Track Listing

1. Minute by Minute
2. Stratus
3. Buenos Aires
4. All Blues
5. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
6. Her Favorite Song
7. School Days

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #132251 in Music
• Released on: 1994-07-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Album Description
Reissue of the jazz/funk drummer's 1993 live album, at the Greek in Los Angeles. Digipak. Sony.

Customer Reviews

Something For Everyone
"Live At The Greek" is Stanley Clarke's best music in almost twenty years; however this disc isn't only for Stanley fans. With the incredible drumming of Cobham, Stanley is brought to a level that he hasn't displayed on disc since live 76-77. The ability for these two men to have borderline telepathic interplay is well worth the price of the disc alone. However Carlton, Najee and Johnson all make a generous contribution to the band. There are versions of favorite tunes by all except for Johnson whom I believe didn't have any original material at the time. The highlight has to be the marathon version of "School Days" which features a Clarke/Cobham intro and then it is taken to places the other versions didn't go to.If you are familiar with any of the members of this band buy this disc or if you don't have any Jazz/Fusion discs this is a great place to start. This recording has rock("Minute by Minute") jazz (Miles davis' "All Blues") smooth jazz(Najee's "Buenos Aires") and all out fusion ("Stratus" and "School Days") all performed flawlessly and in an engaging manner. There is something for everyone. Highly Recommended.

With Friends Like This....
I have been a big fan of Stanley Clarke since the '92 PPV broadcast of the Seville, Spain Guitar Legends concert. He only played "School Days", but it was enough to plant the seed of jazz in me. From there I discovered John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Stanley Jordan, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Louis Jordan, Brian Lynch and many others. Each new player I found introduced me to a handful more jazz greats, but it was Clarke that introduced me to jazz.

Clarke brings along guitarist Larry Carlton, drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham, Deron Johnson on keyboards, and the multitalented Najee playing anything he can get his mouth on. Then, the fun begins. The quintet knows exactly what they are doing on stage together. The music they produce is an incredible whirlwind of straight jazz, funk, and great playing.

The twenty-one minute version of "School Days" is a tour-de-force of power. Beginning with a duet between Cobham and Clarke they trade lines of percussion back and forth. As the piece moves, it evolves to include the rest of the band. Everyone takes turns soloing. "School Days" is still a playground for Clarke's funky slap bass playing, and he (as well of the rest of them) will leave you with your jaw on the floor. The group does a stunning cover of Miles Davis' "All Blues". Najee begins on the flute giving over to Johnson's piano before Carlton steps up to solo, and Clarke takes a solo of his own. They are not only players, but writers too as they cover a song written by each member group, (except Johnson).

This is, hands-down, my favorite Clarke album that I own. You can feel the soul and power that permeates the air as these five play. They play off of each other well, and they are really enjoying themselves. With friends like this, who would have an enemy?

Funky!!!
Talk about a JAM SESSION!!! Great CD. Just wish I could have seen it live