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Stanley Clarke

During his four decades as a professional musician Stanley Clarke has been a towering influence on the jazz electric bass. Ever since renouncing his ambition to become the first black musician in the Philadelphia Orchestra and deciding instead to team up with pianist Chick Corea, Clarke has been an inspiration to bass players the world over. His combination of funky slap bass licks interspersed with playing full chords was unique at the time and has subsequently been copied by many musicians. It's a style which Clarke honed to perfection on the title track of his 1976 album 'Scho...