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Every pro electric-bass player and their mothers wore out the grooves of this record when it first came out, trying to cop Clarke's speedy, thundering, slapped-thumb bass licks. Yet ultimately, it was Clarke's rapidly developing compositional skills that made this album so listenable and so much fun for the rest of us, then and now. The title track not only contributed a killer riff to the bass vocabulary; it is a cunningly organized piece of music with a well-defined structure. Moreover, Clarke follows his calling card with two tunes that are even more memorable -- the sauntering ballad "Quiet Afternoon" and an ebullient, Brazilian percussion-laced number with a good string arrangement and a terrific groove, "The Dancer." Clarke also brings out the standup bass for a soulful acoustic dialogue with John McLaughlin on "Desert Song." Evidently enthused by their leader's material, David Sancious (keyboards) and Raymond Gomez (guitars) deliver some of their best solos on records -- and with George Duke on hand on one cut, you hear some preliminary flickerings of Clarke's ventures into the commercial sphere. But at this point in time, Clarke was triumphantly proving that it was possible to be both good and commercial at the same time.
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Credits
- Jeff Beck - Guitar // Jeff Beck - Guitar // Jeff Beck - Guitar // Jeff Beck - Guitar // Buddy Childers - Bass // Buddy Childers - Bass // Buddy Childers - Brass // Buddy Childers - Brass // George Duke - Synthesizer // George Duke - Keyboards // Jon Faddis - Trumpet // Jon Faddis - Trumpet // Tom "Bones" Malone - Trombone // John McLaughlin - Guitar (Acoustic) // John McLaughlin - Guitar (Acoustic) // John McLaughlin - Guitar // John McLaughlin - Guitar // Lew Soloff - Trumpet // Lenny White - Drums // Lenny White - Drums // David Sancious - Organ // David Sancious - Guitar // David Sancious - Guitar (Electric) // David Sancious - Keyboards // David Sancious - Moog Synthesizer // David Sancious - Soloist // David Sancious - Mini Moog // Ray Gomez - Guitar // Ray Gomez - Guitar (Electric) // Ray Gomez - Guitar (Rhythm) // Ray Gomez - Soloist // David Taylor - Trombone // Marilyn Baker - Strings // John Clark - Horn // Ken Scott - Producer // Ken Scott - Engineer // Ken Scott - Remixing // Al Aarons - Bass // Al Aarons - Brass // Stewart Blumberg - Bass // Stewart Blumberg - Brass // George Bohannon - Bass // George Bohannon - Brass // Gerry Brown - Drums // Gerry Brown - Bells // Gerry Brown - Handbells // Thomas Buffum - Strings // David Campbell - Strings // Earl Chapin - Horn // Stanley Clarke - Bass // Stanley Clarke - Guitar // Stanley Clarke - Percussion // Stanley Clarke - Piano // Stanley Clarke - Arranger // Stanley Clarke - Bass (Electric) // Stanley Clarke - Chimes // Stanley Clarke - Conductor // Stanley Clarke - Gong // Stanley Clarke - Guitar (Bass) // Stanley Clarke - Guitar (Electric) // Stanley Clarke - Keyboards // Stanley Clarke - Vocals // Stanley Clarke - Bells // Stanley Clarke - Producer // Stanley Clarke - Main Performer // Stanley Clarke - Bass (Acoustic) // Stanley Clarke - Piccolo Bass // Stanley Clarke - Soloist // Stanley Clarke - Humming // Stanley Clarke - Handbells // Billy Cobham - Drums // Billy Cobham - Drums // Billy Cobham - Moog Synthesizer // Billy Cobham - Moog Synthesizer // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Chick Corea - Keyboards // Rollice Dale - Strings // Robert Dubow - Strings // Robert Findley - Bass // Robert Findley - Brass // Steve Gadd - Drums // Janice Gower - Strings // Gary Grant - Bass // Gary Grant - Brass // Milt Holland - Percussion // Milt Holland - Conga // Milt Holland - Triangle // Karen Jones - Strings // Dennis Karmazyn - Strings // Gordon Marron Strings - Strings // Lew McCreary - Bass // Lew McCreary - Brass // Jack Nimitz - Bass // Jack Nimitz - Brass // William Peterson - Bass // William Peterson - Brass // Alan Rubin - Trumpet // Dalton Smith - Bass // Dalton Smith - Brass // Jerry Solomon - Assistant Engineer // Lya Stern - Strings // Ron Strauss - Strings // Ed Thacker - Assistant Engineer // Ed Thacker - Assistant // Marcia Van Dyke - Strings // Wilmer Wise - Horn // John Wittenberg - Strings // Icarus Johnson - Guitar (Acoustic) // Icarus Johnson - Guitar // Icarus Johnson - Guitar (Electric) // Bob Defrin - Art Direction // Lynn Dreese Breslin - Art Direction // Janice Gower Adele - Strings // Peter Gordon - Horn // Charles "Icarus" Johnson - Guitar // Gerry "The Gov" Brown - Drums // Gerry "The Gov" Brown - Handbells // George Bohanon - Brass // Karen Jones - Strings
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