If This Bass Could Only Talk
If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 43:10 | |||
| Label | Portrait | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Stanley Clarke except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "If This Bass Could Only Talk" | 2:30 |
| 2. | "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus) | 6:24 |
| 3. | "I Want to Play for Ya" | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Stories to Tell" | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson) | 6:07 |
| 6. | "Workin' Man" | 6:27 |
| 7. | "Tradition" | 7:11 |
| 8. | "Come Take My Hand" | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Bassically Taps" | 3:15 |
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)
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
References
- Yanow, Scott (2011). "If This Bass Could Only Talk - Stanley Clarke | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- "If This Bass Could Only Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- https://www.discogs.com/Stanley-Clarke-If-This-Bass-Could-Only-Talk/release/1823823
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