Musician Dictionary

Stanley Clarke

American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever

DescriptionAmerican bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
Source: Wikidata
Born1951-06-30
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplacePhiladelphia Philadelphia
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
Source: Wikidata
Occupationfilm score composer guitarist composer jazz musician bassist musician
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentspiano electric bass guitar guitar double bass voice bass instrument organ bass guitar
Source: Wikidata
Genresjazz jazz fusion rock music funk pop music contemporary R&B
Source: Wikidata
Record labelsJazz Door Sony Records Mack Avenue Records Columbia Records Epic Records Portrait Heads Up International Polydor Records Nemperor Records
Source: Wikidata
Member ofAnimal Logic Trio! Stanley Cowell Trio S. M. V. Corea, Clarke & White Bobby Lyle Trio Fuse One George Russell Orchestra Stan Getz Quartet The Clarke/Duke Project The Stanley Clarke Band The Stanley Clarke Trio Vertú The New Barbarians World-Wide-Funkdrive Echoes of an Era Return to Forever Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Vertu The Manhattan Project Stanley Clarke & Friends Stanley Clarke/George Duke Herbie Hancock's Super Quartet Herbie Hancock Special Quartet Animal Logic Return to Forever The New Barbarians
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AwardsNEA Jazz Masters
Source: Wikidata

Also known as

Clark Clarke Ctanley Slarke Cтенли Кларк S Clarke S. Clarke S.Clarke Sta Clarke Stan Stan Clarke Standley Clarke Stanley Stanley Clark Stanley Clarke & Friends Stanly Clark Stanly Clarke Стенли Кларк Стэнли Кларк スタン・クラーク 스탠리 클락

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Identifiers

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