School Days (album)

School Days is the fourth solo album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. The album reached number 34 in the Billboard 200 chart and number 2 in the Jazz Albums chart.[3]

School Days
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 1976
RecordedJune 1976
StudioElectric Lady Studios, New York City; A&M Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz fusion, jazz-funk
Length37:18
LabelNemperor, Epic
Producer
Stanley Clarke chronology
Journey to Love
(1975)
School Days
(1976)
Modern Man
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke.

Side One
  1. "School Days" – 7:51
  2. "Quiet Afternoon – 5:09
  3. "The Dancer" – 5:27
Side Two
  1. "Desert Song" – 6:56
  2. "Hot Fun" – 2:55
  3. "Life Is Just a Game" – 9:00

Personnel

  • Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar (1,3,5,6), vocals (1,6), handbells (1), acoustic piano (2,3), piccolo bass guitar (2,3,6), humming (3), acoustic bass (4,6), gong (6), chimes (06), arranger, conductor, producer
  • George Duke – keyboards (6)
  • Ray Gomez – electric guitar (1,3,5), rhythm guitar (3)
  • Icarus Johnson – acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (6)
  • John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar (4)
  • David Sancious – keyboards (1), Minimoog (2,3), organ (3), electric guitar (5)
  • Gerry Brown – drums (1,3), handbells (1)
  • Billy Cobham – drums (6), Moog 1500 (6)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (2,5)
  • Milt Holland – percussion (3), triangle (4)
  • Tom Malone & Dave Taylor – trombone
  • Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin & Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Earl Chapin, John Clark, Peter Gordon & Wilmer Wise – horns
  • Al Aarons, Stewart Blumberg, George Bohanon, Buddy Childers, Robert Findley, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Jack Nimitz, William Peterson, Dalton Smith - brass
  • Marilyn Baker, Thomas Buffum, David Campbell, Rollice Dale, Robert Dubow, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Dennis Karmazyn, Gordon Marron, Lya Stern, Ron Strauss, Marcia Van Dyke & John Wittenberg – strings[4]

Production

  • Lynn Dreese Breslin – art direction
  • Bob Defrin – art direction
  • Ken Scott – producer, engineer, remixing
  • Jerry Solomon – assistant engineer
  • Ed Thacker – assistant engineer
  • Michael Frondelli – assistant engineer
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References

  1. Ginell, Richard S. "School Days". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1st ed.). New York: Rolling Stone. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. "School Days - Stanley Clarke | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. "School Days - Stanley Clarke | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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