''Rocks, Pebbles and Sand'' is the 1980 album by

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

bass guitarist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low bra ...

and

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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 ...

. This was the first recording where Stanley featured his tenor bass.

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

– bass, tenor bass, piccolo bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals *

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" ...

– moog synthesizer, electric piano * Steve Bach – keyboards *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, vocalist, and arranger. A session musician, Phillinganes has contributed to numerous albums over a broad array of artists and genres. He has toured with artists includin ...

– keyboards * Charles Johnson – guitar * Louis Johnson – guitar, bass, vocals *

Victor Feldman Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English jazz musician who played mainly piano, vibraphone, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as ...

– vibraphone * Simon Phillips – percussion, drums * John Robinson – drums on "We Supply" * Dennis MacKay – percussion * Valerie Johnson – vocals * Josie James – vocals *

Marcy Levy Marcella Levy (born June 21, 1952), known professionally as Marcy Levy and (later in her career) Marcella Detroit, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She co-wrote the 1977 Eric Clapton hit " Lay Down Sally" and released her debut ...

– background vocals *

George Bohanon George Roland Bohanon Jr. (August 7, 1937 – November 8, 2024) was an American jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan. Biography In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, ...

– trombone * Lew McCreary – trombone * David Duke – French horn *

Vincent DeRosa Vincent Ned DeRosa (October 5, 1920 – July 18, 2022) was an American hornist who served as a studio musician for Hollywood soundtracks and other recordings from 1935 until his retirement in 2008. Because his career spanned over 70 years, duri ...

– French Horn *

Bill Reichenbach Jr. William Frank Reichenbach Jr. (born November 30, 1949) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He is the son of Bill Reichenbach, who was the drummer for Charlie Byrd from 1962 to 1973. He is best known as a session musician for television, ...

– horn *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with Y ...

– horn, trumpet * John Thomas – trumpet Strings * Mari Botnick – violin * Thomas Buffum – violin * Bobby Dubow – violin *

Sid Page Sid Page is an American violinist who has been active in many genres of music since the late 1960s. He has been a member of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. From 1973 to 1974, he was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and appeared on their album ...

– violin * Sheldon Sanov – violin * Carol Shive – violin * Lya Stern – violin * Charles Veal – violin * John Wittenberg – violin * Denyse Buffum – viola * Ron Strauss – viola * Helaine Wittenberg – viola * Ronald Cooper – cello * Rollice Dale – cello * Niles Oliver – cello * Frederick Seykora – cello

Production

* Robert Giusti – Illustration artwork * Nancy Donald – Design *

Henry Diltz Henry Stanford Diltz (born September 6, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American folk musician and photographer who has been active since the 1960s. Career Photography Among the bands Diltz played with was the Modern Folk Quartet. W ...

– 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)

References

External links

* 1980 albums Stanley Clarke albums Epic Records albums Jazz-funk albums Albums produced by Stanley Clarke Albums recorded at A&M Studios {{1980s-jazz-album-stub