name	Steve Gadd
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Stephen Kendall Gadd
birth date	April 09, 1945
Birth place	Irondequoit, New York, United States
instrument	Drums, percussion
genre	Jazz, post-bop, jazz fusion rock music, blues, R&B;
occupation	Musician
years active	1968-present
website
notable instruments	}}

Steve Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Irondequoit, New York) is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.

Biography[link]

Gadd is a native of Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York. When he was seven years old, his uncle, who was a drummer in the US army, encouraged him to take drum lessons. By the age of eleven he had sat in with Dizzy Gillespie.

After graduating from Irondequoit's Eastridge High School, he attended the Manhattan School of Music for two years before transferring to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, playing in wind ensembles and concert bands. After Gadd finished college in the late 1960s, he played regularly with Chuck Mangione and his brother Gap Mangione. His first recording was on Gap Mangione's debut solo album, ''Diana in the Autumn Wind'' (1968).

Gadd was drafted into the U.S. Army and spent three years as a drummer in the Army Music Program, most of which was spent with the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band in Ft. Meade, MD. While living in the Washington DC area, he briefly took lessons from the noted jazz drummer, Michael S. Smith. Following his military service, Gadd played and worked with a band in Rochester. In 1972, Gadd formed a trio with Tony Levin and Mike Holmes, traveling to New York with them. The trio eventually broke up, but Gadd began to work mainly as a studio musician. Gadd also played with Chick Corea's Return to Forever but left the group.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he toured internationally, and recorded with Paul Simon and also with Al Di Meola's Electric Rendezvous Band. In response to confusion over another drummer by the same name, Gadd, while on his ''We're on a Mission from Gadd'' tour in 2005, told fans that was not him. Gadd said, "I've never met the other Steve Gadd. We happened to stay in the same hotel once, though. I kept getting his messages and apparently he was getting mine."

In 1976, Gadd and other session musicians in New York City, including Richard Tee, Eric Gale and Cornell Dupree, formed the group Stuff. Their work included appearances on NBC's Saturday Night Live, both performing on their own and backing Joe Cocker.

By the end of the 1970s, Steve Gadd was an accomplished drummer, with transcriptions of his drum solos on sale in Japan. Chick Corea once commented, "Every drummer wants to play like Gadd because he plays perfect ... He has brought orchestral and compositional thinking to the drum kit while at the same time having a great imagination and a great ability to swing."

In 2005, along with Abraham Laboriel, Patrice Rushen and others, Gadd was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music for outstanding contributions to contemporary music.

The song "A Little Green Rosetta" from the Frank Zappa album ''Joe's Garage'' lampoons Steve Gadd's status as one of the highest paid session drummers in popular music.

Session work[link]

A short list of musicians with whom Gadd has worked include Kate Bush, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Al Jarreau, Joe Cocker, Stuff, Bob James, Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, Pino Daniele, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Eddie Gomez, The Manhattan Transfer, Michal Urbaniak, Steps Ahead, Al Di Meola, Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Carly Simon, Richard Tee, Jon Bon Jovi, Chet Baker, Paul Desmond, The Bee Gees, Michael McDonald, and David Sanborn.

1970s[link]

In 1975, Gadd played drums on "The Hustle" by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony. That same year, he also played the recognizable drum intro and beat behind Paul Simon's hit, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover". Gadd demonstrated the strengths in his work on the title track of Steely Dan's ''Aja'' album – highlighted by Gadd's drum punctuation in the coda of the title cut. Corea's straight-ahead jazz albums ''Friends'' and ''Three Quartets'', as well as Jim Hall's 1975 album Concierto are some more examples of Gadd's jazz playing. In 1979, Gadd performed a drum solo on Carly Simon's "SPY" LP.

1980s[link]

In 1981, Gadd played in the famous Simon & Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park. He was a featured performer and actor in the 1980 motion picture ''One Trick Pony'' starring Paul Simon. Simon's hit "Late in the Evening" was the movie's main title in which Gadd implemented the "Mozambique", a Cuban dance rhythm, into the song.

1990s[link]

Gadd recorded and toured with Eric Clapton in 1994/1996 and again from 1997 to 2004. 1997 also saw him on a world tour in a trio with the French jazz great Michel Petrucciani and his Paul Simon band colleague, bassist Anthony Jackson (captured on the "Trio in Tokyo" CD and "Live in Stuttgart" DVD/VHS).

2000s[link]

In 2009, Gadd returned to Clapton's band to play 11 nights at the Royal Albert Hall and was part of Clapton's touring band throughout May 2009.

Also in 2009, Gadd reunited with his band from 1973, "L'Image", featuring Mike Mainieri, Warren Bernhardt, David Spinozza and Tony Levin. The group performed at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City, toured Japan, and released the album "L'Image 2.0".

2010s[link]

Played next to Eric Clapton at Crossroads show. In 2011, Gadd worked with Kate Bush on her "50 Words for Snow" album. Kate Bush was interviewed by Jamie Cullum and told him that she had wanted to work with Steve Gadd for a long time but had not had the courage to approach him. She described Steve Gadd as "a sweet person, really down to earth" and said that "his interpretation of music is so sophisticated". She said she loved working with him and that there was a real chemistry that started to click in.

Equipment[link]

Steve Gadd uses Yamaha drums, which he has played since 1976. He has recently changed his gear to a setup consisting of "Birch Custom Absolute" toms and a maple bass drum. He also uses a chrome Yamaha Recording Custom Steel Shell snare drum.

He has been asked to contribute his ideas to develop his own signature series Zildjian K Custom Session cymbals.

Gadd also has Vic Firth sticks with his signature on them. The drumsticks are a very light, thin kind, black in color, and normal "wood color" on the tips. There is also an identical model with nylon tips. The stick is also slightly shorter than the American Classic 5A, and features a barrel tip for improved recording sound. It is long and the diameter is . Along with having his own signature stick, he also has his own signature brushes. These brushes are intended to solve the problem of wire brushes snagging on new coated drumheads by slightly angling the wires in the top 3/4” (1.9 cm) of the playing end. The wires glide across the head, allowing a smoother sweep and a velvet swish sound.

Gadd uses a variety of Remo heads: a coated Powerstroke 3 on the batter side of the snare, coated Pinstripes or coated Ambassadors on the batter sides of toms, and clear Ambassadors for the resonant sides. He uses a Pinstripe on the bass drum.

Discography[link]

As Steve Gadd & Friends

''Live At Voce - Deluxe Edition'' (2010) [BFM Jazz]

As Steve Gadd/ with the Gadd Gang:

''Gadd About'' (1984)

''The Gadd Gang'' (1986)

''Pigs and Wizards'' (1987)

''Here & Now'' (1988)

''Live at Bottom Line'' (1988)

''Gadd Gang'' (1991)

With Stuff:

''Stuff'' (1976)

''Stuff It'' (1978)

''Live Stuff'' (1978)

''Live In New York'' (1980)

''East'' (1981)

''Best Stuff'' (1981)

With Patti Austin:

''End of a Rainbow'' (CTI, 1976)

With B.B. King:

''Riding with the King''

With Chick Corea:

''My Spanish Heart''

''Friends''

''Three Quartets''

''The Leprechaun''

''The Mad Hatter''

''Rendezvous in New York''

''The Ultimate Adventure''

''(the unreleased version of Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy)''

With Steely Dan:

''Aja'' on (title track)

''Gaucho'' on ("Glamour Profession", "My Rival", "Third World Man", the title track and 'percussion' on "Hey Nineteen")

With Simon and Garfunkel:

''The Concert in Central Park''

With The Manhattan Transfer:

''Mecca for Moderns''

''Pastiche''

With Paul Simon:

''One-Trick Pony''

''Still Crazy After All These Years'' (50 Ways To Leave Your Lover)

''Hearts and Bones''

''You're the One''

''Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991''

''Surprise''

''Late in the Evening''

With Steps Ahead:

''Smokin' in the Pit''

With George Benson:

''Bad Benson''

''Pacific Fire''

''GB''

''In Your Eyes''

''Livin' Inside Your Love''

''Good King Bad'' (CTI, 1975)

''In Concert-Carnegie Hall'' (CTI, 1975)

With Joe Brucato:

''Free'' (2007)

''Acoustic Joe Vol. 1'' (2009)

''Thank You Soldier'' (2010)

With Eric Clapton:

''Live at Hyde Park'' (DVD)

''Pilgrim''

''Reptile''

''Riding with the King''

''One More Car, One More Rider''

''Me and Mr. Johnson''

''Sessions for Robert J.''

''Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004''

''Back Home''

''Clapton Chronicles''

With James Brown:

''Black Caesar''

With Art Farmer

''Crawl Space'' (CTI, 1977)

''Big Blues'' (CTI, 1978) with Jim Hall

''Yama'' with Joe Henderson (CTI, 1979)

With Milt Jackson:

''Goodbye'' (CTI, 1973)

With Hubert Laws:

''In the Beginning'' (CTI, 1974)

''The Chicago Theme'' (CTI, 1974)

With Yusef Lateef:

''In a Temple Garden'' (CTI, 1979)

With Jackie and Roy:

''A Wilder Alias'' (CTI, 1973)

With Al Jarreau:

''Tenderness''

''Breakin' Away''

''Jarreau''

''This Time''

With Rickie Lee Jones:

''Rickie Lee Jones''

''Pirates''

''Magazine

With Paul McCartney:

''Tug Of War''

''Pipes Of Peace''

With Chuck Mangione:

''Disguise''

''Tarantella''

''Main Squeeze''

''Land of Make Believe''

''Alive''

''Together''

''Friends And Love''

With Michel Petrucciani:

''Trio in Tokyo''

''Both Worlds''

With Al Di Meola:

''Casino''

''Elegant Gypsy''

''Orange and Blue''

''Tour de Force Live''

''Electric Rendezvous''

''Splendido Hotel''

''Land of the Midnight Sun''

''Consequence of Chaos''

With Lee Ritenour:

''Feel the Night''

''Captains Journey''

''Friendship''

With Bob James

''BJ4'' (1977)

''Touchdown'' (1978)

''Lucky Seven'' (1979) (Tracks "Rush Hour" and "Blue Lick")

With Michel Jonasz:

''Michel Jonasz au Zénith'' (1993)

''Où vont les rêves'' (2002)

With Sunlightsquare:

''Urban Sessions'' (2006)

With Weather Report

''Mr Gone'' (1978) (Tracks "Young and Fine" and "And Then")

With Funk Factory

''Funk Factory'' (1975) (Tracks "Watusi Dance", "Rien Ne Va Plus", "Funk It" and "Lilliput")

With Lalo Schifrin

''Towering Toccata'' (CTI, 1976)

With Jeremy Steig

''Firefly'' (CTI, 1977)

With James Taylor

''New Moon Shine'', 1991

''October Road'', 2002 ''James Taylor: A Christmas Album'', 2006

''Covers'', 2008

''Other Covers'', 2009

With Art Garfunkel ''Some Enchanted Evening'', 2007 ''Songs from a Parent to a Child'', 1997

With L'Image

''L'Image 2.0'', 2009

With Lesley Meguid

''The Truth About Love Songs'', 2010

With Chet Baker

''She Was Too Good to Me'', 1974

With Don Sebesky

''The Rape of El Morro'' (CTI, 1975)

With Masahiko Satoh

''Amorphism'', 1985

With Kate Bush:

''Director's Cut, 2011

''50 Words for Snow, 2011''

References[link]

External links[link]

Gadd's official website

Steve Gadd at Drummerworld - contains video and sound clips.

