Stanley Clarke is the second solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. The opening track "Vulcan Princess" is a remake of "Vulcan Worlds", the opening track on Return to Forever's Where Have I Known You Before released earlier that year.
Track listing All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.
Side one "Vulcan Princess" – 4:00 "Yesterday Princess" (Clarke, Carolyn Clarke) – 1:41 "Lopsy Lu" – 7:03 "Power" – 7:20
Side two "Spanish Phases for Strings & Bass" (Michael Gibbs) – 6:26 "Life Suite" – 13:47 Part I – 1:51 Part II – 4:12 Part III – 1:03 Part IV – 6:41
Personnel Stanley Clarke – bass guitar, double bass, guitar, piano, vocals Jan Hammer – keyboards Bill Connors – guitar Tony Williams – drums Airto Moreira – percussion on "Life Suite" David Taylor – trombone, brasses Jon Faddis, James Buffington, Lew Soloff, Garnett Brown, Peter Gordon – brass David Nadien, Charles McCracken, Jesse Levy, Carol Buck, Beverly Lauridsen, Harry Cykman, Harold Kohon, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Emanuel Green – string section Michael Gibbs – string & brass arrangement
Production Stanley Clarke – producer Ken Scott – engineer Brian Gardner – mastering engineer Dave Whitman – assistant engineer
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