Stanley Clarke

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

Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status.

Clarke is the recipient of five Grammy Awards, with 15 nominations, three as a solo artist, one with the Stanley Clarke Band, and one with Return to Forever. Clarke was selected to become a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship.

A Stanley Clarke electric bass is permanently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • "Lemme Try Your Bass"
  • 52 W. 54th St.
  • After the Cosmic Rain
  • Almost
  • Anna Mae
  • Anything Wet
  • Ascension
  • Attitude
  • Basketball
  • Bass Folk Song
  • Be There
  • Big Fall
  • Bit of Burd
  • Black on Black Crime
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Brother One Stop
  • Butterfly Dreams
  • Cal and Rashad Set Up Marquis and J
  • Calvin Blows Up
  • Calvin and Jalen
  • Calvin's Theme
  • Capital / Naty’s Theme
  • Carl
  • Caution
  • Chaos on the Tarmac
  • Communion
  • Complicado
  • Conch
  • Countdown
  • Courage
  • Cruisin'
  • Damn Draya!!!
  • Dayride
  • Deja's Theme
  • Disturbed
  • Earth Juice
  • Eddie's Scared
  • Father and Son
  • Ferris Wheel
  • Fight
  • Final Theme
  • Flavor
  • Flight Fight
  • Friends Always
  • Funk Is Its Own Reward
  • Future Shock
  • Goodbye
  • Grandpa's Theme
  • H-Blues
  • H-Magic
  • Halston Fades Away
  • Harlem Mist ‘55
  • Have a Nice Flight
  • Hey Hey
  • Hideaway
  • Hillbillies on a Quiet Afternoon
  • Hose
  • Hot Fun
  • I'll Never See You Again!
  • In Another Way
  • Is It Wrong?
  • Jazz Tune
  • Journey to Love
  • Just Cruisin'
  • Just Lookin' Good (Cutter's Theme)
  • L'air dans sa cheveaux
  • La Hermosa Iman
  • La cancion de Sofia (Primera parte)
  • La canción de Sofia
  • Let Me Tell Him
  • Light as a Feather
  • Lil' Victa
  • Lisa
  • Lookin' Good (Cutter's Theme)
  • Lopsy Lu - Silly Putty (medley)
  • Lucky Again
  • Maestros de las Frecuencias Bajas
  • Main Title
  • Malo
  • Max's Theme
  • Mean Ass Mabel
  • Meeting
  • Mongoose Walk
  • Motorcycles
  • My Love, Her Inspiration
  • Nevermind
  • Non-Refundable
  • Oh Sheeit
  • Oh, Hello Again
  • Old Friends
  • Paradigm Shift
  • Peace in the Land of Chicago
  • Pendulum
  • Quiet Afternoon
  • Rane to Plane
  • Ready to Take Off
  • Remembering His Family
  • Roger and Carth Vader
  • Ruffneck
  • School Days
  • Shearwater
  • Shenanigans and Otherr Stuff
  • Show in Paris
  • Skyjack
  • Sneaky
  • Song to John
  • Song to John, Part 1
  • Song to John, Part 2
  • Speedball
  • Sweet Baby
  • Terri Apologizes to Rashad
  • Terri Catches Rashad and Draya
  • Terri and Rashad No Peace
  • The Beautiful Models
  • The Boys of Johnson Street
  • The H Move
  • The Hilltop
  • The Learning Curve
  • The Magician
  • The Park
  • Theme
  • Theme from Boyz N the Hood
  • Topanga
  • Tracking Rane
  • Traitorous Insurrection
  • Tree
  • Un hombre Feliz
  • Use the Whip
  • Vampires
  • Versailles
  • Vulcan Princess
  • Vulcan Worlds
  • Walking the Runway
  • Walktall
  • What Is the Plan?
  • When It’s Cold Outside
  • When You Find the Right Girl
  • Where Is Halston
  • Why Wait
  • Wild Dog
  • Yesterday Princess
  • “2 AM At Studio 54”