Steve Gadd page on The Party Of The Century project - contains video and sound clips.

Steve Gadd at OnlineDrummer - contains video clips.

Steve Gadd at BehindTheDrums - contains discography and equipment list.

BFM Jazz

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name	David Weckl
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	January 08, 1960
instrument	Drums
genre	Jazz, jazz fusion, post-bop
label	GRP, Stretch
website
notable instruments	}}

Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960) is a highly acclaimed jazz fusion drummer. Weckl attended Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO and graduated in 1978. He majored in jazz studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Starting out on the New York fusion scene in the early 1980s, Weckl soon found himself working with artists such as Paul Simon, Madonna, George Benson, Michel Camilo, Robert Plant and Anthony Jackson. His most famous early work though, where his popularity blossomed, was with the Chick Corea Elektric Band from 1985 to 1991.

Weckl spent a total of seven years with Corea, during which he performed on numerous albums and also appeared with Corea's Akoustic Band. He augmented his work with Corea by continuing his session work and appearing often with the GRP All-Star Big Band. In addition, he recorded four albums in 1988 and 1989 with the Manhattan Jazz Quintet. Weckl has also released a series of instructional videotapes, and in 1990, he led his first solo date, Master Plan, for GRP. Heads Up followed in 1992, as well as Hard-Wired in 1994.

After leaving Corea's band, Weckl recorded and toured with guitarist Mike Stern. Under his own name, he has been the leader of ten recordings since 1990, seven of which as the Dave Weckl Band. Dave endorses Yamaha Drums, Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Drumsticks, all of whom he has assisted with the design of new products, such as Sabian's HHX Evolution and HHX Legacy cymbal lines.

Around 1996, his style and setup radically changed, in large part because of his studies with Freddie Gruber.

Drumheads[link]

Remo Coated Ambassadors (toms), Coated Ambassadors (snare), Coated Ambassador (bass), Weckl Bass Drum Muffle and Weckl Active Snare Dampening System

Discography [link]

Dave Weckl:

1990 – ''Master Plan'' (GRP records)

1992 – ''Heads Up'' (GRP records)

1994 – ''Hard Wired'' (GRP records)

Dave Weckl Band:

1998 – ''Rhythm of the Soul'' (Stretch records)

1999 – ''Synergy'' (Stretch records)

2000 – ''Transition'' (Stretch records)

2001 – ''The Zone'' (Stretch records)

2002 – ''Perpetual Motion'' (Stretch records)

2003 – ''Live (And Very Plugged In)'' (Stretch records)

2005 – ''Multiplicity'' (Stretch records)

Videos [link]

1988 – ''Back to Basics'' (DCI music)

1990 – ''The Next Step'' (DCI music)

1993 – ''Working It Out: Latin Percussion I'' - With Walfredo Reyes Sr. (DCI music)

1993 – ''Working It Out: Latin Percussion II'' - With Walfredo Reyes Sr. (DCI Music)

2000 – ''How to Develop Your Own Sound'' (Carl Fischer publishing)

2000 – ''How to Practice'' (Carl Fischer publishing)

2000 – ''How to Develop Technique'' (Carl Fischer publishing)

Books [link]

1988 – ''Back to Basics''

1992 – ''The Next Step'' (Manhattan Music)

1994 – ''Contemporary Drummer + One'' (Manhattan Music)

1997 – ''Ultimate Play-Along for Drums level I vol. I'' (Alfred Publishing Company)

1997 – ''Ultimate Play-Along for Drums level I vol. II'' (Alfred Publishing Company)

2001 – ''In Session with the Dave Weckl Band'' (Carl Fischer Music)

2004 – ''Exercises for Natural Playing'' (Carl Fischer Music)

Endorsers[link]

Yamaha Drums

Sabian Cymbals

Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets

Remo Drumheads

Shure Microphones

Latin Percussion

M-Audio

XL Cases

Notes [link]

External links[link]

Official site

Dave Weckl on Drummerworld

Dave Weckl at OnlineDrummer.com - Contains video clips.

Category:Jazz fusion musicians Category:American jazz drummers Category:GRP Records artists Category:University of Bridgeport alumni Category:1960 births Category:Living people

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name	Vinnie Colaiuta
landscape	Yes
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Vincent Colaiuta
birth date	February 05, 1956
Birth place	Brownsville, Pennsylvania United States
instrument	Drums
genre	Jazz, fusion, rock, funk, post bop, pop, thrash metal, heavy metal
occupation	Musician
years active	1978–present
associated acts	Frank Zappa, Sting, Chick Corea, Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Tal Wilkenfeld, Five Peace Band, Megadeth, Nik Kershaw
website
notable instruments	Gretsch Drum kit }}

Vincent Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14. He is notable for his technical skill and his musical versatility, having played with many artists from a wide variety of genres.

Career[link]

After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a year, Colaiuta had his first big break as a member of the Christopher Morris Band in 1976-1977. Playing and recording with the ''Christopher Morris Band'' (MCA 2282) in 1977, Colaiuta relocated with the band to Los Angeles. After leaving the Christopher Morris Band, he made a mediocre living playing with lounge bands. His next break came in April 1978 at the age of 22, when Colaiuta auditioned for Frank Zappa, an audition that involved performing the notoriously difficult piece entitled "The Black Page". The audition was successful and Colaiuta went on to work with Zappa as his principal drummer for studio and live performances. He played on the successful Zappa albums ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'', ''Joe's Garage'', and ''Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar''. ''Joe's Garage'' was named one of the top-25 drumming performances of all time in a 1993 ''Modern Drummer'' article.

About Colaiuta's ability to play Zappa's notoriously complex music and the complex style of polyrhythms, guitarist Steve Vai told the following story:

Colaiuta is mentioned in Frank Zappa's song, "Catholic Girls" by the character Mary.

Session work [link]

After leaving Zappa, Colaiuta went on to work with a long list of notable rock and pop artists, including Gino Vannelli, Joni Mitchell, Barbra Streisand, Sandy & Junior, Jay Vaquer, Clannad, Wang Chung, Chaka Khan, Megadeth, The Beach Boys, Leonard Cohen and Jeff Beck. He has also appeared with many notable jazz musicians, including Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Haslip, Quincy Jones, the Buddy Rich Big Band and Buell Neidlinger. He has also played with Chuck Loeb, David Goldblatt, David Sancious, Dean Brown, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Beard, John Patitucci, Mark Egan, Gigi D'Alessio, Robben Ford, and Tim Landers.

1990s [link]

thumb|230px|right|Colaiuta performing with Kenny Garrett In 1990, Colaiuta successfully auditioned as drummer in Sting's touring band in support of his album ''The Soul Cages''. Colaiuta remained as a member of Sting's band for the next seven years. He declined the offer to go out on the road for the ''Brand New Day'' tour in 1999 due to the considerable length of a typical Sting world tour. Colaiuta's studio work with Sting can be heard on ''Ten Summoner's Tales'' (1993), ''Mercury Falling'' (1996), three songs on ''Brand New Day'' (1999) and two songs on ''Sacred Love'' (2003). In September 2003, he returned to Sting's touring lineup in a brief promotional tour of ''Sacred Love'', but once again declined the offer to participate in the world tour. At 10.21.2011 Vinnie Colaiuta rejoined Sting´s tour band for performing on the ''Back to Bass Tour''. So he continues his live collaboration with Sting after almost fifteen years.

Colaiuta released a self-titled solo recording in 1994, and still remains one of the most in demand studio musicians playing on countless albums, film soundtracks, TV and radio jingles. His dedication to self-improvement is legendary: Dom Famularo, a famous drum educator and Colaiuta's friend, once told a story about Colaiuta opening his door while practising on a drum pad; after a few minutes of a chat on the door step, Colaiuta said: "I'm such a bad host, I haven't offered you anything! Do you want a pad?"

Colaiuta has won a total of 18 Drummer of the Year awards from ''Modern Drummer'' magazine's annual reader polls. These include 10 awards in the "Best Overall" category. Colaiuta was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996. The publication also cited Colaiuta as being the most important drummer of our time.

2000 to present [link]

In 2006 to 2007, Colaiuta toured with Jeff Beck and Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, with Jason Rebello playing keyboards, in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Colaiuta recorded and toured with Faith Hill, recorded with the thrash metal outfit Megadeth on their album ''The System Has Failed'', and toured with Jeff Beck and Herbie Hancock.

From October 22 to November 23, 2008, Colaiuta toured Europe with John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett and Christian McBride in the Five Peace Band.

2009 was the release of the Zappa alumni all star band The Mar Vista Philharmonic, featuring Tommy Mars, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Arthur Barrow, among others, on Jon Larsens Zonic Entertainment label.

Equipment [link]

Colaiuta was a long-time Zildjian Cymbal and Drumstick endorser. In 1990, Colaiuta assisted the company with creating their A Custom line of cymbals, based on the A Zildjian cymbals.

