70 years old (as of 2022) Ethnicity: Black Nationality: American Sexuality: N/A. He has been a Scientologist for many years. He started playing bass at an early age, attended the Philadelphia Musical Academy, and then moved to New York. Full body measurements, dress & shoe size will be updated soon. In 2018, Clarke released The Message, featuring the new Stanley Clarke Band with Cameron Graves on synthesizers, pianist Beka Gochiashvili, and drummer Mike Mitchell. He earned the money being a professional Bassist. If it's directed at people and it has a positive message hanging on that, it's incredible. It was while playing with Getz that he reconnected with Corea and co-founded the landmark jazz fusion outfit Return to Forever. These hippie kids protested against the Vietnam War and participated in the civil rights movement. In 1979, Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones formed the New Barbarians with Clarke and Keith Richards. And the electric bass still to this day to me is fun. Body size Breast - Waist - Hips - Appearance Vkontakte Facebook Twitter Pinterest Video Log in and Add video Similar celebrities Kim Kardashian TOP 100 #1 Diego Costa Weight: 187 lb / 85 kg John Mellencamp Age: 71 Nick Roux musician Young Thug United States As a result, having large hands and powerful musculature in his arms and hands gives him extra command over the instrument in terms of power, range, and speed. So you have to kind of have that together. Even though they don't mention it much online, but myself and Chick Correa, we were Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Very talented. Stanley Clarke: Yes. You know, jazz musicians, rock musicians, country musicians, classical musicians, because we play different music and there's different genres there is the idea that we don't talk to each other or not play with other and it is really incorrect. Their first album contained the single "Sweet Baby", which became a Top 20 pop hit. Maybe put someone else in there. He says, "Well, does it make you feel like?" They reunited for tours during the 1990s and the 2000s. Clarke's TV and movie music contribution can be found in Soul Food (2000-2004), Static Shock (2000-2004), First Sunday (2008), Soul Men (2008), The Best Man Holiday (2013), and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016). Like what are we going to do? Another tool in the toolkit. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing. The following year, the bassist supplied the score to the fashion documentary Halston, mixing jazz combo, orchestration, and synthesizer-based sounds. [12] He took lessons on double bass at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, beginning with five years of classical music. You know, let's hang out after the gigs." Clarke won the Downbeat Magazine's Reader's and Critics Polls in the category of Best Electric Bass Player for the last three years.An accomplished film and TV composer of over 65 projects, his credits include Boyz N The Hood, the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got To Do With It, Romeo Must Die, The Transporter and Best Man Holiday. [11] But he felt awkward holding such a small instrument in his big hands when he was twelve years old and over six feet tall. They recorded together for the first time on Clarke's album Journey to Love. He says, "Listen. You know, you had guys like myself, Larry Coryell, Chick Correa, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, all the guys, yes, we grew up and we listened to Coltrane and we listened too Miles, but we also listened to Jimi Hendrix and we listened to James Brown. And my drummer, the drummer was even younger and he put these big wide sunglasses on that he had gotten in Paris and kind of covered the guy's face and we went in. We fazing. And I just thought it was cool and I thought I looked better, you know, and my chances of talking to girls, you know, if I had this bass, it looked better than this acoustic bass, at least to me it did. He first played the violin and cello before settling on the bass, attending the Settlement Music School, where his focus was on studying classical bass repertoire. Stanley Clarke: Yeah, yeah. As composer, orchestrator, conductor and performer, Stanley has some 70 film and television credits to his name and scored such blockbuster films as Boyz N the Hood, Whats Love Got To Do With It?, The Transporter, Romeo Must Die, Passenger 57, Poetic Justice, Best Man Holiday and The Five Heartbeats among others. Stanley has been nominated for three Emmys and won a BMI Award for Boyz N the Hood. And we were playing a gig in Philadelphia and our piano player couldn't make it a particular week. The album School Days (Epic, 1976) brought Clarke the most attention and praise he had received so far. Clarke also started his solo career in the early 1970s and released a number of albums under his own name. I mean, you know, when you look the word composition up, you know, there's some dictionaries had, you know, when it pertains to music they reference paper and a pencil. Stanley Robert Clarke (geboren 31 juli 1938) is een Engels voormalige concurrentie zwemmer die zwommen voor Groot-Brittanni op de Olympische Spelen en de Europese kampioenschappen, en streden om Engeland in de Commonwealth Games. Clarke was playing a new kind of music, using new techniques, and giving the bass guitar a prominence it lacked. He was a musical influence on the British band. You know, when I wrote that song it was interesting, because Return To Forever was winning a Grammy and I was so excited because I didn't know much about the Grammys. In 2012, Clarke traveled to France to participate in a concert celebration of violinist Ponty's 50th anniversary as a recording artist. