Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
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Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
- Artist: Stanley Clarke
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- Release Date: 1980
- Total Time: 37:22
- Type: Instrumental
- Genre: Jazz
Review
Stanley Clarke, funkmeister and jazz-rock virtuoso, goes headlong into rock and urban contemporary music with a roar and a dual propensity for blazing electric bass slapping and mediocre vocals. Side One of the LP contains the rock, while Side Two concentrates on the funk. Along with Clarke this time is a different band, with Charles Johnson on screaming rock guitar, Steve Bach on keyboards and Simon Phillips on drums, with assorted eclectic guests like former employer Chick Corea, Louis Johnson (then of the Brothers Johnson), and jazzman Victor Feldman. The strongest music, tellingly, is on the instrumental medley "All Hell Broke Loose/Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" near the beginning, where the band sizzles madly and Clarke's riffsmithing is at its ingratiating peak. The most perplexing music is on "The Story of a Man and a Woman," which tries to have it both ways by building an adventurous 11-minute concept piece around...vocals. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi| Rocks! (2006 Album by April Wine) | |
| Rocks, Pebbles and Sand/Let Me Know You (2010 Album by Stanley Clarke) |
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Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
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| Studio album by Stanley Clarke | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | Legend Studios, Lynden, Washington; Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, CA; A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA. | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion Jazz funk Jazz rock |
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| Length | 37:29 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Stanley Clarke | |||
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Rocks, Pebbles and Sand is the 1980 album by jazz bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Stanley Clarke. Clarke sings on the album to the horror of critics, but sticks to his usual forte which is jazz rock and jazz funk.
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Contents
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.
- "Danger Street" – 4:51
- "All Hell Broke Loose" – 5:03
- "Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" – 4:13
- "Underestimation" –3:43
- "You/Me Together" – 4:05
- "We Supply" (Stanley Clarke, Louis Johnson) – 4:21
- "The Story of a Man and a Woman - Part 1: She Thought I Was Stanley Clarke - Part 2: A Fool Again - Part 3: - I Nearly Went Crazy (Until I Realized What Had Occurred)" – 11:13
Personnel
- Stanley Clarke – Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Background vocals
- Steve Bach – Keyboards
- George Bohannon – Trombone
- Mari Botnick – Violin
- Denyse Buffum – Viola
- Thomas Buffum – Violin
- Chick Corea – Bass, Moog Synthesizer
- Rollice Dale – Cello
- Vincent DeRosa – French Horn
- Bobby Dubow – Violin
- David Duke – French Horn
- Victor Feldman – Vibraphone
- Jerry Hey – Horn
- Josie James – Vocals
- Charles "Icarus" Johnson – Guitar
- Louis Johnson – Guitar, Bass, Vocals
- Valerie Johnson – Vocals
- Marcy Levy – Background vocals
- Dennis MacKay –
- Lew McCreary – Trombone
- Niles Oliver – Cello
- Sid Page – Violin
- Greg Phillinganes – Keyboards
- Simon Phillips – Percussion, Drums
- Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – Horn
- John "J.R." Robinson – Drums
- Sheldon Sanov – Violin
- Carol Shive – Violin
- Lya Stern – Violin
- Ron Strauss – Cello
- Charles Veal – Violin
- John Wittenberg – Violin
Production
- Robert Giusti – Illustration artwork
- Nancy Donald – Design
- Henry Diltz – Photography
- Greg Falken – Assistant engineer
- Bruce Jost – Assistant engineer
- Chris Haas – Assistant engineer (Legend)
- Chip Leech, Larry Reuben – Assistant engineer (Mixing)
- Dennis MacKay – Engineer (Sound Production)
References
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011 [last update]). "Rocks, Pebbles and Sand - Stanley Clarke | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r136628. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
External links
- "Stanley Clarke - Rocks, Pebbles And Sand (CD, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.discogs.com/Stanley-Clarke-Rocks-Pebbles-And-Sand/release/2012959. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
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