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Tag Archives: Stanley Clarke
Gig review: STANLEY CLARKE BAND – Manchester Gorilla, 18 July 2017

Stanley Clarke chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio ahead of his UK tour dates. This hour special looks at his career, with tracks from the 1970s to the present. First broadcast on 16 July 2017. (Listeners in the USA … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS
Tagged 18 July 2017, gig, Gorilla, interview, jazz funk, jazz fusion, Manchester, radio, review, Stanley Clarke
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News: More Hot Fun: STANLEY CLARKE – UK Tour and radio interview (July 2017)

On Sunday 16 July on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio at 18:00 GMT, Stanley Clarke chats about his career ahead of the UK dates (Repeat: Thursday 20 July, 22:00 GMT) In this extract he sets the scene for the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Gigs and Tour News, INTERVIEWS, NEWS, Radio interview
Tagged bass, dates, funk, interview, jazz fusion, July 2017, news, radio, Stanley Clarke, Tour, uk
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Album review: STANLEY CLARKE, NORMAN CONNORS, HARVEY MASON (Jazz Funk compilations)

Cherry Red Records/imprints The mid to late 1970s was a golden age for disco/jazz-funk. Bands like Earth, Wind & Fire were ascendant in the charts whilst our more home-grown Level 42 picked up the baton for the burgeoning Brit Funk … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Arista, Buddah, collection, compilation, funk, Harvey Mason, jazz funk, jazz fusion, Norman Connors, R&B, review, Sho Nuff Groovin' You The Arista Records Anthology (1975-1981), Stanley Clarke, The Definitive Collection, Valentine Love The Buddah/Arista Anthology
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Album review: ANTOINE FAFARD – Sphere

Timeless Momentum [Release date 01.09.16] From the purposeful opening of ‘Renaissance Man’ – Gary Husband’s introductory synth and bristling drums lock in with Antoine Fafard’s fretless bass and guitarist Jerry De Villiers Jr.’s sonorous theme – we’re quickly into tension … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allan Holdsworth, Antoine Fafard, bass, Billy Cobham, Davide Sgualdini, drums, Frank Zappa, fusion, Gary Husband, guitar, jazz, Jerry De Villiers Jr., Mahavishnu, Miles Davis, review, Sphere, Stanley Clarke, synths, Tony Williams
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News: RICHIE KOTZEN radio special and interview on Sunday 21 September

Sunday 21 September, 19:00 GMT Richie Kotzen recently played a London gig and Get Ready to ROCK! Features Editor and radio presenter Pete Feenstra caught up with him to chat about his career. Kotzen got his first record deal with … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, guitar, guitarist, interview, Mr Big, Poison, radio, Richie Kotzen, rock, special, Stanley Clarke, The Winery Dogs
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