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old? Jo Reed: And that was Return To Forever; but I would bet any amount of money you and Chick didn't sit down and say, "Hey, let's start a fusion band.". So all three basses were never in one area at the same time, you know, that the speakers would start to have convulsions, you know, and just blow up. Date City Venue Country; Tour: Stanley Clarke N 4Ever 03/24/23 Cincinnati, OH: The Ludlow Garage: United States: Time: 8:30pm. The second album, Light as a Feather (1973), was released by Polydor and included the song "Spain".[15][16]. His talent and success directly influenced and inspired a whole generation of bassists who followed in his footsteps. So we gave cash awards. And I tell you what, it came out perfect. Now there are some awards that mean more than others. Stanley Clarke: Well, the slap technique, it actually comes from the bass player Larry Graham who played with Sly and the Family Stone and believe it or not, the drummer, Lenny White, showed me how to slap on the bass. He drew attention to the bass guitar as a solo instrument that could be melodic and dominant in addition to being part of the rhythm section. Guy has to know that he can like you, he has to know he can talk to you. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. You know, providing you can play that music, you can play that genre of music. Jo Reed: Indeed, you did. I mean, I really stuck with it and I had great teachers. Clarke attended the Philadelphia Musical Academy (later known as the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts, and ultimately as the University of the Arts, after a merge with the Philadelphia College of Art) and after graduating moved to New York City in 1971. : Thunder album review @ All About Jazz", "Stanley Clarke Band: The Message (Mack Avenue)", "Don't Miss Your Appointment For "Barbershop: The Next Cut" A GLOBAL LIFESTYLE", "Original Soundtrack to "Halston" Composed by Jazz Legend Stanley Clarke", "Grammy winner Stanley Clarke taps eclectic musicians for his Roxboro push", "Bass Lines: Stanley Clarke "School Days", "Bassist Stanley Clarke On Slapping The Strings For 40 Years", "Stanley Clarke "School Days" electric guitar, piano, bass and drums Sheet Music", "Legendary Bassist Stanley Clarke Honored with Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award", "Stanley Clarke to be Honored With Degree", "Jazz & Blues Florida December 2016 Edition", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Clarke&oldid=1138558349, This page was last edited on 10 February 2023, at 09:17. You know, I was in the music room a lot. The first week of release it went to No.2 on Billboard charts' Contemporary Jazz Chart. Clarke's playing and improvising was prominent on both albums; the band also played a couple of gigs with Getz in Europe. He put sunglasses on me. So I remember reading it going, "Wow. And it's nice that people are out there that are, you know, caring, observant enough to recognize something that you've done and, and award you something. And so I studied with him and I saw my improvement. In 1988, Clarke and drummer Stewart Copeland of the rock band the Police formed Animal Logic with singer-songwriter Deborah Holland. Stanleys artistry has been honored in every way imaginable: gold and platinum records, multiple Grammy Awards, multiple Emmy nominations, virtually every readers and critics poll in existence. Jo Reed: Let me ask you, take the Stanley Clarke Band, your band that you're leading, what do you look for when you're looking for people to be part of that band? Anyway, what we did was we devised a really amazing way so that wouldn't happen. RTF, which became one of the seminal bands of the fusion era, included Lenny White on drums, Billy Connor, and later, Al Di Meola on guitar. Jo Reed: Well, you have this whole other career as a composer for television and movies. Early in 2007, Clarke's own Roxboro Entertainment Group released a DVD entitled Night School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke and Friends (HUDV-7118) through the Heads Up International label. The electric bass was kind of a second instrument to the acoustic bass. And I think at a young age out of the three of us kids, she chose me to be the one that would go take music lessons and I started taking music lessons at a very young age. We will update Stanley Clarke's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible. "When I was in school." I mean, there was a great thing that Charlie Parker