Welcome to another new edition of our bi-weekly record-diving sampling extravaganza!
Before we get into our artist and track in focus, and in case you aren’t already aware, there are another few Mission Briefs/Challenges currently taking place that you may also fancy spending some time on here:
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@Microtribe’s Open Challenge #13. The Swamp Effect DEADLINE EXTENDED
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@Unifono is hosting Elektronauts Hip Hop Battle #20 - 007 Edition
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@Habit_Reform’s Electronic/Sythesized Hip Hop/Rap Beat challenge
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@BLKrbbt’s Drum n’ Bass Battle #5 (Resurrection…also, Found Sounds) [Deadline May 3rd!]
Thank you for joining @natehorn and I for another week of sampling goodness! Today is a special holiday, and hopefully @everyone has had/will have a chance to embark on a practical joke towards a loved one, or friend to celebrate April Fool’s Day!
This week our artist in focus is the extraordinary Stanley Clarke, with his track “Journey to Love.” This is the title track which comes off of the album of the same name, and was released in 1975 on the Nemperor label (NE-433).
Here is a brief interview with Clarke about the album, along with some light wiki-info about the wonderful career he continues to amass:
“This is a cool record and a special one to me, because it started my relationship with Jeff Beck. After my first album came out, Jeff came out to my house in Long Island. He drove up, got out of his car with his long hair and everything, and told me that he was playing one of my songs, Power, in his life shows. He wanted to record with me.”
“It’s a fun, funky record, and I had a great time making it. Lots of cool playing, and it was new, too – I was exploring different bass sounds on my Alembic, putting the bass way out front. You can really hear it on this record."
"Jeff exposed me to a lot of rock, and I did the same for him with jazz. A great guy, and a heck of a musician.” taken from this Music Radar interview
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status.[1][2][3]
Clarke intended to become the first black musician in the Philadelphia Orchestra until he met jazz pianist Chick Corea.[14] At the time, Corea was working with Stan Getz putting together a new backing band for him and writing music for the group; these pieces first surfaced on two albums recorded in February/March 1972 in New York, Captain Marvel (credited to Getz, released in 1974) and Return to Forever (credited to Corea, issued in Europe in 1972). Clarke’s playing and improvising was prominent on both albums; the band also played a couple of gigs with Getz in Europe. At this early stage, the band as separate from Getz was mostly a studio side project, but the members soon realized that it had potential as a regular live band, and so the band Return to Forever had been born.
Clarke is a 5-time Grammy winner, with 15 nominations, 3 as a solo artist, 1 with the Stanley Clarke Band, and 1 with Return to Forever.[4][5] Clarke was selected to become a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship.[6]
A Stanley Clarke electric bass is permanently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.[7][8][1]
Here is a Lossless FLAC link to the track, please delete it after using:
Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love
Album Photos:
(note: pictures taken from google search)
THE BRIEF
YOU have been selected by the notorious Global Sound Syndicate for a top-secret operation. Not really, please, share with your friends, family, and even Gene Hackman.
Mission:
-Sample any part(s) of the track we’ve nominated
-Spend no more than 1 week turning it into music
-Post your creations here for us all to enjoy
Deadline: Sunday , April 9, 2023
Submit your entry no later than 11:59 PM, Sunday, April 9, 2023, or be faced with a brief moment of self-loathing for not participating. Submissions entered on later dates are also welcome!
Compensation:
Hearts and compliments from the community
(not guaranteed)
You can use as much or as little of the sample track as you like, you just have to use it. No winners, no losers, just good times!
Every two weeks we will post a track from our record collections, ideally something you’ve not heard before. Jams, full tracks, noodles - share whatever you like!
I really wish I could have witnessed an original Return to Forever concert just from how deep they get with their songs. Sadly, that wish is no longer possible, since the passing of the great Chick Corea, RIP. Stanley’s solo albums are incredible!
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