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Live at the
Greek
Stanley Clarke

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Artist

Stanley
Clarke

Album

Live
at the Greek

Rating

Release
Date

1993

Label

Sony

Type

Live

Genre

Styles

Jazz

Fusion

Contemporary
Jazz

Mainstream
Jazz

Moods

Themes

Rollicking

Freewheeling

Stylish

Refined/
Mannered

Sophisticated

Hanging
Out

Sunday
Afternoon

Late
Night

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Review

by Jonathan Widran

More than any other genre, jazz seems best suited for
the live environment. An artist can improvise in the
studio, certainly, but in concert a musician can ignore
time limits and stretch creative possibilities. This is
especially true of all-star collaborations; they can
seem contrived or forced, but when chemistry exists
between the players, the result is jazz in its purest,
most exciting form. Such is the case on this disc, which
features five contemporary giants: Clarke, Larry
Carlton, Najee,
Deron
Johnson, and Billy
Cobham. Seventy minutes for seven songs allows the
players to interact and solo at length, stretching
originals and Miles
and Mingus
covers to their limit. While each member is a monster
improvisor, all base their musings on a definite wave of
melodic brilliance. Najee
is the real surprise here, as Clarke says in his liner
notes. While the others are respected as top fusion
cats, the saxman has always faced criticism for the
commercialism of his albums; here, Najee
proves he can blow with the best of them, getting the
energy flowing on tracks like his own "Buenos Aires."
Other highlights include the light intro "Minute By
Minute," which L.C.
popularized as an instrumental; Cobham's
explosive "Stratus"; Carlton's
simmering "Her Favorite Song"; and the final piece, an
increasingly frenetic, 22-minute explosion of Clarke's
classic "School Days."

Tracks

Title

Composer

Time

1

Minute
by Minute

Abrams, McDonald

3:25

2

Stratus

Cobham

9:42

3

Buenos
Aires

Najee, Pleasure

5:19

4

All
Blues

Davis

14:02

5

Goodbye
Pork Pie Hat

Mingus

10:07

6

Her
Favorite Song

Carlton

7:42

7

School
Days

Clarke

21:33

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Track
Pick

Releases

Year

Type

Label

Catalog #

1994

CD

Sony

476602

CD

Epic

57506

1994

CS

Sony

57506

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