In the past, Colaiuta has endorsed Yamaha and Gretsch Drums.

In 2012, Vinnie switched to Ludwig Drums and Paiste Cymbals.

Discography [link]

With Frank Zappa[link]

''Joe's Garage'' (1979)

''Saarbrucken'' (1979)

''Tinseltown Rebellion'' (1981)

''Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar'' (1981)

''The Man From Utopia'' (1983)

''Guitar'' (1988)

''Any Way the Wind Blows'' (1991)

''Strictly Commercial'' (1995)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1'' (1988)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4'' (1991)

''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6'' (1992)

''The Lost Episodes'' (1996)

''Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute'' (1996)

''Have I Offended Someone?'' (1997)

''Son of Cheep Thrills'' (1999)

''Halloween'' (2003)

''Trance-Fusion'' (2006)

''Buffalo'' (2007)

With Joni Mitchell[link]

''Wild Things Run Fast'' (1982)

''Dog Eat Dog'' (1985)

''Night Ride Home'' (1991)

''Hits'' (1996)

''Misses'' (1996)

''Songs of a Prairie Girl'' (2005)

With Sting[link]

''Acoustic Live in Newcastle" (1992)

''Ten Summoner's Tales'' (1993)

''Mercury Falling'' (1996)

''Brand New Day'' (1999)

''Sacred Love'' (2003)

Selected discography[link]

2011 Steve Kusaba, Centrifugal Satz Clock: Morning

2011 Jay Vaquer, Umbigobunker!?

2011 Doug Lunn, The Doug Lunn Project

2010 Kermit Driscoll, Reveille

2010 Anna Mjöll, Christmas Jazzmaz

2010 Jeff Richman, Like That

2010 Brian Bromberg, Brian Bromberg Plays Jimi Hendrix

2010 Lee Ritenour, ''6 String Theory''

2010 Herbie Hancock, ''The Imagine Project''

2010 Jeff Beck, ''Emotion & Commotion''

2010 Mark Egan, ''Truth Be Told''

2009 The Mar Vista Philharmonic, No Forest Fire

2009 Luciana Souza, Tide

2009 Eros Ramazzotti, Ali e Radici

2009 Various Artists '80s Metal: A Double Dose

2009 Melody Gardot, My One & Only Thrill

2009 Five Peace Band, ''Five Peace Band'' (Live)

2009 ''Soup From 8 To Infinite''

2009 James Newton Howard, Duplicity (Soundtrack)

2009 Torcuato Mariano, So Far from Home

2009 Madeleine Peyroux, Bare Bones

2008 Asia, Progressive Rock Friends

2009 Jeff Beck Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's'' (Blu-ray DVD)

2008 Jeff Beck Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's

2008 Luz Rios, Aire

2008 Brian Culbertson, Christmas & Hits Duos

2008 Megadeth, Anthology: Set the World AFire

2008 Various Artists Les Paul and Friends: Tribute to a Legend

2008 Simone Borghi, On Line

2008 ''River: The Joni Letters'' with Herbie Hancock

2008 ''Herbie Hancock, Then & Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock''

