| If This Bass Could Talk is the latest Jazz CD put out | | | | Talk, track 2 - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, and track 8 - |
| by the extremely talented Stanley Clarke who once | | | | Come Take My Hand. |
| again has delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. I'm | | | | My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in |
| confident Stanley Clarke fans, and Jazz fans alike will | | | | "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 9 - Bassically Taps. Great |
| be pleased with this one. | | | | track! |
| It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist | | | | If This Bass Could Talk Release Notes: |
| that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in | | | | Stanley Clarke originally released If This Bass Could |
| the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that's | | | | Talk on October 25, 1990 on the Portrait label. |
| exactly what I must say about this one. There simply | | | | CD Track List Follows: |
| isn't a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all. | | | | 1. If This Bass Could Only Talk 2. Goodbye Pork Pie |
| If This Bass Could Talk is a nicely varied, mix of 9 | | | | Hat 3. I Want To Play For Ya 4. Stories To Tell 5. |
| tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly | | | | Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) 6. |
| talented artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot | | | | Workin' Man 7. Tradition 8. Come Take My Hand 9. |
| of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. | | | | Bassically Taps |
| Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are | | | | Personnel: Stanley Clarke (various instruments, |
| him own personal experiences. At different points | | | | synthesizer, acoustic & electric basses); Wayne |
| touching on the most real emotions like love, and the | | | | Shorter, George Howard (soprano saxophone); |
| pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard. | | | | Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Vance Taylor, George |
| If you're a Stanley Clarke fan, or just a fan of Jazz | | | | Duke (piano); Steve Hunt, Edward Arkin, Byron Miller |
| music this is a CD your collection simply should not be | | | | (synthesizer); Alan Holdsworth (guitar); James Earl |
| without. | | | | (bass); Gerry Brown, John Robinson, Stewart |
| While the entire album is really very good the truly | | | | Copeland, Ndugu Leon Chancellor (drums); Paulinho Da |
| standout tunes are track 1 - If This Bass Could Only | | | | Costa (percussion); Gregory Hines (taps). |