List of works by Stanley Clarke

This is a list of works by American jazz musician Stanley Clarke, including a discography and filmography.[1][2]

## Discography

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### As leader

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Albums

Year  | Title  | Peak chart positions  | Label

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[3] | US R&B
[3] | US Jazz
[3] | UK
[4]
1973  | Children of Forever | ―  | ―  | 39  | ―  | Polydor
1974  | Stanley Clarke | 59  | ―  | 4  | ―  | Nemperor
1975  | Journey to Love | 34  | 8  | 3  | ―
1976  | School Days | 34  | ―  | 2  | ―
1978  | Modern Man | 57  | 25  | 4  | ―
1979  | I Wanna Play for You | 62  | 36  | 5  | ―
1980  | Rocks, Pebbles and Sand | 95  | 40  | 5  | 42  | Epic
1982  | Let Me Know You | 114  | 25  | 7  | ―
1984  | Time Exposure | 149  | 52  | 10  | ―
1985  | Find Out! (as the Stanley Clarke Band)[5] | ―  | ―  | ―  | ―
1986  | Hideaway | —  | ―  | 15  | ―
1988  | If This Bass Could Only Talk | ―  | ―  | 2  | ―
1991  | Live 1976–1977 | ―  | ―  | ―  | ―
1992  | Passenger 57 | ―  | ―  | ―  | ―
1993  | East River Drive | ―  | 54  | 4  | ―
1994  | Live at the Greek | ―  | ―  | 10  | ―
1995  | At the Movies | —  | ―  | ―  | ―
1997  | The Bass-ic Collection | —  | ―  | ―  | ―  | Sony
2003  | 1, 2, to the Bass | —  | ―  | 6  | ―
2006  | Standards | ―  | ―  | ―  | ―  | Kind of Blue
2007  | The Toys of Men | —  | —  | 2  | ―  | Heads Up
2010  | The Stanley Clarke Band
(as the Stanley Clarke Band, with Hiromi, Ruslan, Ronald Bruner, Jr.)[6][7] | —  | —  | 7  | —
2014  | Up (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ―  | ―  | ―  | ―  | Mack Avenue
2018  | The Message (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ―  | ―  | ―  | ―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year  | Title  | Peak chart positions

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US Pop
[3] | US R&B
[3]
1974  | "Vulcan Princess"  | ―  | ―
1976  | "Silly Putty"  | ―  | 94
"Hot Fun"  | ―  | ―
1978  | "Slow Dance"  | ―  | 76
"Rock 'n' Roll Jelly"  | ―  | ―
1979  | "Just a Feeling"  | ―  | ―
"Together Again"  | ―  | ―
1980  | "We Supply"  | ―  | 43
1981  | "I Just Want To Love You" (with George Duke) | ―  | 49
"Sweet Baby" (with George Duke) | 19  | 6
1982  | "Straight to the Top"  | ―  | 81
"The Force of Love"  | ―  | ―
"You Are the One for Me"  | ―  | ―
1983  | "Heroes" (with George Duke) | ―  | 37
1984  | "Are You Ready?"  | ―  | ―
"Heaven Sent You"  | ―  | ―
"Future"  | ―  | ―
1985  | "What If I Should Fall in Love" (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ―  | ―
"Born in the U.S.A." (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ―  | 52
1986  | "I'm Here to Stay" (with Larry Graham) | ―  | ―
"Listen to the Beat of Your Heart" (with Bernard Jackson) | ―  | ―
1988  | "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)"  | ―  | ―
1990  | "Lady" (with George Duke) | ―  | 67
1993  | "Justice's Groove"  | ―  | ―
"East River Drive"  | ―  | ―
1997  | "Between Love & Magic"  | ―  | ―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

### As co-leader/band member

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With Animal Logic

* Animal Logic (I.R.S., 1989)
* Animal Logic II (I.R.S, 1991)

With George Duke

* The Clarke/Duke Project (Epic, 1981)
* The Clarke/Duke Project II (Epic, 1983)
* 3 (Epic, 1990)
* Live in Montreux 1988 (Jazz Door, 1993)

