Stanley Clarke Band - 2019 tour

[Paulrus]

I got a notice that Stanley Clarke will be touring this summer with his current 6-piece group (2 keys, bass (obviously), drums, violin, percussion). I checked his website and they start off with just four cities across the US. Then he's off on the international summer festival circuit. Then he comes back to the US in late July before going back to Europe in October. What a life!

06/12/19 Sacramento, CA -- Crest Theater
06/13/19 Berkeley, CA -- Freight & Salvage
06/14/19 Minneapolis, MN -- Dakota Club
06/15/19 Minneapolis, MN -- Dakota Club
06/23/19 Pittsburgh, PA -- Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

Anyways, I've actually never seen him live so time to put that to rest! Recent videos show him in company of good musicians playing a wide swath of music. Should be good.

P.S. for Bay Area peeps: What's with the Freight now getting all the good fusion gigs? Does Yoshi's in Oakland not care about them anymore?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDMT-LpbeM&t=94s

[Fracktured]

Would LOVE to see Stanley live. I’ve never had the pleasure. Hope he comes near me and it fits into my schedule but I’m not holding my breath on it.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Mister Triscuits]

P.S. for Bay Area peeps: What's with the Freight now getting all the good fusion gigs? Does Yoshi's in Oakland not care about them anymore?

Yoshi's, ostensibly a jazz club, seems to have shifted to pop, blues, and R&B (tonight they're hosting the Fifth Dimension, with Florence LaRue as the only original member). Meanwhile, the Freight, formerly a folk venue where never an amplifier was seen onstage, is hosting the likes of this and the recent Soft Machine/Levin Brothers gig. Go figure.

[GuitarGeek]

Ya know, I was gonna say I never saw him, but I just remembered, I saw that first reunion tour Return TO Forever did, the one with DiMeola. So I have seen him, but I've never seen him do a solo show. I seem to recall a few years back he played at Cain Park (literally about a 20 minute walk from my front door, I think it was some kind of super group with a coupe other guys (maybe Ponty and someone else? I don't remember now). Anyway, I ended up not seeing that show for some reason, which again I don't recall.

Anyway, I hope he comes here. I don't think he'll be playing Cain Park, because they put their schedule out a couple weeks ago, and I didn't see him listed. (shrug) We'll have to see what happens.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

HUGE FAN!
I first saw him live with Rite Of Strings, then RTF with Al D and the Ponty one too

Missed seeing the School Days tour due to being a bonehead... kickin myself forever for that

hope he comes to AZ for this tour!

with the Violin who knows... they could do a Vertu tune...

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

whoah... that Piano player is SERIOUS




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDMT-LpbeM&t=94s

[FrippWire]

Stanley is this year's Artist In Residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival. Detroit Jazz is the world's largest free-of-charge jazz fest. It takes place over the U.S. Labor Day weekend. Typically the Artist In Residence performs on multiple occasions during the fest in a variety of settings and with a revolving cast of collaborators. Recent years have seen Chick Corea and Pat Metheny dubbed Artist In Residence. This will hopefully make up for Stanley's 2018 set at Detroit Jazz which got rained out.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

whoah... that Piano player is SERIOUS
his solo starts at 4:15 and just intensifies until the end at 6:40




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDMT-LpbeM&t=94s

[raconteur troubadour]

The violinist is Evan Garr, saw him with Al DiMeola in Annapolis Md a little while back. After the concert, Al told the audience the back story of Evan joining his band.

Evan showed up at Toronto 40th anniversary Elegant Gypsy DiMeola concert and somehow got backstage to meet Al. Evan had driven 10 hours from his hometown of Detroit to the show and brought his violin. He had learned a lot of Al's songs and played them for him, Al was mighty impressed and asked him to immediately join the tour, pretty nice of Al to hire an unknown and give him exposure, I'm told Al has become a lot more human nowadays, less ego.

[progman1975]

The violinist is Evan Garr, saw him with Al DiMeola in Annapolis Md a little while back. After the concert, Al told the audience the back story of Evan joining his band.

Evan showed up at Toronto 40th anniversary Elegant Gypsy DiMeola concert and somehow got backstage to meet Al. Evan had driven 10 hours from his hometown of Detroit to the show and brought his violin. He had learned a lot of Al's songs and played them for him, Al was mighty impressed and asked him to immediately join the tour, pretty nice of Al to hire an unknown and give him exposure, I'm told Al has become a lot more human nowadays, less ego.Ask the guys from Brand X about his ego

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

[fiberman]

whoah... that Piano player is SERIOUS
his solo starts at 4:15 and just intensifies until the end at 6:40
Wow!That is some band, what a great video!