2008 Dave Koz, ''Greatest Hits''

2008 George Duke, Dukey Treats

2008 L.A. Chillharmonic, The L.A. Chillharmonic

2008 Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell

2008 Vibes Alive, After Hours

2008 Los Temerarios, Si Tu Te Vas

2008 Leonard Cohen, The Collection

2008 Chanté Moore, Love The Woman

2008 Various Artists The Ultimate Tribute to Led Zeppelin

2008 LeAnn Rimes, Leann Rimes Collector's Edition Tin

2008 FJulia rancis, Lucky Penny

2008 Boyz II Men, Motown Hitsville Usa (Tour Edition) (W/DVD)

2008 Andrea Bocelli, Vivere: Best Of Andrea Bocelli (Bonus Track)

2008 Backstreet Boys, Unbreakable: Tour Edition (Bonus DVD)

2008 Randy Jackson, Randy Jackson's Music Club

2008 Michael McDonald, Soul Peak

2008 Celine Dion, X2

2008 Ilona, Alla en el Sur

2007 Megadeth, Warchest

2007 Faith Hill, Hits

2007 Bill Medley, Damn Near Righteous

2007 Les Sabler, Sweet Drive

2007 Chris Botti, Italia

2007 Pat Monahan, The Last of Seven

2007 Oz Noy, Fuzzy

2007 Kristina Kovac, U nebranom grožđu

2007 Travis Tritt, The Storm

2007 Dean Martin, Forever Cool

2007 Billy Cyrus, Ray Home At Last

2007 Various Artists Freeway Jam: To Beck and Back

2007 Mark Isaacs, Resurgence

2007 Michael Bublé, Call Me Irresponsible

2007 Brian Buckley, For Her

2007 Jeff Babko, Mondo Trio

2007 Jeff Lorber, He Had a Hat

2007 Daniel Lee Martin, On My Way to You

2007 Various Artists We All Love Ennio Morricone

2007 Brian Bromberg, Downright Upright

2007 Jill Scott, Jill Scott Collaborations

2007 Wayne Bergeron, Plays Well With Others

2006 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Box Set

2006 Laura Pausini, Yo Canto

2006 Michelle Tumes ''Michelle Tumes''

2006 Josh Groban, ''Awake''

2006 Brian Culbertson Soulful Christmas

2006 George Benson ''Givin' It Up''

2006 Scott Kinsey, Kinesthetics

2006 Bette Midler, ''Cool Yule''

2006 James Taylor'' James Taylor at Christmas''

2006 Kazu Matsui Project, Pioneer

2006 Jeff Berlin, Aneurythms

2006 The Ten Tenors, Here's to the Heroes

2006 Sam Moore, Overnight Sensational

2006 Richard Bona, Tiki

2006 Lee Ritenour, Smoke 'n' Mirrors

2006 Joanna, This Crazy Life

2006 Greg Adams, Cool To The Touch

2006 Various Artists Summer Jam Session

2006 Dan Siegel, Departure

2006 Various Artists '80s Metal Tribute to Van Halen

2006 LeAnn Rimes, Whatever We Wanna

2006 Michael Franks, Rendezvous in Rio

2006 Matt Dusk, Back in Town

2006 Katharine McPhee, My Destiny / Somewhere Over the Rainbow CD-SINGLE

2006 Gregg Rolie, Gringo

2006 John McLaughlin, ''Industrial Zen''

2006 Marilyn Scott, Innocent of Nothing

2006 Various Artists Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd

2006 Various Artists The Royal Dan: A Tribute

2006 Amy Sky, Life Lessons: The Best of Amy Sky

2006 Jeff Beck, Official Bootleg USA '06

2006 Various Artists Legends of Jazz Showcase

2006 Rob Whitlock, Sketchin' 2

2006 Erin Boheme, What Love Is

2006 Tom Scott, The Very Best of Tom Scott

2006 Various Artists Pink Floyd's The Wall Revisited

2006 Brian Bromberg, Wood II

2006 Various Artists Flying High Again: The World's Greatest Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

2006 Various Artists Funk Academy

2006 Frank Macchia, Mo' Animals

2006 Chick Corea, The Ultimate Adventure

2006 Bunny Brunel, Dedication

2006 Andrea Bocelli, Amore

2006 Various Artists More or Less Jazz Two

2006 Jeff Berlin, Ace of Bass

2005 Ashley Maher, Flying Over Bridges

2005 Ricardo Arjona, Adentro

2005 Anastacia, Pieces of a Dream

2005 Eros Ramazzotti, Calma Apparente

2005 Burt Bacharach, At This Time

2005 Destiny's Child, #1's

2005 Various Artists Revolution Of The Spirit

2005 Chris Botti, To Love Again

2005 Various Artists 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas

2005 P.J. Olsson, Beautifully Insane

2005 David Garfield, The State Of Things

2005 Kyle Eastwood, Paris Blue

2005 Beppe Cantarelli, Blues, Rock & Soul

2005 Pussycat Dolls, PCD

2005 Bill Evans, Soulgrass

2005 David Pack, The Secret Of Movin' On

2005 Various Artists The Loner - A Tribute To Jeff Beck

2005 Marilyn Scott, Handpicked

2005 Faith Hill, Fireflies

2005 Various Guitarists Fusion For Miles

2005 Amber Whitlock, The Colours Of Life

2005 Various Artists Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse

2005 Eric Benet, Hurricane

2005 Bob Bennett, Lord of the Past

2005 Backstreet Boys, Never Gone

2005 Paul Anka, Rock Swings

2005 Allan Holdsworth, Against the Clock: The Best of Allan Holdsworth

2005 Jakob Magnusson, Time Zone

2005 Various Artists Welcome to the Nightmare: An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper

2005 Marta Sanchez, Lo Mejor de Marta Sanchez

2005 Michael Bublé, It's Time

2005 Rob Whitlock, Sketchin'

2005 LeAnn Rimes, This Woman

2005 Julia Fordham, That's Live

2004 Frank Macchia, Animals

2004 Lindsay Lohan, Speak

2004 Vito Rezza, Drums of Avila

2004 Clay Aiken, Merry Christmas with Love

2004 Marco Antonio Solís, Razon De Sobra

2004 James Taylor, ''James Taylor: A Christmas Album''

2004 Michael McDonald, Motown Two

2004 Jaffe, Something To Fall Back On

2004 Joe Cocker, Heart and Soul

2004 Various Artists Shall We Dance? (Soundtrack)

2004 Various Artists American Drummers Achievement Awards Honoring Steve Gadd

2004 Chris Botti, When I Fall In Love

2004 Hilary Duff, Hilary Duff

2004 Queen Latifah, Dana Owens Album

2004 Megadeth The System Has Failed

2004 Marilyn Scott, Nightcap

2004 Greg Mathieson, West Coast Groove

2004 Original Score Bourne Supremacy

2004 Jing Chi, 3D

2004 David Benoit, Benoit/Freeman Project 2

2004 Dianne Schuur, Rediscovery On GRP

2004 Various Artists Smooth Jazz: Cruisin

2004 Karizma, Lost and Found

2004 Renee Olstead, Renee Olstead

2004 Jim Brickman, Greatest Hits

2004 Various Artists Tribute To Jimi Hendrix: Power Of Soul

2004 Various Artists Spin The Bottle: Tribute To Kiss

2004 Vasco Rossi, Buoni O Cattivi

2004 Robi Rosa, Draco Mad Love

2004 Kimo Williams, Kimotion Live 2002 - With My Friend Vinnie

2004 John Wesley Harding, Adam's Apple

2004 Various Artists Tribute To Aerosmith

2004 Abe Laboriel, Live in Switzerland

2004 Mike Stern, These Times

2003 Clay Aiken, Measure of a Man

2003 Ilse Delange, Clean Up

2003 Richard Bona, Munia: The Tale

2003 Alejandro Sanz, No Es Lo Mismo

2003 Marcos Witt, Vivencias

2003 Nate Sallie, Inside Out

2003 Randy Waldman, Timing Is Everything

2003 Jing Chi, Jing Chi Live at Yoshi's

2003 Cave Men, Cave Men

2003 David Garfield, Giving Back

2003 Various Artists (Sting) The Very Best of MTV Unplugged 2

2003 Michael Bublé, Michael Bublé

2003 Bill Evans, Big Fun

2003 Jeff Richman, One Two

2003 Stanley Clarke, 1 2 to the Bass

2003 Andy Summers, Earth + Sky

2002 Laura Pausini, From The Inside

2002 Faith Hill, Cry

2002 Dana Glover, Testimony

2002 LeAnn Rimes, Twisted Angel

2002 Bob James, Morning Noon & Night

2002 Jack Russell, For You

2002 Various Artists - Pop (Sting) The Very Best of MTV Unplugged

2002 Various Artists Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith and Hope

2002 Robben Ford, Blue Moon

2002 ''Original Soundtrack Queen of the Damned''

2002 Take 6, Beautiful World

2002 Various Artists An All Star Lineup Performing The Songs Of Pink Floyd

2002 Jing Chi, Jing Chi

2002 Lee Ritenour, Rit's House

2001 Chris Botti, Night Sessions

2001 Alejandro Sanz, MTV Unplugged

2001 Jann Arden, Greatest Hurts: The Best of Jann Arden

2001 Barbra Streisand, Christmas Memories

2001 The Martins, Glorify Edify Testify

2001 Kimo Williams, Tracking

2001 SHeDAISY, Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up

2001 Richard Bona, Reverence

2001 Dyno Four, Live at the Baked Potato 2000

2001 Mike Stern, Voices

2001 Various Artists Live at the Baked Potato - Vol. Two

2001 Michelle Branch, Spirit Room

2001 Randy Waldman, UnReel

2001 Yumi Matsutoya, Acacia

2001 Asia, Aura

2001 Various Artists Modern Drummer Festival 2000

2001 Marcus Miller, M2 (M Squared)

2001 Various Artists Live at the Baked Potato - Vol. One

2001 Stevie Nicks, Trouble In Shangri-La

2001 Rich Ruttenberg, Angora Station

2001 Karizma, Document

2001 Aydin Esen, Living

2001 Vasco Rossi, Stupido Hotel

2001 Amy Sky, Phenomenal Woman

2001 John Beasley, Surfacing

2000 Christina Aguilera, My Kind of Christmas

2000 T-Square, Friendship

2000 Chaka Khan, The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan

2000 Quincy Jones & Sammy Nestico, Basie and Beyond

2000 Ivan Lins, A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins

2000 Gianni Morandi, Come Fa Bene l'Amore

2000 Melvin Davis, Lee Tomorrow's Yesterday

2000 Various Artists Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy

2000 Brenda Russell, Paris Rain

2000 Crystal Lewis, Fearless

2000 Los Lobotomys, Los Lobotomys

2000 Mike Figgis, Time Code Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

2000 Melissa Ferrick, Freedom

2000 Lothar Kosse, Rainmaker

2000 Larry Carlton, Fingerprints

2000 Jason Miles / Various Artists Celebrating the Music of Weather Report

2000 Steely Dan, Two Against Nature

1999 David Benoit, Professional Dreamer

1999 Ron Kenoly, We Offer Praises

1999 Enrique Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias

1999 Kenny Pore, Sessions, Vol. 2

1999 Kenny Pore, Sessions, Vol. 1

1999 Luis Miguel, Amarte Es Un Placer

1999 Various Artists Not the Same Old Song & Dance: Aerosmith Tribute

1999 Robben Ford, Supernatural

1999 BAL, Sometime Soon

1999 Bill Evans, Touch

1999 Tom Scott, Smokin' Section

1999 Frank Quintero, Bien

1998 Gianni Morandi, Celeste Azzurro E Blue

1998 Jewel, Spirit

1998 Gitte Haenning, My Favorite Songs

1998 Vasco Rossi, Canzoni Per Me

1998 Various Artists Outlandos D'Americas: A Rock En Espanol Tribute To The Police

1998 Myriam Hernandez, Todo el Amor

1998 Barry Finnerty, Space Age Blues

1998 Tony Darren, Sun Song

1998 Randy Waldman, Wigged Out

1997 Rita Lee, Santa Rita De Sampa

1997 Celine Dion, Let's Talk About Love

1997 Victor Feldman, Fiesta & More

1997 David Garfield, Tribute to Jeff

1997 Billy Joel, Greatest Hits Vol. 3

1997 James Horner, Cocoon Soundtrack

1997 Leonard Cohen, More Best of Leonard Cohen

1997 Bill Evans, Starfish And The Moon

1997 Chick Corea, Live From Blue Note Tokyo

1997 Various Artists Carnival: Rainforest Foundation Concert

1997 Steve Tavaglione, Blue Tav

1997 New Spirits in Jazz, New Spirits in Jazz - Vol. 3

1996 Michael Landau, Tales From the Bulge

1996 Vasco Rossi, Nessun Pericolo...Per Te

1996 Sergio Mendes, Oceano

1996 Vonda Shepard, It's Good Eve

1996 Various Artists Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill

1996 Warren Cuccurullo, Thanks to Frank

1996 Eros Ramazzotti, Donde Hay Musica

1996 Elio E Le Storie Tese, Eat The Phikis

1996 Eros Ramazzotti, Dove C' E Musica

1996 Clannad, Lore

1995 SMAP, 007 Gold Singer

1995 Umberto Fiorentino, Ulisse

1995 Simple Minds, Good News from the Next World

1995 Don Henley, Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits

1995 David Sanborn, Love Songs

1995 Melissa Manchester, If My Heart Had Wings

1995 Curtis Stigers, Time Was

1995 Dan Fogelberg, No Resemblance Whatsoever

1995 Bobby Caldwell, Soul Survivor

1995 John McLaughlin, The Promise

1995 Drupi, Voglio Una Donna

1994 Diane Schuur, Heart to Heart

1994 Cristian, El Camino del Alma

1994 Rosco Martinez, Aqui Estoy

1994 4Him, The Ride

1994 Vinnie Colaiuta, ''Vinnie Colaiuta''

1994 Temptations, Emperors of Soul

1994 Third Matinee, Meanwhile

1994 Roberto Carlos, Voce E Minha

1994 Brandon Fields, Brandon Fields

1993 Sonya Jason, Tigress

1993 Jevetta Steele, Here It Is

1993 Buell Neidlinger Quartet, Big Drum

1993 Air Supply, Vanishing Race

1993 Jeff Beal, Three Graces

1993 Ray Charles, My World

1993 Yutaka, Another Sun

1993 Duran Duran, The Wedding Album

1993 Tim Weston, Providence

1993 Kal David, Double Tuff

1992 Various Artists GRP 10th Anniversary Collection

1992 Leonard Cohen, The Future

1992 Shawn Colvin, Fat City

1992 Allan Holdsworth, Wardenclyffe Tower

1992 Tom Lellis, Taken to Heart

1992 Brunel, ''Bunny Dedication''

1992 Gloria Trevi, Me Siento Tan Sola

1992 Brenda Russell, Greatest Hits

1992 Pat Kelley, High Heels

1992 Jennifer Warnes, The Hunter

1992 Rodney Crowell, Life Is Messy

1992 Tony Banks, Still

1992 Helen Hoffner, Wild About Nothing

1992 Brandon Fields, Other Places

1992 Tom Fowler, Heartscapes

1992 Go West, Indian Summer

1991 Various Artists For The Boys: Music From The Motion Picture

1991 Eric Marienthal, Crossroads

1991 Julia Fordham, Swept

1991 Everything But the Girl, Worldwide

1991 Ricky Peterson, Smile Blue

1991 Windham Hill Records Sampler, Windham Hill Sampler '92

1991 Bob Malach, Mood Swing

1991 Toni Childs, House of Hope

1991 Ivan Lins, Awa Yi

1991 Doug Cameron, Journey to You

1991 Claus Ogerman, Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker

1991 Dan Siegel, Going Home

1991 Rick Astley, Free

1991 Eddie Daniels, This Is Now

1990 Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series, Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990 Ricardo Silveira, Amazon Secrets