With Fuse One

* Fuse One (CTI, 1980)
* Silk (CTI, 1981)

With Hiromi and Lenny White (As The Stanley Clarke Trio)

* Jazz in the Garden (Heads Up, 2009)

With The Manhattan Project

* The Manhattan Project (Blue Note, 1989)

With The New Barbarians

* Buried Alive: Live in Maryland (Wooden, 2006)

With Jean-Luc Ponty/Al Di Meola

* The Rite of Strings (Gai Saber, 1995)

With Jean-Luc Ponty/Biréli Lagrène

* D-Stringz (Impulse!, 2015)

With Return to Forever

* Return to Forever (ECM, 1972)
* Light as a Feather (Polydor, 1972)
* Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Polydor, 1973)
* Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor, 1974)
* No Mystery (Polydor, 1975)
* Romantic Warrior (Columbia, 1976)
* Musicmagic (Columbia, 1977)
* Return to Forever, Live (Columbia, 1978)
* The Griffith Park Band Live
* The Griffith Park Collection (1982)
* Returns (Eagle, 2009)
* Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (Concord, 2011)
* The Mothership Returns (Eagle, 2012)

With Stanley Clarke & Friends

* Live at the Greek (Epic, 1994)

With SMV

* Thunder (Heads Up, 2008)

With Vertú

* Vertú (Epic, 1999)

### As sideman

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With Gato Barbieri

* 1971 Under Fire (Flying Dutchman)
* 1973 Bolivia (Flying Dutchman)
* 1975 El Gato (Flying Dutchman)

With Luiz Bonfá

* 1973 Jacarandá
* 1974 Todo o Nada
* 1991 Grandes Compositores

With Chick Corea

* 1974 Live in New York
* 1976 My Spanish Heart
* 1980 Tap Step
* 1982 Touchstone
* 2017 The Musician [compilation]

With Norman Connors

* 1972 Dance of Magic
* 1973 Dark of Light
* 1993 Remember Who You Are

With Deodato

* 1972 Prelude
* 1973 Deodato 2
* 1975 Deodato Max 20
* 1983 Super Fusion 1900
* 1984 Deodato
* 2000 Odisea del Espacio
* 2001 Preludes & Rhapsodies
* 2004 Trios
* 2005 Beginning
* 2006 Todos Sus Grandes Exitos

With George Duke

* 1977 From Me to You
* 1977 Reach for It
* 1984 Rendezvous
* 1993 Muir Woods Suite (rel. 1996, live)

With Joe Farrell

* 1972 Moon Germs
* 1978 La Cathedral Y El Toro

With Mike Garson

* 1986 Serendipity
* 1989 Remember Love
* 1991 Admiration

With Stan Getz

* 1967 Sweet Rain
* 1974 Captain Marvel
* 1977 At Montreux (rec. 1972)
* 1979 Children of the World
* 1988 The Lyrical Stan Getz
* 2008 Complete Live at Montreux 1972 (rec. 1972 & 1974)

With Dexter Gordon

* 1972 Tangerine
* 1972 Ca'Purange
* 1996 Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon Plays the Blues [compilation]
* 1998 The Art of the Ballad [compilation]

With Howard Hewett

* 1994 It's Time
* 2007 If Only...

With George Howard

* 1986 A Nice Place to Be
* 1988 Reflections
* 1992 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
* 1993 When Summer Comes

With Freddie Hubbard

* 1979 The Love Connection
* 1981 Mistral
* 1989 Times Are Changing

With Bobby Lyle

* 1985 Night Breeze
* 1994 Rhythm Stories

With Teena Marie

* 1983 Robbery
* 1986 Emerald City

With Paul McCartney

* 1982 Tug of War
* 1983 Pipes of Peace

With John McLaughlin

* 1979 Electric Guitarist
* 2004 Guitar & Bass [compilation]

With Airto Moreira

* 1972 Free
* 1974 Virgin Land
* 1989 Struck by Lightning
* 1993 Killer Bees
* 2000 Revenge of the Killer Bees

With Alphonse Mouzon

* 1984 Distant Lover
* 1985 Back to Jazz (as The Alphonse Mouzon Band)

With Sunnie Paxson

* 2002 Groove Suite
* 2011 Bohemian Sun

With Dianne Reeves

* 1987 Dianne Reeves
* 1990 Never Too Far

With Pharoah Sanders

* 1971 Black Unity (Impulse)
* 1972 Live at the East (Impulse!)
* 1973 Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!)

