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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
* For #1 and #9:
**[[Gregory Hines]] – Tap Dancer
* [[Wayne Shorter]] – soprano saxophone
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* [[George Howard (jazz)|George Howard]] – soprano saxophone
**[[Stanley Clarke]] – Electric Bass Guitar
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* [[Freddie Hubbard]] – trumpet
* For #2:
**[[Wayne Shorter]] – Sax (Soprano)
* [[Allan Holdsworth]] – guitar
**[[Eddie Arkin]] – Synthesizer
* [[Jimmy Earl]] – bass
* Byron Miller – synthesizer bass
**[[Stanley Clarke]] – Electric Bass Guitar
* Eddie Arkin – synthesizer
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**[[Gerry Brown]] – Drums
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* [[Steve Hunt]] – synthesizer
* For #3:
**[[Stanley Clarke]] – Synthesizers, Vocals
* [[George Duke]] – piano
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* Vance Taylor – piano
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**[[John Robinson (drummer)|John "J.R." Robinson]] – Drums
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* [[Gerry Brown]] – drums
* For #4:
**[[Allan Holdsworth]] – Guitar
* [[Stewart Copeland]] – drums
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* [[John Robinson (drummer)|John Robinson]] – drums
**[[Stanley Clarke]] – Electric Bass Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Synthesizers
* [[Paulinho da Costa]] – percussion<ref name="AM credits">{{cite web|title=If This Bass Could Only Talk | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/if-this-bass-could-only-talk-mw0000198751/credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=19 September 2017}}</ref>
**[[Stewart Copeland]] – Drums
* For #5:
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**[[Freddie Hubbard]] – Trumpet
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**[[Vance Taylor]] – Piano
**[[Stanley Clarke]] – Electric Bass Guitar, Fylde Acoustic Bass Guitar
**[[Byron Miller]] – Synthesizer Bass
**[[Leon "Ndugu" Chancler]] – Drums
**[[Paulinho da Costa]] – Percussion
* For #6 and 7:
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**[[Steve Hunt]] – Synthesizer
**[[Stanley Clarke]] – Electric Bass Guitar
**[[Jimmy Earl|James Earl]] – Low Bass
**[[Gerry Brown]] – Drums
* For #8:
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**[[George Howard (jazz)|George Howard]] – Sax (Soprano)
**[[George Duke]] – Acoustic Piano
**[[Stanley Clarke]] – Electric Bass Guitar, Synthesizers
**[[John Robinson (drummer)|John "J.R." Robinson]] – Drums


==Production==
==Production==

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If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Stanley Clarke; except where indicated

  1. "If This Bass Could Only Talk" – 2:30
  2. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus; arranged by Stanley Clarke and Eddie Arkin) - Dedicated to Jaco Pastorius and Gil Evans – 6:24
  3. "I Want to Play for Ya" – 3:22
  4. "Stories to Tell" – 3:46
  5. "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" (James Harris, Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson; arranged by Stanley Clarke and Byron Miller) – 6:07
  6. "Workin' Man" – 6:27
  7. "Tradition" – 7:11
  8. "Come Take My Hand" – 4:08
  9. "Bassically Taps" – 3:15

Personnel

Production

  • Chris Cuffaro – Photography
  • Nancy Donald – Art Direction
  • Joe Gastwirt – Engineer
  • Mitch Gibson – Engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – Mastering
  • Mick Guzauski – Mixing
  • Dan Humann – Engineer
  • Tony Lane – Art Direction
  • Csaba Petocz – Engineer
  • Steve Sykes – Engineer

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "If This Bass Could Only Talk - Stanley Clarke | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ^ "If This Bass Could Only Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2017.


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