[mozo-pg]

I saw him during the Montreal Jazz Festival about 5 years ago. He was, of course, amazing and his band was smokin'. Amazing piano player. Sold out show and the audience loved him.

[Mark Newman]

The pianist is Beka Gochiashvili, a prodigy from the Republic of Georgia. Beka was only 16 when he first played with Clarke at the Blue Note (where I saw him a couple of years ago - he truly is amazing). I believe he is now 22 or 23.

[nycsteve]

Some years back Clarke toured with a second bass , probably miss spelled, Amand Sabulaku , from Camaroon. Very flashy quick electric bass player , his duets with Clarke were shattering.

[mozo-pg]

The pianist is Beka Gochiashvili, a prodigy from the Republic of Georgia. Beka was only 16 when he first played with Clarke at the Blue Note (where I saw him a couple of years ago - he truly is amazing). I believe he is now 22 or 23.

Thanks for the information. He was brilliant!

[FrippWire]

Some years back Clarke toured with a second bass , probably miss spelled, Amand Sabulaku , from Camaroon. Very flashy quick electric bass player , his duets with Clarke were shattering.

You are thinking of Armand Sabal-Lecco.

[mozo-pg]

It was the same thing when I saw John McLaughlin band in an Ottawa at a small downtown church. He too surrounded himself with prodigy musicians and the interplay was magical. When I commented on Stanley's piano player I didn't see if referenced earlier on this thread. Glad there are others who loved his performance. I took both my sons to the show (Stanley's) and it was a great night of entertainment.

[nycsteve]

You are thinking of Armand Sabal-Lecco.

Thank you. I knew the spelling was way off. Never the less a great player.

[nycsteve]

Armand and Clarke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghorQAzBVMo

[profusion]

Wow, that whole band is fantastic. Interesting to hear a tabla player fit into a samba groove.

Last time I saw Stanley, he had Ronald Bruner Jr. on drums, who manages to channel Elvin Jones and Keith Moon at the same time. This new drummer might be even more impressive, though.

Also, every time I've Stanley in concert, it's always his work on the upright bass that really wows me, more than the electric. The upright is such an expressive and groove-tastic instrument in the right hands.

[rapidfirerob]

Yoshi's, ostensibly a jazz club, seems to have shifted to pop, blues, and R&B (tonight they're hosting the Fifth Dimension, with Florence LaRue as the only original member). Meanwhile, the Freight, formerly a folk venue where never an amplifier was seen onstage, is hosting the likes of this and the recent Soft Machine/Levin Brothers gig. Go figure.

I've seen Stanley many times. I'd love to see him again, but $60 is a bit steep. That Soft Machine/Levin Brothers show was terrific.

[Mister Triscuits]

That Soft Machine/Levin Brothers show was terrific.

And the tickets were remarkably cheap by today's standards.

[snowwomn]

Would LOVE to see Stanley live. I’ve never had the pleasure. Hope he comes near me and it fits into my schedule but I’m not holding my breath on it.


Couldn't agree any more. Imagine seeing School Days played live. That is awesome to see he is touring in 2019, keep on it Stanley!

[gpeccary]

Ask the guys from Brand X about his ego

Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

Seeing how I don't know them personally, care to share?

[Hobo Chang Ba]

Nice stuff. Fun lineup with two keys and tablas. Might take a gander when they come near me (although it's not a great time of the year).

Does this lineup have any albums? The last Clarke album I can remember is The Toys Of Men which feels like it came out eons ago.

[Paulrus]

So just wanted to follow up with a review of last night's show at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.

Overall it was a chop-tastic, face-melting affair. That said, there were enough Latin grooves to keep the ladies in front of me squirming in their seats all night long. And they seemed OK with the seemingly endless rounds of solos from each band member. They were the type of solos that would start modestly, usually quiet and and unassuming, and then they would build and build toward orgasmic, ecstatic crescendos.

So perhaps my one quibble would be that I could have done with just 3 solos from each band member and had the extra time put toward group-oriented material. The group seemed to be locked in with each other and having a good time, and it would have been nice to have a little more communal music.

But as I said, that was a relatively minor quibble. These are all insanely gifted players, and Stanley Clarke seems to have adopted the role of elder statesman who finds amazing young talent and creates a forum to present them to his audiences. Sort of like what Pat Metheny is doing these days (or what Bill Bruford was doing with Earthworks.) Highly recommended.

[wideopenears]

I've seen Stanley many times. I'd love to see him again, but $60 is a bit steep. That Soft Machine/Levin Brothers show was terrific.

My thoughts, eggs-actly!