With McCoy Tyner

* 1979 Together
* 1982 Looking Out
* 2000 McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster
* 2007 Afro Blue [compilation]

With Lenny White

* 1995 Present Tense
* 1996 Renderers of Spirit
* 2010 Anomaly

With Tony Williams

* 1978 The Joy of Flying
* 1996 Wilderness (Live 1995)[8]

With others

* 1971 In Pursuit of Blackness, Joe Henderson
* 1972 For Those Who Chant, Luis Gasca (with the Santana band)
* 1972 Blues and the Soulful Truth, Leon Thomas
* 1972 Dom Um Romão, Dom Um Romão
* 1972 The Loud Minority, Frank Foster
* 1973 Crankin', Curtis Fuller
* 1973 Gypsy Man, Robin Kenyatta
* 1973 Illusion Suite, Stanley Cowell
* 1973 Butterfly Dreams, Flora Purim
* 1973 Child's Dance: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Vol. 1, Art Blakey
* 1973 Extension of a Man, Donny Hathaway
* 1974 Borboletta, Santana
* 1974 The Chicago Theme, Hubert Laws
* 1974 In the Cut, Ray Bryant
* 1974 Let Me in Your Life, Aretha Franklin
* 1974 Two Is One, Charlie Rouse
* 1976 Black Rose, JD Souther
* 1976 I Heard That!!, Quincy Jones
* 1976 Ports of the Heart, Jimmie Spheeris
* 1976 Land of the Midnight Sun, Al Di Meola
* 1977 Killer Joe, Benny Golson
* 1977 Loading Zone, Roy Buchanan
* 1977 Sweet Bird, Lani Hall
* 1977 Just Family, Dee Dee Bridgewater
* 1979 I Loved You Then... I Love You Now, Gayle Moran
* 1979 Troublemaker, Ian McLagan
* 1980 Love at First Sight, Sonny Rollins
* 1981 Galaxian, The Jeff Lorber Fusion
* 1982 Echoes of an Era, with Chaka Khan, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea & Lenny White
* 1982 Hollywood, Maynard Ferguson
* 1983 Spanish Wave, L. Subramaniam
* 1983 The Look, Shalamar
* 1984 In the Dark, Roy Ayers
* 1984 Marathon, Rodney Franklin
* 1984 The Big Jazz Trio, George Cables
* 1984 The Two of Us, Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson
* 1985 Anywhere You Go, David Pack
* 1985 Put Sunshine in It, Arthur Blythe
* 1986 Illusions, Eliane Elias
* 1986 Blue Notes, Helen Terry
* 1986 Word Up!, Cameo
* 1987 A Sound Investment, Flip Phillips/Scott Hamilton
* 1987 Shieldstone, Stanley Clarke & Bill Shields
* 1987 All Systems Go, Donna Summer
* 1988 Every Step of the Way, David Benoit
* 1988 Diamond Inside of You, Rodney Franklin
* 1988 Heart's Horizon, Al Jarreau
* 1989 Alligator, Leslie West
* 1990 First Instrument, Rachelle Ferrell [rel. 1995, re-issue of Somethin' Else (1990)]
* 1991 The Comfort Zone, Vanessa Williams
* 1992 Precious, Chanté Moore
* 1993 Love's Alright, Eddie Murphy
* 1994 Smooth, Gerald Albright
* 1995 Giving Myself to You, Gerald Albright
* 1994 Freudian Slip, Deborah Holland
* 1995 Dance of Fire, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
* 1995 Songs from the Key of Life: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder, Najee
* 1996 Inner City Blues, Doc Powell
* 1996 Laid Back, Doc Powell
* 1996 Leopard Son, Stewart Copeland
* 1998 Gershwin's World, Herbie Hancock
* 1998 Walk Tall: Tribute to Cannonball Adderley, Eric Marienthal
* 1998 World According to M.T., Michael Thompson
* 2003 In Between the Heartaches, Phyllis Hyman
* 2003 Timeless Eliane Elias, Eliane Elias [compilation]
* 2004 A Man and His Music, Claus Ogerman [2CD compilation]
* 2004 The Trip, Tom Middleton
* 2005 Master of All Trades, Marcus Miller [2DVD video]
* 2006 Givin' It Up, George Benson/Al Jarreau
* 2009 The Playmaker, Mads Tolling
* 2011 Ruslan, Ruslan Sirota
* 2011 Somos, Kennard Ramsey
* 2011 Swing Shift, Doug Webb
* 2012 Fusion Best, Ithamara Koorax
* 2012 Rhythm Sessions, Lee Ritenour
* 2013 Ritzville, Allen Vizzutti
* 2014 Morning Phase, Beck
* 2017 Elaborations (1982) / Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk (1983) / Put Sunshine In It (1985), Arthur Blythe [reissue of three albums]
* 2017 World Wide Funk, Bootsy Collins[8]

