''Journey to Love'' is the third solo album by jazz fusion bassist

Stanley Clarke 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-fus ...

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke; except where indicated #"Silly Putty" * (4:52) #"Journey to Love" (4:52) #"Hello Jeff" (5:16) #"Song to John, Part 1" (Clarke,

Chick Corea Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...

) (4:22) #"Song to John, Part 2" (Clarke, Corea) (6:09) #"Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Parts 1-4" (14:25) (* The first few seconds of "Silly Putty" are missing from all CD releases of the album.)

Personnel

* Stanley Clarke – bass guitar, double bass, organ,

piccolo bass A piccolo bass is either an electric bass or acoustic double bass which has been tuned to a higher frequency, usually one octave higher than conventional bass tuning. This allows bass players to use higher registers during soloing while retaining ...

, bells, gong, vocals *

– piano on "Song to John" *

George Duke George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as ...

– keyboards, bells, vocals *

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English musician. He rose to prominence as the guitarist of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, ...

– electric guitar on "Hello Jeff" and guitar solo on "Journey to Love" * John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar on "Song to John" *

David Sancious David Sancious (born November 30, 1953) is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on '' Human Touch'' (1992), '' Tr ...

– electric guitar, 12–string guitar *

Jon Faddis Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known ...

– trumpet *

Alan Rubin Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011), also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet. Early life and education Rubin was born in Brooklyn. He began attending Juilliard ...

– trumpet *

Lew Soloff Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944 – March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. He was a founding member of the band Blood, Sweat & Tears. Biography From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studie ...

– trumpet * Tom Malone – trombone * David Taylor – trombone * Earl Chapin – brass horn * John Clark – brass horn * Peter Gordon – brass horn * Wilmer Wise – brass horn *

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American jazz fusion drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction i ...

– drums, percussion *

Lenny White Leonard White III (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s. White has been called "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion". White has won thre ...

– drums on "Hello Jeff"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Journey To Love 1975 albums Stanley Clarke albums Albums produced by Ken Scott Epic Records albums Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios Albums produced by Stanley Clarke Jazz-funk albums