1990 David Baerwald, Bedtime Stories

1990 Vernell Brown, A Total Eclipse

1990 Ricky Peterson, Night Watch

1990 David Benoit, Inner Motion

1990 Ashley Maher, Hi

1990 Kimo Williams, War Stories

1990 Everything But the Girl, The Language of Life

1990 Bill Meyers, The Colour Of The Truth

1990 Barbara Higbie, Signs of Life

1990 Michael Franks, Blue Pacific

1990 Steve Bach, Nice Moves

1990 Beth Nielsen Chapman, ''Beth Nielsen Chapman''

1990 Barry Manilow, Barry Because It's Christmas

1990 Paul Young, Other Voices

1990 Darlene Love, Paint Another Picture

1990 Monna Bell, Monna Bell Ahora

1990 Rippingtons, Welcome to the St. James' Club

1990 John Patitucci, Sketchbook

1989 Philip Aaberg, Upright

1989 Frank Gambale, Thunder from Down Under

1989 Dreamstreet II, No Limit

1989 Sadao Watanabe, Selected

1989 Wang Chung, The Warmer Side of Cool

1989 Barry Manilow, Barry Manilow

1989 Keiko Matsui, Drop of Water

1989 Nik Kershaw, The Works

1989 John Patitucci, On the Corner

1989 Indio, Big Harvest

1989 The Beach Boys, Still Cruisin'

1989 Allan Holdsworth, Secrets

1989 Julian Lennon, Mr. Jordan

1989 Victor Feldman, The Best of Feldman and the Generation Band

1989 Keiko Matsui, No Borders

1989 Keiko Matsui, Under Northern Lights

1989 Doug Cameron, Mil Amores

1989 Dan Siegel, Late One Night

1988 Robben Ford, Talk to Your Daughter

1988 David Sanborn, Close-Up

1988 Rippingtons, Kilimanjaro

1988 Peabo Bryson, Positive

1988 Suzanne Dean, Dreams Come True

1988 Jeff Richman, The Way In

1988 Yutaka, Yutaka

1988 Tori Amos's Y Kant Tori Read, Y Kant Tori Read

1988 Brenda Russell, Get Here

1988 Les McCann, Butterfly

1988 John Patitucci, John Patitucci

1988 Various Artists GRP Christmas Collection

1988 Kazu Matsui, Time No Longer

1988 Patti Austin, The Real Me

1988 Perri, The Flight

1988 Al Stewart, Last Days of the Century

1988 The Fowler Brothers, Breakfast for Dinosaurs

1988 Djavan, Bird of Paradise

1988 Claus Ogerman, Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker

1988 Sam Riney, At Last

1988 Sam Riney, Lay It on the Line

1988 Tom Scott, Flashpoint

1988 Brandon Fields, Traveler

1988 Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man

1987 Eric Marienthal, Voices of the Heart

1987 Bryan Ferry, Bête Noire

1987 GRP All Stars, GRP Super Live in Concert

1987 Julie Brown, Trapped in Body of a White Girl

1987 Clare Fischer, Memento

1987 Tom Scott, Streamlines

1987 George Benson, Collaboration

1987 Frank Quintero, Buscando Soles

1987 Joyride, Joyride

1987 Martha Davis, Policy

1987 Eric Martin, I'm Only Fooling Myself

1987 Jack Wagner, Don't Give Up Your Day Job

1987 Doug Cameron, Passion Suite

1987 Five Star, Between The Lines

1987 Gregg Rolie, Gringo

1987 Pat Kelley, Views of the Future

1987 Sadao Watanabe, Birds of Passage

1987 Lee Ritenour, Portrait

1987 Dan Siegel, Northern Nights

1987 Jennifer Warnes, Famous Blue Raincoat

1987 Sadao Watanabe, Birds of Passage

1987 Malta, My Ballads

1987 Barry Manilow, Swing Street

1986 Billy Joel, The Bridge

1986 Jakob Magnusson, Time Zone

1986 Indra Lesmana, For Earth and Heaven

1986 Barnaby Finch, Digital Madness

1986 Bill Meyers, Images

1986 Temptations, To Be Continued...

1986 Stone Fury, Let Them Talk

1985 Olivia Newton-John, Soul Kiss

1985 Doug Cameron, Freeway Mentality

1985 The Commodores, Night Shift

1985 Jeff Richman, Himalaya

1985 Barry Finnerty, Lights On Broadway

1985 Michael Sembello, Without Walls

1985 Maurice White, Maurice White

1985 Joe Lamont, Secret You Keep

1984 Kenny Pore, Inner City Dreams

1984 Kazu Matsui Project, Standing in the Wings

1984 Kazu Matsui Project, Is That The Way To Your Heart?

1984 Pastiche, That's R & B-Bop

1984 Victor Feldman, Fiesta

1984 Matthew Wilder, Bouncin' off the Walls

1984 Poco, Inamorata

1984 Barbra Streisand, Emotion

1983 Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes

1983 Helen Reddy, Imagination

1983 Kazu Matsui Project, Standing On The Outside

1983 Paul Anka, Walk A Fine Line

1983 Peter Allen, Not The Boy Next Door

1983 Nielson/Pearson Band, Blind Luck

1983 Juice Newton, Dirty Looks

1983 Michael Sembello, Bossa Nova Hotel

1982 Tom Scott, Desire

1982 Andre Heller, Verwunschen

1982 Barry Manilow, I Wanna Do It With You

1982 Tiger Okoshi, Mudd Cake

1982 Logic System, Venus

1982 Barry Finnerty, New York City

1982 Patrick Williams, Dreams And Themes

1982 Kazu Matsui Project, The Direction West

1982 Clare Fischer, Blues Trilogy

1982 Judy Collins, Time Of Our Lives

1982 Juice Newton, Juice/Quiet Lies

1982 Bill Medley, Right Here And Now

1982 Al Kooper, Championship Wrestling

1981 Pages, Pages

1981 Richard Perry, Swing

1981 Tiger Okoshi, Tiger's Baku

1980 Gino Vannelli, Nightwalker

1979 Lee Ritenour, Collection

1977 Christopher Morris Band, Christopher Morris Band

References[link]

External links[link]

Official site

Interview with Colaiuta in ''Modern Drummer''

Drummerworld

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name	Stanley Clarke
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth date	June 30, 1951
birth place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
instrument	Double bass, Electric Bass, piano, organ, vocals
genre	Jazz, jazz fusion, funk, rock, pop, R&B;
occupation	Musician, Composer, Film scoreer
years active	1966–present
label	Polydor, Epic, Jazz Door, Heads Up International, Columbia, Sony, Portrait, Nemperor Records, IMS Records
associated acts	Return to Forever, Chick Corea, Jeff Beck, Clarke/Duke Project, SMV, Animal Logic, George Duke
website	Stanley Clarke.com
notable instruments	Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature }}

Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass as well as for his numerous film and television scores. He is best known for his work with the fusion band Return to Forever, and his role as a bandleader in several trios and ensembles.

Early life and education [link]

Clarke was born in Philadelphia. He was introduced to the bass as a schoolboy when he arrived late on the day instruments were distributed to students and acoustic bass was one of the few remaining selections. He is a graduate of Roxborough High School in Philadelphia. Having graduated from the Philadelphia Musical Academy, (which was absorbed into the University of the Arts in 1985), he moved to New York City in 1971 and began working with famous bandleaders and musicians including Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Gato Barbieri, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea, Pharoah Sanders, Gil Evans and Stan Getz. He was an avid supporter of Scientology in his earlier musical productions, and referred to L. Ron Hubbard on most of his LP sleeves. His current association with Scientology is not known.

1970s [link]

During the 1970s he joined the jazz fusion group Return to Forever led by pianist and synth player Chick Corea. The group became one of the most important fusion groups and released several albums that achieved both mainstream popularity and plaudits from critics. Clarke also started his solo career in the early 1970s and released a number of albums under his own name. His well-known solo album is ''School Days'' (1976), which, along with Jaco Pastorius's self-titled debut, is one of the most influential solo bass recordings in fusion history. His albums ''Stanley Clarke'' (1974) and ''Journey to Love'' (1975) are also notable.

Scoring film and television [link]

Clarke began with TV scores for ABC's short-lived series ''A Man Called Hawk'' and an Emmy-nominated score for ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''. Clarke then moved on to work as a composer, orchestrator, conductor and performer of scores for such films as: ''Boyz n the Hood'', the biopic of Tina Turner ''What's Love Got to Do with It'', ''Passenger 57'', ''Higher Learning'', ''Poetic Justice,'' ''Panther'', ''The Five Heartbeats'', Book of Love, ''Little Big League,'' and ''Romeo Must Die''. He also scored the Luc Besson- produced/co-written action film, The Transporter, starring Jason Statham and a Michael Jackson video release directed by John Singleton entitled ''Remember the Time''. In the 2000s, he composed music for the Showtime Network program ''Soul Food''.

Right-hand bass guitar technique[link]

When playing bass guitar, Clarke places his right hand so that his fingers approach the strings much as they would on an upright bass, but rotated through 90 degrees. To achieve this, his forearm lies above and nearly parallel to the strings, while his wrist is hooked downward at nearly a right angle. For lead and solo playing, his fingers partially hook underneath the strings so that when released, the strings snap against the frets, producing a biting percussive attack. In addition to an economical variation on the funky Larry Graham-style slap-n'-pop technique, Clarke also uses downward thrusts of the entire right hand, striking two or more strings from above with his fingernails (examples of this technique include "School Days", "Rock and Roll Jelly", "Wild Dog", and "Danger Street").

Equipment[link]

Clarke has long been associated with Alembic basses, and much of his recorded output has been produced on Alembic instruments, particularly a dark-wood-colored custom bass in the Series I body style. These basses are handmade neck-through-body instruments made from a mixture of exotic woods and a proprietary active pickup system that is powered from an external power supply. A Stanley Clarke Signature Model bass guitar is produced by Alembic. Clarke also utilizes full-range amplification for his basses, including two QSC 2050 amplifiers, more in keeping with a keyboardist's rig than a bassist's or guitarists. To extend his melodic range, he also plays on tenor and piccolo basses. Clarke's are usually short scale (78 cm or 30.75"), four string, Carl Thompson or Alembic.

In the late 1970s, Clarke was playing Rick Turner's first graphite neck on his Alembic "Black Beauty" bass, and he decided to have an all composite bass made. He commissioned designer/luthier Tom Lieber to design and build this bass, having purchased one of Lieber's Spider grinder basses in 1979. In 1980 Lieber and Clarke formed the Spellbinder Corporation and produced a limited run of fifty Spellbinder basses. One left-handed bass was built as a gift from Stanley to Paul McCartney. After the run, the molds were destroyed. In 2007 Clarke once again teamed up with Lieber and Rick Turner to reform the Spellbinder Corp. and produce a limited run of 125 of the Spellbinder Bass II, which he played on the RTF reunion tour. Clarke has also played a Ken Smith BT Custom, and a German made Löwenherz Tenor Bass

His actual pedalboard consists of a TC Electronic G-System, an MXR Bass Octave Deluxe and an EBS Bass IQ Envelope.