### As producer

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* 1978 Just Family, Dee Dee Bridgewater
* 1982 Hollywood, Maynard Ferguson
* 1983 I'm Ready, Natalie Cole
* 1983 The Look, Shalamar
* 1984 Beyond the Clouds, Free Flight
* 1984 In the Dark, Roy Ayers[7][8]
* 1984 Marathon, Rodney Franklin
* 1984 The Two of Us, Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson
* 1984 No Question About It, Kent Jordan
* 1986 I Commit to Love, Howard Hewitt
* 1988 Diamond Inside of You, Rodney Franklin
* 1988 Get Here, Brenda Russell
* 1990 Private Flight, Jim Walker

## Filmography

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### Feature films

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Year  | Title  | Director(s)  | Studio(s)  | Notes

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1990 | The Book of Love | Robert Shaye | New Line Cinema
1991 | The Five Heartbeats | Robert Townsend | 20th Century Fox
Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton | Columbia Pictures
Cool as Ice | David Kellogg | Alive Films
1992 | Passenger 57 | Kevin Hooks | Warner Bros.
1993 | Watch It | Tom Flynn | Skouras Pictures
What's Love Got to Do with It | Brian Gibson | Touchstone Pictures
Poetic Justice | John Singleton | Columbia Pictures
1994 | Little Big League | Andrew Scheinman | Castle Rock Entertainment
1995 | Higher Learning | John Singleton | Columbia Pictures
Panther | Mario Van Peebles | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
The Show | Brian Robbins | Savoy Pictures
Bleeding Hearts | Gregory Hines
1996 | Eddie | Steve Rash | Hollywood Pictures
The Cherokee Kid | Paris Barclay | HBO Films
1997 | Dangerous Ground | Darrell Roodt | New Line Cinema
B*A*P*S | Robert Townsend
Sprung | Rusty Cundieff | Trimark Pictures
1998 | Down in the Delta | Maya Angelou | Miramax
1999 | The Best Man | Malcolm D. Lee | Universal Pictures
2000 | Romeo Must Die | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Warner Bros.
2002 | Undercover Brother | Malcolm D. Lee | Universal Pictures
Undisputed | Walter Hill | Miramax
The Transporter | Louis Leterrier
Corey Yuen | EuropaCorp
2005 | Into the Sun | Christopher Morrison | Destination Films | Direct-to-video film
Roll Bounce | Malcolm D. Lee | Fox Searchlight Pictures
2006 | Like Mike 2: Streetball | David Nelson | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Direct-to-video film
2008 | First Sunday | David E. Talbert | Screen Gems
Soul Men | Malcolm D. Lee | Dimension Films
2013 | The Best Man Holiday | Universal Pictures
2016 | Barbershop: The Next Cut | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

### Television

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Year | TV program | Director

