Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love (1975)

Format: flac + cue + log

Genre: Jazz, Fusion, jazz - rock

Original Release Date: 1975

Label: Sony (This copy = Epic/Columbia)

Stanley Clarke - electric bass, acoustic bass, organ, piccolo bass

Jeff Beck - electric guitar

Chick Corea - acoustic piano

George Duke - organ, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, keyboard, Arp Odyssey, clavinet, acoustic piano, electric 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 - electric guitar, 12-string guitar

Lew Soloff - trumpet

David Taylor - trombone

Lenny White - drums on "Hello Jeff"

Wilmer Wise - brass horn

Description By P. McKenna "theowlwatches" (Atlanta GA.) [amazon.com]

01 - Silly Putty

Stanley and George Duke kick out the funk with TONS of melody and good vibes. Great horn charts that would do Tower of Power proud, plus, I used to LOVE playing this tune on bass myself to warm up with. Great fun.

02 - Journey To Love

The one real weak track that could've been a gem if the dippy L Ron Hubbard lyrics and vocals were eliminated altogether, would've been a cool instrumental though not groundbreaking by any means.

03 - Hello Jeff

Stanley rocks out w/ Jeff Beck and the creative sparks fly! A fun fiercely rocking piece, great to play when driving especially! Beck just tears it up with his searing bluesy melodicism!

04 - Song To John ( Part 1 )
05 - Song To John ( Part 2 )

Stanley, John McLaughlin and Chick Corea create a beautiful tapestry of heartfelt music that honors Coltrane and yet doesn't clone or copy him. Indescribably expressive and beautiful!

06 - Concerto For Jazz, Rock Orchestra Parts 1 - 4

The album's piece de resistance'. The ethereal intro was a bit over-long but once past that, when Stanley comes in with that piccolo bass, you're off on a wild ride like no other! Complex rhtyhms fly from drummer Steve Gadd, there's death-defying brass passages (I LOVE the brass arrangements on here!), Stanley nderpinning the whole thing and David Sancious, who normally plays keyboards lays into some ferocious, smoking post-Hendrix guitar. Great stuff that builds to an apocalyptic end!


All Good, December 8, 2004 By AustinTeddy "Teddy" (Austin, TX United States) [amazon.com]

Not one bad cut. The great thing about this album is you can take each of the musicians singly and explore what they are doing. Listen to Jeff Beck...not on "Hello Jeff" (actually DO listen to that too!) but on "Journey to Love". His haunting solo fits perfectly with the mood of the song...and gives it the Beck Edge. George Duke glides throughout. David Sanctious (sp?) is a monster...not just on keyboard but guitar as well. From Stanley's original "Stanley Clarke" through this album and then to "School Days" this three album era was Stanley stepping out and rippin' it up.