Collaborations [link]

Clarke formed Animal Logic with rock drummer Stewart Copeland, after the break-up of The Police, and singer-songwriter Deborah Holland. Other notable (recording/touring) project involvements are: (1979) Jeff Beck, (1979) Ron Wood's New Barbarians, (1981, 1983, 1990) Clarke/Duke Project with George Duke, (1984) with Miroslav Vitouš, (1989) Animal Logic with Stewart Copeland, (1993–94), A group with Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Najee & Deron Johnson, (1995) ''The Rite of Strings'' with Jean-Luc Ponty and Al Di Meola and (1999) ''Vertu’'' with Lenny White and Richie Kotzen. In addition to touring with his own band, Clarke continues also collaborates with other artists on tour. During the summer and fall of 2007 he toured with his ''The Rite of Strings'' comrades, Al DiMeola and Jean-Luc Ponty. In addition to a date in France and dates in the Eastern U.S., the tour included shows in South America.

In 2006 Clarke joined old friend George Duke for a 40-city tour of festivals and performing arts centers. This was the first time Clarke and Duke had toured together in fifteen years. The duo first teamed to form the Clarke/Duke Project in 1981. They scored a Top 20 hit with "Sweet Baby" and recorded three albums. In 2005 Clarke toured as Trio! with banjo player Béla Fleck and Jean-Luc Ponty. The U.S. and European tour was nominated for a 2006 Jammy Award in the category of "Tour of the Year."

''Night School'' [link]

Early in 2007, Clarke's own Roxboro Entertainment Group released a DVD entitled ''Night School: An Evening with Stanley Clarke and Friends'' (HUDV-7118) through the Heads Up International label. The 90-minute presentation documents the third annual Stanley Clarke Scholarship Concert, recorded at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA, in October 2002. The group offers scholarships to students in financial need who excel in music. The Night School DVD scholarship concert features diverse group of musicians that include Stevie Wonder, Wallace Roney, Bela Fleck, Sheila E., Stewart Copeland, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Wayman Tisdale, Marcus Miller and others. ''Night School'' captures performances that range from straight-ahead jazz to full-tilt rock fusion to a twenty-two-piece string ensemble.

2000s [link]

Since the 1980s, Clarke has been turned much of his energy to television and film scores. He is credited for the scores for the ABC Family Channel series ''Lincoln Heights'' as well as composing the theme song for the show. In October 2006, Clarke was honored with ''Bass Player'' magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award. Bassists Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten presented the award at a ceremony at New York City's Millennium Broadway Hotel. Stanley who won a Grammy Award in 1975 was the first “Jazzman of the Year” for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, won "Best Bassist" from ''Playboy'' magazine for 10 straight years, and is a member of ''Guitar Player'' magazine's "Gallery of Greats." He was honored with the Key to the city of Philadelphia and put his hands in cement as a 1999 inductee into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Sunset Boulevard. In 2004 he was featured in ''Los Angeles'' magazine as one of the 50 most influential people.

BET-J launched a series hosted by Clarke entitled ''On the Road with Stanley Clarke'' in June 2006. The series consists of seven episodes titled "Origins of Black Music," "That Philly Sound," "Jazz Beyond the Classroom," "Black Music in Film, Television & Theatre," "Jazz," "Black Music in Film – The Next Generation:" and "Bass to Bass." Some of his guests include Terence Blanchard, Marcus Miller, George Duke, The Tate Brothers, Gamble and Huff, and academicians Dr. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje and Dr. Cheryl Keyes from the Department of Ethnomusicology at UCLA among many others. ''On the Road with Stanley Clarke'' episodes were re-broadcast on BET-J in 2007. In 2008, Stanley was presented with a doctorate in fine arts from his alma mater, the The University of the Arts. He has three children (Chris and two stepchildren, Natasha and Frank).

Recent records[link]

Clarke's latest records include ''The Toys of Men'' in 2007. This was his first release in five years, on October 17, 2007. The first week of release it went to No.2 on Billboard charts' Contemporary Jazz Chart. The 13-track CD examines the issue of war, and it includes performances by vocalist/bassist Esperanza Spalding, keyboardist Ruslan Sirota, percussionist Paulinho da Costa and violinist Mads Tolling. ''The Toys of Men'' includes acoustic bass interludes that provide a counterpoint to Clarke's better known electric bass attack. 2009 saw his release of ''Jazz in the Garden'', featuring the Stanley Clarke Trio: with Clarke, pianist Hiromi Uehara, and Lenny White on drums. In 2010, Clarke released the ''Stanley Clarke Band'', with Ruslan Sirota on keyboards and piano and Ronald Bruner, Jr. on drums; the album also features Hiromi on piano (as a guest artist), along with many others. On February 13, the ''Stanley Clarke Band'' won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Discography[link]

Solo albums[link]

;Studio Albums

''Children of Forever'' (Polydor) (1973)

''Stanley Clarke'' (Nemperor) (1974)

''Journey to Love'' (Nemperor) (1975)

''School Days'' (Nemperor) (1976)

''Modern Man'' (Nemperor) (1978)

''I Wanna Play for You'' (Nemperor) (1979)

''Rocks, Pebbles and Sand'' (Epic) (1980)

''Let Me Know You'' (Epic) (1982)

''Time Exposure'' (Epic) (1984)

''Find Out!'' (Epic) (1985)

''Hideaway'' (Epic) (1986)

''If This Bass Could Only Talk'' (Portrait) (1988)

''Passenger 57'' (Epic) (1992)

''East River Drive'' (Epic) (1993)

''The Rite of Strings'' (Gai Saber) (1995)

''At the Movies'' (Epic Soundtrax) (1995)

''1, 2, To The Bass'' (Sony) (2003)

''The Toys of Men'' (Heads Up) (2007)

''Jazz in the Garden'' (Heads Up) (2009)

''The Stanley Clarke Band'' (Heads Up) (2010)

;Live Albums

''Live 1976-1977'' (Epic) (1991)

''Live at the Greek'' (Epic) (1993)

;Compilations

''The Bass-ic Collection'' (Sony) (1997)

with Return to Forever[link]

;Studio Albums

''Return to Forever'' (1972, ECM)

''Light as a Feather'' (1972, Polydor)

''Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy'' (1973, Polydor)

''Where Have I Known You Before'' (1974, Polydor)

''No Mystery'' (1975, Polydor)

''Romantic Warrior'' (1976, Columbia)

''Musicmagic'' (1977, Columbia)

;Live Albums

''Return to Forever, Live'' (1979)

''Returns'' (2009)

;Compilations

''The Best of Return to Forever'' (1980) Columbia

''This is Jazz, Vol. 12'' (1996) Sony

''Return To The 7th Galaxy: Return To Forever Anthology'' (1996) Verve

''Return to Forever: The Anthology'' (2008) Concord

''Return to Forever: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection'' (2011) Sony

with Pharoah Sanders[link]

''Black Unity'' (Impulse!, 1971)

''Village of the Pharoahs'' (Impulse!, 1973)

with The New Barbarians [link]

'' Buried Alive (recorded 1979, released 2006)''

with Joe Farrell [link]

''Moon Germs'' (CTI, 1972)

With Hubert Laws[link]

''The Chicago Theme'' (CTI, 1974)

airto_moreira">With Airto Moreira

''Free'' (CTI, 1972)

''Virgin Land'' (Salvation, 1974)

As a co-leader/band member[link]

Flora Purim – ''Butterfly Dreams'' (1973)

Echoes of an Era (with Chaka Khan)

Echoes of an Era 2 Live (with Nancy Wilson)

The Griffith Park Collection

The Griffith Park Collection 2 In Concert

Fuse One (CTI) (1980)

Fuse One – Silk (CTI) (1981)

Clarke/Duke Project (with George Duke) (1981)

Clarke/Duke Project II (1983)

Clarke/Duke Project III (1990)

Live in Montreux, 1988 (1993, Jazz Door-bootleg)

Stanley Clarke & Friends (with Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Deron Johnson & Najee)

Live At The Greek (1994)

The Manhattan Project (with Lenny White, Michel Petrucciani, Wayne Shorter) (1989)

Animal Logic (with Stewart Copeland, Deborah Holland) (1989)

Animal Logic II (1991)

Implosions (with Randy Brecker, McCoy Tyner, Frank Morgan, Peter Erskine, Roger Kellaway and Ernie Watts) (1987)

''The Rite of Strings'' (with Al Di Meola and Jean Luc Ponty) (1995)

Vertu’ – Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Karen Briggs, Rachel Z, Richie Kotzen (1999)

McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster (2000)

''Thunder'', as SMV (with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten) (2008)

''Jazz in the Garden'' (The Stanley Clarke Trio with Hiromi and Lenny White) (2009)

As a producer[link]

''In The Dark'', Roy Ayers

''Loading Zone'', Roy Buchanan

''Just Family'', Dee Dee Bridgewater

''I’m Ready'', Natalie Cole

''Hollywood'', Maynard Ferguson

Free Flight – ''Illuminations''

Rodney Franklin – ''Diamonds Inside of You''

Howard Hewett – ''I Commit to Love''

Kent Jordan – ''No Question About it''

Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson – ''The Two of Us''

Jeff Lorber

Marilyn McCoo

Brenda Russell

Shalamar – ''The Look''

Billy Shields – ''Shieldstone '' (Optimism Records)

Jim Walker – ''Private Flight''

''Lips'' (Bobby Malach, Al Williams, Al Harrison, James Tinsley, Ronnie Foster, Lenny White, Marcus Miller, Raymond Gomez, Nick Morock, Don Blackman, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler and Clarke) (Nemperor Records/CBS Records, 1978)

Filmography[link]

Feature films[link]

Like Mike 2: Streetball 2006 directed by David Nelson

''Into the Sun'' 2005 directed by mink

''Roll Bounce'' 2005 directed by Malcolm D. Lee

''The Transporter'' 2002 directed by Luc Besson, Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen

''Undisputed '' 2002 directed by Walter Hill

''Undercover Brother'' 2002 directed by Malcolm D. Lee

''Romeo Must Die'' 2000 directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak

