Stanley Clarke, one of the most innovative electric bass players of the past three decades, will make a special appearance at J&R Music and Computer World on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 12:30PM to perform and sign autographs for fans in celebration of the release of his latest album The Toys of Men. Clarke's new album examines the emotional sweep of war, with the title track - a six-part suite and the cornerstone that opens the 13-song set- spanning the dark and violent to the uplifting and transcendent.
Bassist Stanley Clarke was barely out of his teens when he exploded into the jazz world in 1971. Fresh out of the Philadelphia Academy of Music, he arrived in New York City and immediately landed jobs with famous bandleaders such as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharaoh Saunders, Gil Evans, Stan Getz and a budding young pianist-composer named Chick Corea. Clarke went on to become the first bassist in history to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide, and craft albums that achieved gold status. At 25, he was already regarded as a pioneer in the jazz fusion movement. He was also the first bassist in history to double on acoustic and electric bass with equal virtuosity, power and fire. In his ongoing efforts to push the bass to new limits, he invented two new instruments, the piccolo bass and the tenor bass. The piccolo bass is tuned one octave higher than the traditional electric bass. The tenor bass is tuned one fourth higher than standard. Both of these instruments have enabled Clarke to extend his melodic range to higher and more expressive registers.
WHO: BASSIST STANLEY CLARKE
WHAT: PERFORMANCE AND AUTOGRAPH SIGNING
WHERE: J&R MUSIC AND COMPUTER WORLD
23 PARK ROW
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007
12:30 PM (Media arrive at 12:00PM)
For more information on the autograph signing or J&R Music and Computer World, please contact Gillian Kocher of Dan Klores Communications at 212-685-4300.
Bassist Stanley Clarke was barely out of his teens when he exploded into the jazz world in 1971. Fresh out of the Philadelphia Academy of Music, he arrived in New York City and immediately landed jobs with famous bandleaders such as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Pharaoh Saunders, Gil Evans, Stan Getz and a budding young pianist-composer named Chick Corea. Clarke went on to become the first bassist in history to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide, and craft albums that achieved gold status. At 25, he was already regarded as a pioneer in the jazz fusion movement. He was also the first bassist in history to double on acoustic and electric bass with equal virtuosity, power and fire. In his ongoing efforts to push the bass to new limits, he invented two new instruments, the piccolo bass and the tenor bass. The piccolo bass is tuned one octave higher than the traditional electric bass. The tenor bass is tuned one fourth higher than standard. Both of these instruments have enabled Clarke to extend his melodic range to higher and more expressive registers.
WHO: BASSIST STANLEY CLARKE
WHAT: PERFORMANCE AND AUTOGRAPH SIGNING
WHERE: J&R MUSIC AND COMPUTER WORLD
23 PARK ROW
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007
12:30 PM (Media arrive at 12:00PM)
For more information on the autograph signing or J&R Music and Computer World, please contact Gillian Kocher of Dan Klores Communications at 212-685-4300.
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