It has oft been said that artist/stanley-clarke-mn0000745316">Stanley Clarke did for the fretted electrical bass inward the 1970s what swain virtuoso artist/jaco-pastorius-mn0000113480">Jaco Pastorius did for the fretless. For whatsoever aspiring jazz-rock bassist coming upwardly inward the fourth dimension betwixt Bitches Brew in addition to Feels So Good, artist/stanley-mn0000745316">Stanley's innovative playing, which combined a distinctive slap-pop mode amongst fluid finger-style operate informed past times his acoustic playing, was a required assignment. Although School Days, amongst its catchy signature song, is perchance the most listened to of his albums, it is on Journey to Love, artist/clarke-mn0000745316">Clarke's 2nd solo offering for Columbia, that his muse is most confidently in addition to persuasively displayed. He is assisted inward this worthy stimulate past times a whole carload of world-class talent. artist/jeff-beck-mn0000240865">Jeff Beck shows upwardly for 2 songs, the championship rail in addition to the appropriately-titled "Hello Jeff." His Pb guitar is as expressive in addition to unpredictable as ever, capable of bringing a smiling to the human face upwardly of the most jaded listener. artist/return-to-forever-mn0000463527">Return to Forever bandmates artist/chick-corea-mn0000110541">Chick Corea in addition to artist/lenny-white-mn0000246487">Lenny White likewise plow up, as good as swain traveler artist/mahavishnu-john-mclaughlin-mn0000223701">Mahavishnu John McLaughlin. Not to hold upwardly overlooked are the tremendous talents of keyboardist artist/george-duke-mn0000536122">George Duke, drummer artist/steve-gadd-mn0000038004">Steve Gadd, in addition to guitarist artist/david-sancious-mn0000224954">David Sancious. The caliber of the musicians aside, Journey of Love is amount of peachy tunes, peachy grooves, in addition to absolutely amazing bass playing. artist/clarke-mn0000745316">Clarke moves from percussive slapping to almost guitaristic chording to full-speed improvising amongst bewildering ease. Make no error close it, this is 1 of the finest fusion albums to come upwardly out of the 1970s, in addition to it is the unmarried best demonstration of the skills in addition to the audio that brand artist/clarke-mn0000745316">Clarke 1 of the most of import figures to always choice upwardly the instrument.
Alongside School Days, this is perchance Clarke's finest work. From starting fourth dimension to end, it is but a really joyful in addition to magnetic listening experience. The infectious in addition to sometimes beautiful grooves are exactly in addition to thence impressively done. Clarke's playing is fantastic, managing to hold upwardly hypnotic at for certain moments, in addition to frenetic at others without existence headache-inducing, in addition to overall, it's exactly a really good pose together album that volition definitely practise goodness from repeat listens. This is 1 of the best jazz fusion albums of all time. It's every bit peachy inward its dull spots as it is inward its speedy spots, in addition to Clarke in addition to the other musicians who present upwardly on it but practise stunning work.
Track listing
All tracks composed past times Stanley Clarke; except where indicated- "Silly Putty" (4:52)
- "Journey to Love" (4:52)
- "Hello Jeff" (5:16)
- "Song to John, Part 1" (Clarke, Corea) (4:22)
- "Song to John, Part 2" (Clarke, Corea) (6:09)
- "Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Parts 1-4" (14:25)
Personnel
- Stanley Clarke - electric bass, acoustic bass, organ, piccolo bass (first used past times Stanley Clarke) amongst Maestro Synthesizer on "Concerto For Jazz/Rock Orchestra," paw bells, tubular bells, gong, vocals
- Jeff Beck - electrical guitar on "Hello Jeff" in addition to guitar solo on "Journey to Love"
- Chick Corea - acoustic piano on "Song to John"
- George Duke - organ, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, keyboard, Arp Odyssey, clavinet, acoustic piano, electrical piano, bells, vocals
- Earl Chapin - brass horn
- John Clark - brass horn
- Jon Faddis - trumpet
- Steve Gadd - drums, percussions
- Peter Gordon - brass horn
- Tom "Bones" Malone - trombone
- John McLaughlin - acoustic guitar on "Song to John"
- Alan Rubin - trumpet
- David Sancious - electrical guitar, 12-string guitar
- Lew Soloff - trumpet
- David Taylor - trombone
- Lenny White - drums on "Hello Jeff"
- Wilmer Wise - brass horn
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