''Dangerous Ground'' 1999 directed by Darrell Roodt

''The Best Man'' 1999 directed by Malcolm D. Lee

''Down in the Delta'' 1998 directed by Maya Angelou

''B*A*P*S'' 1997 directed by Robert Townsend

Sprung 1997 directed by Rusty Cundieff

''Eddie'' 1996 directed by Steve Rash

''Higher Learning'' 1995 directed by John Singleton

''Panther'' 1995 directed by Mario Van Peebles

The Show 1995 directed by Brian Robbins

''Bleeding Hearts'' 1994 directed by Gregory Hines

''Little Big League'' 1994 directed by Andrew Scheinman

Red Hot 1993 Paul Haggis

''Watch It'' 1993 directed by Tom Flynn

''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (the Tina Turner story) 1993 directed by Brian Gibson

''Poetic Justice'' 1993 directed by John Singleton

''Passenger 57'' 1992 directed by Kevin Hooks

''Boyz n the Hood'' 1991 directed by John Singleton

''Cool as Ice'' 1991 directed by David Kellogg

''The Five Heartbeats'' 1991 directed by Robert Townsend

''The Book Of Love'' 1990 directed by Robert Shaye

''Tap'' 1989 directed by Nick Castle

''One Down Two To Go'' 1983 directed by Fred Williamson

Television [link]

“Lincoln Heights” (Series) 2006 – present ABC Family Channel

“Soul Food” (Series) 2000–2004 directed by Felicia D. Henderson

“Tales from the Crypt” 1990 directed by Jack Sholder, Joel Silver (Episode: “Fitting Punishment”)

“Hull High” (Series) 1990 directed by Gil Grant, Bruce Bilson, Kenny Ortega, Steven Robman

“A Man Called Hawk” (Series) 1989 directed by Mario Di Leo, Bill Duke, Harry Falk, Winrich Kolbe, Stan Lathan, Sigmund Neufeld Jr, Virgil W. Vogel

''Pee Wee's Playhouse'' (Selected Episodes) 1986 directed by Bill Freiberger, Steven Johnson, Guy J. Loutham, William Orr, Paul Reubens

“Knightwatch” (Series) 1988 -1989 directed by Sharron Miller, Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Television movies [link]

“Murder She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle” 2003 directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw

“The Big Time” 2002 directed by Paris Barclay

“Little John” (Hallmark Hall of Fame) 2002 directed by Dick Lowry

“The Red Sneakers” 2002 directed by Gregory Hines

“Murder She Wrote: The Last Free Man” 2001 directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw

“The Color of Friendship” 2000 directed by Kevin Hooks

“The Loretta Claiborne Story” 2000 directed by Lee Grant

“Rocky Marciano” 1999 directed by Charles Winkler

“Funny Valentines” 1999 directed by Julie Dash

“If You Believe” 1999 directed by Alan Metzger

“Love Kills” 1998 directed by Brian Grant

“On the Line” 1998 directed by Elodie Keene

“Road to Galveston” 1996 directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno

“The Cherokee Kid” 1996 directed by Paris Barclay

“Royce” 1994 directed by Rob Holcomb

“Relentless: Mind of a Killer” 1993 directed by John Patterson

“Boy Meets Girl” 1993 directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan

''Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story'' 1992 directed by Charles Braverman

“Prison Stories: Women on the Inside” 1991 directed by Donna Deitch, Joan Micklin Silver, Penelope Spheeris

“The Kid Who Loved Christmas” 1990 directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman

“The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson” 1990 directed by Larry Peerce

“Blue Bayou” 1990 directed by Karen Arthur

“Dangerous Pursuit” 1990 directed by Sandor Stern

“Tales from the Whoop” 1990 directed by Whoopi Goldberg

“Out on the Edge” 1989 directed by John Pasquin

Animation [link]

“Static Shock” (Series) 2000 directed by Denys Cowan, Dan Riba

“Waynehead” (Series) 1996–1997 directed by Damon Wayans

“Cool Like That Christmas” 1994 directed by David Feiss, Swinton O. Scott III

Music videos [link]

“Michael Jackson: Remember the Time” 1992 directed by John Singleton

Documentaries [link]

Meet Bob Shaye 2004 directed by Jeffery Schwartz

Maryanne e gli altri (Italy) 1995 directed by Ita Cesa, Giuseppe Selva

References[link]

External links[link]

stanleyclarke.com – Stanley Clarke's official website

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name	Buddy Rich
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Bernard Rich
alias	Traps the Drum Wonder (as a boy) and "B" (as an adult)
birth date	September 30, 1917
death date	April 02, 1987
religion	Jewish
origin	Brooklyn, New York, US
instrument	Drums, percussion
genre	Jazz, big band, swing, bebop
occupation	Musician, songwriter, bandleader, actor
years active	1919–1987
associated acts	Joe MarsalaBunny BeriganArtie ShawTommy DorseyBenny CarterHarry JamesLes BrownFrank SinatraCharlie VenturaJazz at the PhilharmonicNat King ColeElla FitzgeraldGene Krupa and Louis Armstrong
website	http://www.buddyrich.com/
notable instruments	}}

Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his virtuosic technique, power, groove, and speed.

Early life[link]

Rich was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish vaudevillians Robert and Bess Rich. His talent for rhythm was first noted by his father, who saw that Buddy could keep a steady beat with spoons at the age of one. He began playing drums in vaudeville when he was 18 months old, billed as "Traps the Drum Wonder." At the peak of Rich's childhood career, he was reportedly the second-highest paid child entertainer in the world (after Jackie Coogan). At 11 he was performing as a bandleader. He received no formal drum instruction, and went so far as to claim that instruction would only degrade his musical talent. He also never admitted to practicing, claiming to play the drums only during performances and was not known to read music. He expressed great admiration for, and was influenced by, the playing of Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Dave Tough, and Jo Jones, among others..

Jazz career[link]

Rich first played jazz with a major group in 1937 with Joe Marsala and guitarist Jack Lemaire. He then played with Bunny Berigan (1938) and Artie Shaw (1939), and even instructed a 14-year-old Mel Brooks in drumming for a short period when playing for Shaw. At 21, Rich participated in his first major recording with the Vic Schoen Orchestra (the band that backed the Andrews Sisters). In 1938, he was also hired to play in Tommy Dorsey's orchestra where he met and performed with Frank Sinatra. In 1942, Rich left the Dorsey band to join the United States Marine Corps. He rejoined the Dorsey group after leaving the Marines two years later. In 1946, Rich formed his own band with financial support from Sinatra, and continued to lead different groups on and off until the early fifties. In addition to Tommy Dorsey (1939–1942, 1945, 1954–1955), Rich also played with Benny Carter (1942), Harry James (1953-1956–1962, 1964, 1965), Les Brown, Charlie Ventura, and Jazz at the Philharmonic, as well as leading his own band and performing with all-star groups. In the early fifties Rich played with Dorsey and also began to perform with trumpeter Harry James, an association which lasted until 1966. In 1966, Rich left James in order to develop a new big band. For most of the period from 1966 until his death, he led successful big bands in an era when the popularity of big bands had waned from their 1930s and 40s peak. In this later period, Rich continued to play clubs but he had stated in multiple interviews that the great majority of his big band's performances were at high schools, colleges and universities, with club performances done to a much lesser degree. Rich also served as the session drummer for many recordings, where his playing was often much more understated than in his own big-band performances. Especially notable were Rich's sessions for the late-career comeback recordings of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, on which he worked with pianist Oscar Peterson and his famous trio featuring bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis.

Drumming technique and well known performances[link]

Rich's technique has been one of the most standardized and coveted in drumming. His dexterity, musicality of playing style, speed and smooth execution are considered "holy grails" of drum technique and have been considered next to impossible to duplicate. While Rich typically held his sticks using traditional grip, he was also a skilled "match grip" player, and was one of few drummers to master the one-handed roll on both hands. Some of his more spectacular moves are crossover riffs, where he would criss-cross his arms from one drum to another, sometimes over the arm, and even under the arm at great speed.

He often used contrasting techniques to keep long drum solos from getting mundane. Aside from his energetic explosive displays, he would go into quieter passages. One passage he would use in most solos starts with a simple single-stroke roll on the snare picking up speed and power, then slowly moving his sticks closer to the rim as he gets quieter and then eventually playing on just the rim itself while still maintaining speed. Then he would reverse the effect and slowly move towards the center of the snare while increasing power.

Rich also demonstrated incredible skill at brush technique. On one album, 1955's ''The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio'', Rich plays brushes almost exclusively throughout.

Another Rich technique that few drummers have been able to perfect is the stick-trick – a fast roll performed by slapping two drumsticks together in a circular motion.

In 1942, Rich and drum teacher Henry Adler co-authored the instructional book ''Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments,'' regarded as one of the more popular snare-drum rudiment books.

One of Adler's former students introduced Adler to Rich. "The kid told me Buddy played better than [Gene] Krupa. Buddy was only in his teens at the time and his friend was my first pupil. Buddy played and I watched his hands. Well, he knocked me right out. He did everything I wanted to do, and he did it with such ease. When I met his folks, I asked them who his teacher was. 'He never studied,' they told me. That made me feel very good. I realized that it was something physical, not only mental, that you had to have."

In a 1985 interview, Adler clarified the extent of his teacher-student relationship to Rich and their collaboration on the instructional book:

"I had nothing to do with [the rumor that I taught Buddy how to play]. That was a result of Tommy Dorsey's introduction to the Buddy Rich book," Adler said. "I used to go around denying it, knowing that Buddy was a natural player. Sure, he studied with me, but he didn't come to me to learn how to hold the drumsticks. I set out to teach Buddy to read. He'd take six lessons, go on the road for six weeks and come back. He didn't have time to practice."

"Tommy Dorsey wanted Buddy to write a book and he told him to get in touch with me. I did the book and Tommy wrote the foreword. Technically, I was Buddy's teacher, but I came along after he had already acquired his technique."

When asked about Rich's ability to read music, Bobby Shew, lead trumpeter in Rich's mid-60s big band replied, :"No. He’d always have a drummer there during rehearsals to read and play the parts initially on new arrangements... He’d only have to listen to a chart once and he’d have it memorized. We'd run through it and he'd know exactly how it went, how many measures it ran and what he'd have to do to drive it... The guy had the most natural instincts."