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2007-2009 | Lincoln Heights | Various
2000–2004 | Soul Food | Felicia D. Henderson
1990 | Tales from the Crypt | Jack Sholder, Joel Silver
1990 | Hull High | Gil Grant, Bruce Bilson, Kenny Ortega, Steven Robman
1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Mario DiLeo, Bill Duke, Harry Falk, Winrich Kolbe, Stan Lathan, Sigmund Neufeld Jr, Virgil W. Vogel
1988–1989 | Knightwatch | Sharron Miller, Kevin Rodney Sullivan
1986 | Pee Wee's Playhouse | Bill Freiberger, Steven Johnson, Guy J. Louthan, William T. Orr, Paul Reubens

### Television movies

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Year | TV movie | Director

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2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Anthony Pullen Shaw
2002 | The Big Time | Paris Barclay
2002 | Little John | Dick Lowry
2002 | The Red Sneakers | Gregory Hines
2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Anthony Pullen Shaw
2000 | The Color of Friendship | Kevin Hooks
2000 | The Loretta Claiborne Story | Lee Grant
1999 | Rocky Marciano | Charles Winkler
1999 | Funny Valentines | Julie Dash
1999 | If You Believe | Alan Metzger
1998 | Love Kills | Brian Grant
1998 | On the Line | Elodie Keene
1996 | Road to Galveston | Michael Toshiyuki Uno
1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Paris Barclay
1994 | Royce | Rob Holcomb
1993 | Relentless: Mind of a Killer | John Patterson
1993 | Boy Meets Girl | Kevin Rodney Sullivan
1992 | Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story | Charles Braverman
1991 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Donna Deitch, Joan Micklin Silver, Penelope Spheeris
1990 | The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Arthur Allan Seidelman
1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Larry Peerce
1990 | Blue Bayou | Karen Arthur
1990 | Dangerous Pursuit | Sandor Stern
1990 | Tales from the Whoop | Whoopi Goldberg
1989 | Out on the Edge | John Pasquin

### Animation

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* Static Shock (2000-2001; first season only)

directed by Denys Cowan, Dan Riba

* Waynehead (1996–1997)

directed by Damon Wayans

* Cool Like That Christmas (1994)

directed by David Feiss, Swinton O. Scott III

### Music videos

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* "Michael Jackson: Remember the Time" 1992

directed by John Singleton

### Documentaries

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* Meet Bob Shaye 2004

directed by Jeffery Schwartz

* Maryanne e gli altri (Italy) 1995

directed by Ita Cesa, Giuseppe Selva

## References

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1. ^ "Stanley Clarke discography | AllMusic". www.allmusic.com.
2. ^ "Stanley Clarke albums and discography at ARTISTdirect". www.artistdirect.com.
3. ^ a b c d e "Stanley Clarke - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
4. ^ "STANLEY CLARKE - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
5. ^ "Stanley Clarke Band - Find Out! (1985) album at AllMusic".
6. ^ "Stanley Clarke discography | AllMusic". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
7. ^ a b "Discography | StanleyClarke.com". StanleyClarke.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
8. ^ a b c "Stanley Clarke | Credits | AllMusic". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved October 29, 2017.

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Studio albums|

* Children of Forever (1973)
* Stanley Clarke (1974)
* Journey to Love (1975)
* School Days (1976)
* Modern Man (1978)
* Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980)
* Let Me Know You (1982)
* Time Exposure (1984)
* If This Bass Could Only Talk (1988)
* East River Drive (1993)
* The Rite of Strings (1995)
* At the Movies (1995)
* The Toys of Men (2007)
* Jazz in the Garden (2009)
* The Stanley Clarke Band (2010)

Live albums|

* Live 1976–1977 (1991)

Compilation albums|

* The Bass-ic Collection (1997)

Collaboration albums|

* Butterfly Dreams with Flora Purim (1973)
* Fuse One (1980)
* The Clarke/Duke Project with George Duke (1981)
* The Clarke/Duke Project II with George Duke (1983)
* The Manhattan Project (1989)
* Animal Logic with Stewart Copeland, Deborah Holland (1989)
* 3 with George Duke (1990)
* Thunder as SMV (with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten (2008)

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* List of works
* Animal Logic

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