School Days (album)
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| Released | October 8, 1976 | |||
| Recorded | June 1976 | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady Studios, New York City; A&M Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, jazz-funk | |||
| Length | 37:18 | |||
| Label | Nemperor[1] Epic | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
School Days is a solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke, released in 1976.[5][6] The album reached number 34 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 2 on the Jazz Albums chart.[7][5]
Unreleased quadraphonic version[]
In his book Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust, record producer Ken Scott explains that the album was intended for release in 4-channel quadraphonic sound in 1976. However, at the last minute the record company decided to release only a standard 2-channel stereo version instead. This required Scott to create a "fold down" version from the 4-track mixes for the stereo release. The original quadraphonic version may still exist in the record company vault, but it has never been issued.[citation needed]
Critical reception[]
Dave Thompson, in Funk, called the album a "masterful set dominated by its eight-minute title track."[8]
Track listing[]
All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke.
- Side One
- "School Days" – 7:51
- "Quiet Afternoon – 5:09
- "The Dancer" – 5:27
- Side Two
- "Desert Song" – 6:56
- "Hot Fun" – 2:55
- "Life Is Just a Game" – 9:00
Personnel[]
- Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar (1,3,5,6), vocals (1,6), handbells (1), acoustic piano (2,3), piccolo bass guitar (2,3,6), humming (3), acoustic bass (4,6), gong (6), chimes (06), arranger, conductor, producer
- George Duke – keyboards (6)
- Ray Gomez – electric guitar (1,3,5), rhythm guitar (3)
- Icarus Johnson – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6)
- John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar (4)
- David Sancious – keyboards (1), Minimoog (2,3), organ (3), electric guitar (5)
- Gerry Brown – drums (1,3), handbells (1)
- Billy Cobham – drums (6), Moog 1500 (6)
- Steve Gadd – drums (2,5)
- Milt Holland – percussion (3), triangle (4)
- Tom Malone, Dave Taylor – trombone
- Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff – trumpet
- Earl Chapin, John Clark, Peter Gordon, Wilmer Wise – horns
- Al Aarons, Stewart Blumberg, George Bohanon, Buddy Childers, Robert Findley, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Jack Nimitz, William Peterson, Dalton Smith - brass
- Marilyn Baker, Thomas Buffum, David Campbell, Rollice Dale, Robert Dubow, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Dennis Karmazyn, Gordon Marron, Lya Stern, Ron Strauss, Marcia Van Dyke, John Wittenberg – strings
Production[]
- Lynn Dreese Breslin – art direction
- Bob Defrin – art direction
- Ken Scott – producer, engineer, remixing
- Jerry Solomon – assistant engineer
- Ed Thacker – assistant engineer
- Michael Frondelli – assistant engineer
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 398.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ Ginell, Richard S. "School Days". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 137.
- ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1st ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Artist Biography by Matt Collar". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Stanley Clarke gets back to 'School Days' on latest tour". The Oakland Press. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. p. 164.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk. Backbeat Books. p. 238.
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- 1976 albums
- Stanley Clarke albums
- Albums recorded at A&M Studios
- Albums produced by Ken Scott
- Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios
- Albums produced by Stanley Clarke
- Epic Records albums
- Jazz-funk albums