If This Bass Could Only Talk

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If This Bass Could Only Talk
Studio album by Stanley Clarke
Released	1988
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:10
Label	Portrait
Producer	Stanley Clarke Byron Miller
Stanley Clarke chronology
(1986) If This Bass Could Only Talk (1988) (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Stanley Clarke except where noted.

Personnel[]

• Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
• Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (on 2)
• George Howard – soprano saxophone (on 8)
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (on 5)
• Allan Holdsworth – guitar (on 4)
• George Duke – piano (on 8)
• Vance Taylor – piano (on 5)
• Eddie Arkin – synthesizer (on 2)
• Steve Hunt – synthesizer (on 6, 7)
• Byron Lee Miller – synthesizer bass (on 5)
• Gregory Hines – tap dancer (on 1, 9)
• Jimmy Earl – bass (on 6, 7)
• Gerry Brown – drums (on 2, 6, 7)
• Stewart Copeland – drums (on 4)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums (on 5)
• John Robinson – drums (on 3, 8)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (on 5)

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Production[]

• Chris Cuffaro – Photography
• Nancy Donald – Art Direction
• Joe Gastwirt – Engineer
• Mitch Gibson – Engineer
• Bernie Grundman – Mastering
• Mick Guzauski – Mixing
• Dan Humann – Engineer
• Tony Lane – Art Direction
• Csaba Petocz – Engineer
• Steve Sykes – Engineer

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