Stanley Clarke
PROJECTS:
NEA Jazz Master and four-time Grammy Award Winner Stanley Clarke has attained “living legend” status during his over 50-year career as a bass virtuoso. 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. A veteran of over 40 albums, he won the 2011 Best Contemporary Jazz Album Grammy Award for The Stanley Clarke Band. Clarke co-founded the seminal fusion group Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Lenny White. In 2012 Return to Forever won a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Forever.
STANLEY CLARK N•4EVER
Four-time Grammy Award winner Stanley Clarke is thrilled to be back on the road with his exciting new band 4EVER. Already in 2022/2023 the tour has played international and domestic venues with immense success.
The Stanley Clarke N•4EVER tour’s emphasizes Clarke’s jazz fusion legacy. As expected, for this tour Clarke will be performing exciting new and sophisticated arrangements. True to the evolution of jazz fusion, expect a powerful combination of jazz harmony and improvisation with rock, funk, R&B, hip-hop and electronic music influences.
Joining Clarke, 4EVER’s young band members bring a dynamic, youthful energy and freshness to the music. All extraordinarily consummate musicians and performers, the 4EVER band includes Jeremiah Collier on drums, Beka Gochiashvili on piano and keyboards, Colin Cook on guitar, Emilio Modeste on saxophone and, of course, Stanley Clarke on acoustic and electric bass. This band is a true concert band with a big jazz band sound. They excel in creating an electrifying performance, always pushing the boundaries of their instruments.
BOYZ N THE HOOD w/SYMPHONY
Bassist Stanley Clarke brings his iconic score for John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood to the stage with a live orchestra film program. “My favorite thing about John Singleton is that he was a filmmaker who tried to make a difference with his films,” says Clarke, “John’s message was, ‘increase the peace’ and that message is still relevant today.”
An accomplished film and TV composer of over 65 projects, bassist Clarke’s credits not only include Boyz N The Hood, but also the Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It, Romeo Must Die, The Transporter, Best Man Holiday and most recently the lauded 2019 documentary Halston. In 2020 he scores the music for the Hulu show Woke. He has garnered three Emmy Nominations and a BMI Award for his scoring. In 2014 Clarke was invited to become a member of the exclusive Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
“Film has given me the opportunity to write large orchestral scores and to compose music not normally associated with myself,” says Clarke. “It’s given me the chance to conduct orchestras and arrange music for various types of ensembles. It’s been a diverse experience for me musically, made me a more complete musician and focused my skills completely.” His 1995 release, Stanley Clarke at the Movies, is a testament to this heightened level of musicianship.
PRESS QUOTES:
“Behold Stanley Clarke King of Funk ‘n’ Roll.”
David Weiss, LA Herald Examiner
“Clarke…quite literally was unbelievable…Clarke more or less “made-love” to his bass. At times he made it pant, and occasionally he made it “bark,” and moan as if the bass was saying, “give me more!” At the end of the solo…it was the audience left breathless and craving just a little more. Overall, the show was awe-inspiring. Experiences like these are few and far between.”
Chris Hislop, seacoastonline.com
“Clarke can toss off more good bass lines in one night than most rock bassists do in an entire career.”
Charlie McCollum, Washington Star
“Stanley Clarke Is a jazz bassist, not just a jazz bassist, but probably one the most accomplished bass players of all time. (His) bass work is almost beyond description. He plays with such blistering speed, yet he looks as relaxed as a mother with her newborn infant. He is as dexterous on electric bass as he is on the upright acoustic. It is almost euphoric to watch him play.”
Tom Ridge Pavillion, Bushkill, PA
“Clarke‘¦left mouths open in amazement as he coaxed melody, rhythm and percussion from his upright bass somehow all at once.”
Mark Bialczak, Syracuse Post-Standard
“…And (Clarke) practically brought down the house with a supremely executed solo.”
Ken Terry, Cashbox
“Stanley’s was, of course, mindblowing and featured some machine gun like runs covering the entire length of his upright fretboard, some insane string-raking, and some percussive slaps on the body and neck of the bass producing sounds I have never heard played on an upright before.”
Generaltsao, Music Player Network