The ''West Side Story'' Medley[link]

Perhaps his most popular later performance was a big band arrangement of a medley derived from the Leonard Bernstein classic ''West Side Story'', first released on the 1966 album ''Buddy Rich's Swingin' New Big Band''

The West Side Story medley is a complex and difficult-to-perform big-band arrangement which highlights Rich's remarkable ability to blend the rhythm of his drumming into his band's playing of the musical chart. Penned by Bill Reddie, Rich received the West Side Story arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's melodies from the famed musical in the mid-1960s and found it to be very challenging even for him. It consists of many rapid-fire time changes and signatures and took almost a month of constant rehearsals to perfect. It since became a staple in all his performances, clocking in at various lengths from seven to fifteen minutes. Bernstein himself had nothing but praise for it. In 2002, a DVD was released called ''The Lost West Side Story Tapes'' that captured a 1985 performance of this along with other numbers. These tapes had been previously thought to have been lost in a fire. Rich's ability to create spontaneous drum solos that matched and melded with the musical intricacies and intensity of big band scores was chief among his musical brilliance.

''Channel One'' Suite[link]

After the West Side Story Medley, Rich's most famous performance was the Channel One Suite by Bill Reddie. Like the West Side Story Medley, the Channel One Suite generally was a quite long performance ranging from about 12 minutes to about 26 minutes and usually contained 2 or 3 drum solos. Although 26 minute performances of the Channel One Suite were not incredibly common, they were not unheard of. A recording of one of his live performances was released in 2006 which contained a 26 minute Channel One Suite.

In Italy, Rich's version of Winning the West was from 1973 to 1976 the musical theme of a weekly TV sports magazine broadcast, ''La domenica sportiva''.

TV appearances[link]

In the 1950s, Rich was a frequent guest on ''The Steve Allen Show'' and other television variety shows. Beginning in 1962, Rich was also a frequent guest on Johnny Carson's ''Tonight Show'' and ''The Merv Griffin Show'', among others, and appeared with his Big Band on British television, on Michael Parkinson's talk show ''Parkinson'' and on the Terry Wogan Show (the last on October 29, 1986, only a few months prior to his death). Along with singer Buddy Greco and comedian George Carlin, Rich starred in a 1967 summer replacement television series called ''Away We Go''. One of his most widely seen television performances was in a 1981 episode of ''The Muppet Show'', where he engaged Muppet drummer "Animal" (played by Ronnie Verrell) in a drum battle. Rich also made guest appearances on the TV shows ''Here's Lucy'' and ''Hee Haw''.

In an episode of Michael Parkinson's British talk show, Parkinson kidded Rich about his Donny Osmond kick, by claiming that Rich was the president of The Osmonds' fan club.

Instruments[link]

Buddy was known as a performer and endorser of Slingerland ''Radio King'', and Rogers Drums. He switched to Ludwig drums for much of the 1970s to the early 1980s. While recovering from a heart attack in 1959, Rich was presented with an original Slingerland Radio King 5X14 wood snare drum completely reconditioned by the Eames drum company. Later, a mismatched Radio King set was completely refurbished for Rich and he used that set right up to his death in 1987. His typical setup included a 14"X26" bass drum, 9"X13" mounted tom, two 16"X16" floor toms (although he rarely used the second tom where he would simply place a towel on the surface), and a 5"X14" snare drum. His cymbals were typically Zildjian consisting of standard 14" hi hats, 20" ride, either a 6" or 8" splash, two 18" crashes, and a 20" swish.

Personality[link]

Although Rich was usually helpful and friendly, he had a short temper. While he threatened many times to fire members of his band, he seldom did so, and for the most part he lauded his band members during television and print interviews. Dusty Springfield allegedly slapped Rich after several days of "putting up with Rich's insults and show-biz sabotage."

In the Beastie Boys song "Sabotage", the lyrics "I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off the handle," referred to Rich's temper. Buddy Rich held a black belt in karate, as mentioned in a CNN television interview with Larry King, c. 1985.

Band member and lifelong friend David Lucas says that "Rich had a soft heart underneath it all. His favorite song was "It's Not Easy Being Green".

The tapes[link]

Rich's temper, mercurial attitude and imposing personality are documented in secret recordings that pianist Lee Musiker made during some of his tantrums on tour buses and backstage in the early 1980s. These recordings, long circulated in bootleg form, have done much to fuel the reputation of Rich's personality. The tapes were popular with comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, who used three quotes from them more or less verbatim on ''Seinfeld'':

"If I have to tell you again, we're gonna take it outside and I'm gonna show you what it's like!" ("The Opposite")

"This guy – this is not my kind of guy." ("The Understudy")

"Then let's see how he does, up there, without all the assistance!" ("The Butter Shave")

On one recording, Rich threatens to fire Dave Panichi, a trombonist, for wearing a beard. Days before Rich died, he was visited by Mel Tormé, who claims that one of Rich's last requests was "to hear the tapes" that featured his angry outbursts. At the time, Tormé was working on an authorized biography of Rich which was released after Rich's death, titled ''Traps, The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich''.

Death and legacy[link]

Buddy Rich remained active performing until the end of his life. On April 2, 1987, Rich died of heart failure following surgery for a malignant brain tumor. He is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He was 69.

Since Rich's death, a number of memorial concerts have been held. In 1994, the Rich tribute album ''Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich'' was released. Produced by Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, the album features performances of Rich staples by a number of rock and jazz drummers such as Kenny Aronoff, Carl Palmer, Matt Sorum, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Max Roach, Steve Smith, and Peart himself, accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band. A second volume was issued in 1997.

Discography[link]

Studio and live albums as leader or co-leader[link]

1953: ''The Flip Phillips Buddy Rich Trio'' (Clef Records)

1954: ''The Swinging Buddy Rich'' (Norgran Records)

1955: ''Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich'' (Norgran)

1955: ''Buddy and Sweets'' (Norgran)

1955: ''The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio'' (Norgran)

1955: ''The Wailing Buddy Rich'' (Norgran)

1955: ''Krupa and Rich'' (Clef) – with Gene Krupa

1955: ''The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio'' (Clef)

1956: ''Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer'' (Verve Records)

1956: ''This One's for Basie'' (Verve) – re-issued 1967 as ''Big Band Shout''

1957: ''Buddy Rich Just Sings'' (Verve)

1958: ''Buddy Rich in Miami'' (Verve)

1959: ''Richcraft'' (Mercury Records) – also ''The Rich Rebellion'' (Wing)

1959: ''Rich versus Roach'' (Mercury) – with Max Roach

1959: ''The Voice is Rich'' (Mercury)

1960: ''The Driver'' (EmArcy Records)

1961: ''Playtime'' (Argo Records)

1961: ''Blues Caravan'' (Verve)

1962: ''Burnin' Beat'' (Verve) – with Gene Krupa

1965: ''Are You Ready for This? (Roost) – with Louie Bellson

1966: ''Swingin' New Big Band'' (Pacific Jazz Records/Blue Note Records)

1966: ''The Sounds of '66'' (Reprise Records) – Live, with Sammy Davis, Jr.

1967: ''Big Swing Face'' (Pacific Jazz) – Live

1967: ''The New One!'' (Pacific Jazz) – aka ''Take it Away''

1968: ''Rich à la Rakha'' (World Pacific) – with Alla Rakha

1968: ''Mercy, Mercy'' (Pacific Jazz) – Live

1969: ''Buddy & Soul'' (Pacific Jazz) – Live

1970: ''Keep the Customer Satisfied'' (Liberty Records) – Live

1971: ''A Different Drummer'' (RCA Records)

1971: ''Rich in London'' (RCA) – expanded UK release = ''Buddy Rich: Very Alive at Ronnie Scott's'' (RCA (UK)) – Live

1972: ''Stick It'' (RCA)

1973: ''The Roar of '74'' (Groove Merchant Records)

1974: ''Very Live at Buddy's Place'' (Groove Merchant) – Live

1974: ''Transition'' (Groove Merchant) – with Lionel Hampton

1974: ''The Last Blues Album, Vol. 1'' (Groove Merchant)

1975: ''Big Band Machine'' (Groove Merchant)

1976: ''Speak No Evil'' (RCA)

1977: ''Buddy Rich Plays and Plays and Plays'' (RCA)

1977: ''Lionel Hampton Presents Buddy Rich'' (Who's Who In Jazz) – aka ''Buddy's Cherokee...'' also released as ''The Sound of Jazz, Vol 10''

1977: ''Class of '78'' (The Great American Gramophone Company) – also released as ''The Greatest Drummer That Ever Lived with The Best Band I Ever Had''

1978: ''Together Again: For the First Time'' (Gryphon/Century) – aka ''When I Found You'' (with Mel Tormé)

1980: ''Live at Ronnie Scott's'' (DRG) – Live. aka ''The Man from Planet Jazz''

1981: ''The Buddy Rich Band'' (MCA)

1983: ''Rich and Famous'' (Amway) – aka ''The Magic of Buddy Rich'', aka ''Buddy Rich – The Man''

1985: ''Mr. Drums: ...Live on King Street'' (Cafe) – "Live" in-studio concert recording. Also released on (2 separate) video discs

Posthumous releases of previously unreleased recordings[link]

1993: ''Europe '77'' (Magic)

2001: ''Wham! The Buddy Rich Big Band Live'' (Label M)

2004: ''No Funny Hats'' (Lightyear)

Notable compilation albums[link]

1960: ''The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich at JATP)'' (Verve)

196?: ''The Best of Buddy Rich'' (Pacific Jazz)

1969: ''Super Rich'' (Verve)

1971: ''Time Being'' (Bluebird/RCA)

1987: ''Compact Jazz: Buddy Rich'' (Verve)

1990: ''Compact Jazz: Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich'' (Verve)

1992: ''No Jive'' (Novus)

1998: ''Buddy Rich: The Legendary '47–'48 Orchestra Vol. 1'' (Hep Records)

1998: ''Buddy Rich: The Legendary '46–'48 Orchestra Vol. 2'' (Hep)

2005: ''Classic EmArcy, Verve, Small Group Buddy Rich Sessions'' (Mosaic Records #232) – 7 CD Box set

References[link]

External links[link]

Official website

Buddy Rich on Drummerworld

Buddy Rich at Wikiquote

(Discography and brief biography)

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