said which is, you know, study, study, study. There's a lot of musicians that I know. Jo Reed: Yeah. He has garnered three Emmy Nominations and a BMI Award for his scoring. A really cool guy named Vernon Slaughter at Epic Records said, "You know, you guys hang out so much, you should make a record. The same year, Stanley won a Latin Grammy for Best Instrumental Album with Forever, along with group members Chick Corea and Lenny White. One guy mixing the orchestra and then we had, like, a rhythm section with it and it was pumped up. Fusion was a combination of rock and jazz which they helped develop in the early 1970s. He has been a Scientologist for many years. You're playing with Keith Richards and Ron Wood and Stewart Copeland and Jeff Beck. And, and then it was great and then I, you know, I sort of didn't see Chick for a while and then I saw him later again and a couple things happened and we eventually connected up and started playing together with a group. Wow. From the National Endowment for the Arts, this is Art Works, Im Josephine Reed. An invitation to score an episode for the popular CBS program Pee Wees Playhouse in the mid-1980s, resulted in an Emmy-nomination, and pointed Stanleys boundless creative energy in an entirely new direction, producing scores for the silver screen and television. That music was exactly what we were into at that time. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. [46], Clarke has written scores for television and movies. His playbacks was his thing and he made the playbacks sound like records. Stanleys storied career includes a world tour with guitarist Jeff Beck (1979), collaborations with The Police drummer Stewart Copeland as part of Animal Logic with (two albums and tours in 1989) , the Superband (which included Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Najee and Deron Johnson, 1993-1994), The Rite of Strings (Jean-Luc Ponty and Al Di Meola, 1995 and 2004) and recording and touring with Vertu (Lenny White, Rachel Z, Karen Briggs and Ritchie Kotzen, 1999). Bassists Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten presented the award at a ceremony at New York City's Millennium Broadway Hotel. Stanley Clarke: Yeah, that was one of those kind of almost provocative ideas, you know. [39][40][41], In 2009 he released Jazz in the Garden, featuring the Stanley Clarke Trio with pianist Hiromi Uehara and drummer Lenny White. Biography, Net Worth, Gossips, Salary, News & Much More. In the early '80s, Clarke teamed with longtime friend and colleague keyboardist George Duke for The Clarke/Duke Project. He had a record out. And Lenny says, "Yeah. Sheila E. Flea. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. Jo Reed: You also got this super group together Three Basses with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten. Stanley Clarke: Yeah. He and Copeland were friends before the Police formed. Based on a strong belief in giving back, Stanley and his wife Sofia established The Stanley Clarke Foundation, a charitable organization which awards scholarships to talented young musicians each year. It was like a daytime Emmy nomination. He named it after the high school that he attended in the 1960s. This page is updated often with fresh details about Stanley Clarke. Like obviously you got to be able to write music. He drew attention to the bass guitar as a solo instrument that could be melodic and dominant in addition to being part of the rhythm section. Stanley Clarke: That was pretty easy for me. The music you made was wonderful-- is wonderful, because music lives forever. I loved it. 2009 saw his release of Jazz in the Garden, featuring the Stanley Clarke Trio: with Clarke, pianist Hiromi Uehara, and Lenny White on drums. Though they're sensitive, they also hesitate, which makes them lose on chances. As in 2023, Stanley Clarke's age is 71 years. It's wonderful. And he in many ways is, like, really responsible for a lot of my musical values having to do with education and having to do with preparedness. And John Singleton's movies said something about something and directed towards his audience, you know. To achieve this, his forearm lies above and nearly parallel to the strings, while his wrist is hooked downward at nearly a right angle. And then fortunately, we found people that had done that before. In his early teens, Stanley moved from the violin, his fingers were too big for, and the cello that never sat well with him, to an abandoned acoustic double bass in the corner of a school band room. It's great. He is the first bassist in history who doubles on acoustic and electric bass with equal ferocity and the first jazz-fusion bassist ever to headline tours, selling out shows worldwide. And at first I brought my acoustic bass and I would watch television and see the, you know, in those times The Beatles were coming on television and The Rolling Stones and James Brown. You know, a lot of people come down and we'd have a great time and we'd play, all the judges would play. I have that with Lenny. Always, his distinctive bass stood out. And it just reminded me just the importance of any creativity, any