1988 Stanley Clarke – If This Bass Could Only Talk
If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status. Clarke is a 4-time Grammy winner, and one of his electric basses is permanently on display at The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
Tracks
1 If This Bass Could Only Talk (Stanley Clarke) 02:30
2 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Charles Mingus) 06:24
3 I Want To Play For Ya (Stanley Clarke) 03:22
4 Stories To Tell (Stanley Clarke) 03:46
5 Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun) (James Harris; Janet Jackson; Terry Lewis) 06:07
6 Workin’ Man (Stanley Clarke) 06:26
7 Tradition (Stanley Clarke) 07:11
8 Come Take My Hand (Stanley Clarke) 04:08
9 Bassically Taps (Stanley Clarke) 03:15
Media
Musicians
1 If This Bass Could Only Talk
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Tap Dance | Gregory Hines |
2 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Drums | Gerry Brown |
| Synthesizer | Ed Arkin |
| Sax | Wayne Shorter |
3 I Want To Play For Ya
| All Other Instruments | Stanley Clarke |
| Drums | JR Robinson |
4 Stories To Tell
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Acoustic Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Drums | Stewart Copeland |
| Guitar | Allan Holdsworth |
| Synthesizer | Stanley Clarke |
5 Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Acoustic Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Bass (synthesizer) | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Leon Chancler |
| Piano | Vance Taylor |
| Trumpet | Freddie Hubbard |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
6 Workin’ Man
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Bass | James Earl |
| Drums | Gerry Brown |
| Synthesizer | Steve Hunter |
7 Tradition
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Bass | James Earl |
| Drums | Gerry Brown |
| Synthesizer | Steve Hunter |
8 Come Take My Hand
| Drums | JR Robinson |
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Guitar | Stanley Clarke |
| Piano | George Duke |
| Synthesizer | Stanley Clarke |
| Sax | George Howard |
9 Bassically Taps
| Bass | Stanley Clarke |
| Tap | Gregory Hines |
Liner Notes
Producer – Stanley Clarke
Arranged By – Stanley Clarke
Arranged By – Ed Arkin (Track 2)
Arranged By – Byron Miller (Track 5)
Engineer – Csaba Petocz, Steve Sykes
Engineer (Additional) – Dan Humann, Mitch Gibson
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Mick Guzauski (Track 5)
Art Direction – Tony Lane, Nancy Donald
Photography By – Chris Cuffaro
Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – CBS Records Inc.
Manufactured By – Portrait Records (4)
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Recorded At – Garage Recorders
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – Baby’O Recorders
Recorded At – Cherokee Studios
Recorded At – The Complex
Recorded At – Westlake Audio
Engineered At – CBS Records Studio, New York