Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
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Rocks, Pebbles and Sand is the 1980 album by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...
. Clarke sings on the album to the horror of critics, but sticks to his usual forte which is jazz rock and jazz funk.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.- "Danger Street" – 4:51
- "All Hell Broke Loose" – 5:03
- "Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" – 4:13
- "Underestimation" –3:43
- "You/Me Together" – 4:05
- "We Supply" (Stanley Clarke, Louis Johnson) – 4:21
- "The Story of a Man and a Woman - Part 1: She Thought I Was Stanley Clarke - Part 2: A Fool Again - Part 3: - I Nearly Went Crazy (Until I Realized What Had Occurred)" – 11:13
Personnel
- Stanley Clarke – Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals, Background vocals
- Steve Bach – Keyboards
- George Bohannon – Trombone
- Mari Botnick – Violin
- Denyse Buffum – Viola
- Thomas Buffum – Violin
- Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
– Bass, Moog Synthesizer - Rollice Dale – Cello
- Vincent DeRosaVincent DeRosaVincent DeRosa is a Los Angeles studio musician who played horn for Hollywood soundtracks and other recordings from 1935-2008.-Early Life and Training:...
– French Horn - Bobby Dubow – Violin
- David Duke – French Horn
- Victor FeldmanVictor FeldmanVictor Stanley Feldman was a British jazz musician, best known as a pianist.-Early history:...
– Vibraphone - Jerry HeyJerry HeyJerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Thriller and the distinctive flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit Longer....
– Horn - Josie James – Vocals
- Charles "Icarus" Johnson – Guitar
- Louis Johnson – Guitar, Bass, Vocals
- Valerie Johnson – Vocals
- Marcy Levy – Background vocals
- Dennis MacKay –
- Lew McCreary – Trombone
- Niles Oliver – Cello
- Sid Page – Violin
- Greg PhillinganesGreg PhillinganesGreg Phillinganes is an active session keyboardist in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of Cass Technical High School, Detroit Michigan....
– Keyboards - Simon PhillipsSimon PhillipsSimon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...
– Percussion, Drums - Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – Horn
- John "J.R." Robinson – Drums
- Sheldon Sanov – Violin
- Carol Shive – Violin
- Lya Stern – Violin
- Ron Strauss – Cello
- Charles Veal – Violin
- John Wittenberg – Violin
Production
- Robert Giusti – Illustration artwork
- Nancy Donald – Design
- Henry Diltz – Photography
- Greg Falken – Assistant engineer
- Bruce Jost – Assistant engineer
- Chris Haas – Assistant engineer (Legend)
- Chip Leech, Larry Reuben – Assistant engineer (Mixing)
- Dennis MacKay – Engineer (Sound Production)