creative act. So this guy sold a lot of accordions and gave lessons. They released the album Find Out!. I liked using him because his sounds were really sophisticated. Stanley Clarke, best known for being a Bassist, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on Saturday, June 30, 1951. The tall, sports-minded kid began spending as much time on the bass as the basketball court, perfecting the mastery of the classical music repertoire he was studying, with aspirations of one day playing in his citys symphony orchestra. School Days, composed and performed by Stanley Clarke from the album, School Days. Stanley Clarke is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. He was honored with the key to the city of Philadelphia and put his hands in cement as a 1999 inductee into Hollywood's "Rock Walk" on Sunset Boulevard. Like many famous people and celebrities, Stanley Clarke keeps his personal life private. And so the guy has to be able to play that. You can take the time to roll something out. And I said, "Yeah. And so there's a way to do that, you know, where you pick the right tempo, like you pick all the different spots. [10], Clarke attended the Philadelphia Musical Academy (later known as the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts, and ultimately as the University of the Arts, after having merged with the Philadelphia College of Art) and after graduating moved to New York City in 1971. It's hard to know Stanley Clarke birth time, but we do know his mother gave birth to his on a Saturday. And I remember saying, "This is beginner's luck. Chick, Stanley, Al and Lenny RTF. You know, but when John got to shoot the movie, I understood the purpose of his scripts. The Stanley Clarke Signature basses are also natural choices when you want to tune tenor or piccolo style. - He is also known for playing aaron bishop in bulletproof (2018. . He played drums. (his first under the Stanley Clarke Band moniker) and 1986's Hideaway, which featured George Howard, Angela Bofill, Herbie Hancock, and Stewart Copeland. And he said, "Did you ever hear Charlie Mingus?" Stanley teamed up with fellow bass titans Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten collectively known as S.M.V. And I was very fortunate. In 1975, Clarke picked up his first Grammy for RTF's No Mystery, which took home the award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group. He expanded into film music, supplying the soundtrack to the 1992 Wesley Snipes' Passenger 57. La Cancin de Sofia composed by Stanley Clarke, performed by The Stanley Clarke Band, from the album, Up, Excerpt from Boyz n the Hood, composed by Stanley Clarke. After Return to Forever's second album, Light as a Feather, Clarke received job offers from Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Ray Manzarek of the Doors, but he remained with Return to Forever until 1977. No one wanted the acoustic bass in the corner, so he picked it up. That's really pretty much it, you know. Stanley Clarke is an American musician who is a member of the jazz fusion band Return to Forever. You know, it kept the rhythm. In 2003, he released 1, 2, to the Bass, and then paired with pianist Patrice Rushen for 2006's Standards. And yeah, it was just a cooler thing and it was really, my first electric bass was really raw. I was a sort of a Rolling Stone fan so when the time came for us to make music, when we made those records I used to get a kick out of the jazz critics that used to put us down, that music, as if we were being dishonest. Along with having a strong creative influence, the band enjoyed enormous popularity, and toured the world often. For lead and solo playing, his fingers partially hook underneath the strings so that when released, the strings snap against the frets, producing a biting percussive attack. Graeme Clarke is 6-0 (183 cm) tall. And number two, you have two really distinctive techniques you have to master. He is from PA. Stanley Clarke's Net Worth: $1-5 Million Age, Height & Body Measurements Stanley Clarke currently age 68 years old. Stanley Clarke: Yeah. The second night was fusion and the third night I'm going to conduct this 60 piece orchestra and we're going to show 9 really significant scenes out of Boyz n the Hood. Never did we think how are we going to do this. Stanley who won a Grammy Award in 1975 was the first "Jazzman of the Year" for Rolling Stone magazine, won "Best Bassist" from Playboy magazine for 10 straight years, and is a member of Guitar Player magazine's "Gallery of Greats." So at that point, I started listening to African music, music from Puerto Rico, music from Cuba, music from Scandinavia, German music, Asian music. Clarke co-founded the seminal fusion group Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Lenny White. And he showed me a record called "A Clown" by Charlie Mingus. Jo Reed: And it began with Boyz n the Hood. What do you remember about that film. [38] They worked in a trio again in 2012 with guitarist Birli Lagrne and two years later recorded D-Stringz (Impulse!, 2015). It was a great song and we had fun. SEXUALITY: N/A. I wonder how that would sound?" As evidence of his growing profile outside of the jazz world, he also joined Rolling Stones bassist Ron Wood's all-star band, the New Barbarians, and toured with guitarist Jeff Beck in 1979. Jo Reed: What was it about the bass, Stanley, that attracted you, that drew you to it? They toured together, and Beck appeared on some of Clarke's albums, including Journey to Love (1975) and Modern Man (1978). Maybe a singer here, a drummer there. Why did you want to move into scoring for films, Stanley Clarke: Well, film composing is an interesting-- I think I can still call it an art form. You and George Duke played on a number of projects together. Dead & Company. