ProJazz.net

Modern Man is the fifth album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke.

Track listing:
All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where noted.

Side one
1. “Opening (Statement)” 4:22
2. “He Lives On (Story About the Last Journey of a Warrior)” 4:24
3. “More Hot Fun” 4:31
4. “Slow Dance” 3:16
5. “Interlude: A Serious Occasion” 0:21
6. “Got to Find My Own Place” Clarke, Michael Garson, Raymond Gomez, Gerry Brown 3:17
Total length: 20:11
Side two
1. “Dayride” 4:22
2. “Interlude: It’s What She Didn’t Say” 4:24
3. “Modern Man” 4:31
4. “Interlude: A Relaxed Occasion” 3:16
5. “Rock ‘n Roll Jelly” 0:21
6. “Closing (Statement)” 3:17

Personnel:
Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, piccolo bass, piano, guitar, vocals
Mike Garson – piano, organ, synthesizer, moog
Jeff Beck – guitar on “Rock ‘n Roll Jelly”
Raymond Gomez – guitar
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter – guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar synthesizer on “He Lives On”
Carmine Appice – drums on “Rock ‘n Roll Jelly”
Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
Gerry Brown – drums, percussion
Steve Gadd – cymbal [5]
Dale Devoe – trombone
Al Harrison, James Tinsley – piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flügelhorn
Bobby Malach – tenor saxophone, flute
Alfie Williams – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
Rollice Dale, Mark Kovacs, Leonard Selic, Barbara Thomason – viola
Ron Cooper, Jan Kelly, Niles Oliver, Harry Shultz – cello
Ronald Clark, Frank Foster, Cynthia Kovacs, Connie Kupka, Debra Price, Alice Sachs, Steve Scharf, Josef Schoenbrun, Sandy Seymour, Marsha Van Dyke, Kenneth Yerke – violin
Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster, violin
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters – vocals

_______________

Released: 1978
Studio: Electric Lady Studios (New York City)
Chateau Recorders and Group IV Recorders, Hollywood
A&M Studios (Los Angeles)
Length: 37:18
Label: Nemperor
Producer: Stanley Clarke