If This Bass Could Only Talk
1988 studio album by Stanley Clarke
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If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.
Released1988
StudioGarage Recorders
Ocean Way Recording
Capitol Studios
Baby'O
Cherokee Studios
The Complex
Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Ocean Way Recording
Capitol Studios
Baby'O
Cherokee Studios
The Complex
Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Length43:10
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Garage Recorders Ocean Way Recording Capitol Studios Baby'O Cherokee Studios The Complex Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| 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 | Writer(s) | 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, 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)[2][3]
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