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. And basically, there were school dances and guys would say, "Hey, man, can you make this gig and play the school dance?" See all 47 Events. Return to ForeverDuring this period he joined the jazz fusion group Return to Forever led by pianist Chick Corea. In 2010, Clarke founded Roxboro Entertainment Group in Topanga, California. The orchestra was there. Yeah, Lenny, Lenny's one of those musicians that like Chick, whatever he does, I know what he's going to do and vice versa. How tall is Graeme Clarke? I have that with Chick. So, how much is Stanley Clarke worth at the age of 71 years old? Jo Reed: What do you think of when you play the acoustic bass? [fetch instagram=stanleyclarke display=posts ]. You know, I had heard Larry do it and I thought, "Wow. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first bassist in history who doubles on acoustic and electric bass with equal ferocity and the first jazz-fusion bassist ever to headline tours, selling out shows worldwide. The film tells the extraordinary story of the life and death of the American fashion designer, Roy Halston Frowick. Stanleys recording label Roxboro Entertainment Group, launched in 2011, also serves as part of the mission to advance music and musicians. He earned the money being a professional Bassist. Graeme Clarke weighs 175 lbs (79 kg). Stanley sun sign is Cancer and his birth flower is Rose or Honeysuckle. And I always thought that music would be much more interesting if you could jump around on the concentric circle and maybe go to the outer ring, go to the third ring or maybe stay in the middle. It was produced by Lenny White and Stanley Clarke and featured pianist Hiromi."[32]. When is Stanley Clarkes birthday? [9] His mother sang opera around the house, belonged to a church choir, and encouraged him to study music. And so I said, "I'm going to write a Sofie song." His scripts were just his framework because then when you got, you know, all this other stuff, this flavor of the hood, the way people talk, the way they moved, which was not written in the script because he couldn't. "Get out of here. They reunited for tours during the 1990s[11] and the 2000s. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, emotional, sympathetic, tenacious, persuasive, while weaknesses can be moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative and insecure. In 2004 he was featured in Los Angeles magazine as one of the 50 most influential people. Family: He has been married twice. Stanley Clarke: Yeah. Having graduated from the Philadelphia Musical Academy, he moved to New York City in 1971 and began working with famous bandleaders and musicians including Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharoah Sanders, Gil Evans, Stan Getz and Al Di Meola. We were playing at the some club in London called Ronny Scott's and Paul came. (adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({}); Robby Takac estimated Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. And if you want to make a point about it in your mind whether it's good or bad, that's your own personal thing, but you should listen." He toured in a band with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter in 1991. In 2011 he was honored with the highly prestigious Miles Davis Award at the Montreal Jazz Festival for his entire body of work. I'm into that." All Rights Reserved. It makes you think of your life, you know, and retrospect all the things that you've done. That's kind of what distinguished Return To Forever. Graeme Clarke makes $70,000 this year. According to Wikipedia, Forbes, IMDb & Various Online resources, famous Bassist Stanley Clarkes net worth is $1-5 Million at the age of 68 years old. . It was-- And the amplifiers, you know, you just got the bass, took the wire, plugged it in. He picked up bass guitar in his teens so that he could perform at parties and imitate the rock and pop bands that girls liked. You sort of incorporate that into the structure of the song. Honors received by Clarke include the Miles Davis Award from the Festival International de Jazz de Montral (2011) for his entire body of work, numerous Downbeat Reader's and Critic's Poll "Best Electric Bass Player" wins, Bass Player Magazines Lifetime Achievement Award, membership in Guitar Player Magazines Gallery of Greats, and an honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
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