Night School: An Evening With Stanley Clarke & Friends
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Artist: Stanley ClarkeDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Heads Up
DVD Reviews of Night School: An Evening With Stanley Clarke & Friends
DVD Review: Still a Bad, Bad Bass Man!....3.5 stars
Summary: 4 Stars
I finally got a chance to sit down and watch this nice, but all too short, performance. Being a big jazz-rock fan and owning most of Stanley's body of work, I knew the first time I saw this advertised, I HAD to have it. Well, I won't say I was dissapointed, just a little baffled by some of what is contained herein (or not contained!). First of all, many of the songs are incomplete....most notably, the ones with S. Wonder (which is probably fine----NOT the high point of this show by any means). The song "Why Wait" listed as track 5 is nowhere to be found in the main content (though it appears in the bonus feature)....sure would have been nice to see Lenny jammin' with Stanley again! As for "Keepers" in this performance, I would say 'Wild Dog', 'Goodbye Porkpie Hat', 'The Lochs of Dread' and the wonderful 'Song to John' (man, do I love that one!). 'The Floor' and 'Big Jam' were enjoyable as well. My biggest problem lies with Stanley's "staple" song....'School Days'. The idea of Stan-the-Man with 10 other bass players and 3 drummers looked very promising when I ordered this, well I knew this tune would be something of an unrehearsed "jam vehicle", but it almost unravels completely in a few places....if pressed, I would say Stewart Copeland contibuted to some of the chaos by playing some stuff (his style) that simply did NOT fit, i.e. the reggae style beat he tries to place within the song, not to mention his sometimes "spastic" fills and beats. Just for the record, I dig Stewart and the grounbreaking drumming he did with the Police, but he should have sat this one out and let the original 'SD' drummer have it....Gerry Brown. All in all, the song is still enjoyable and all the bass "spanking" by the guests is all in good fun. Highlights as far as players goes to Sheila E. with her great drumset/timbale solo; Flea surprised me with a very melodic solo spot in 'SD', as did Billy Sheehan with his very unique, almost dissonant, approach. Also worth mentioning is Bela Fleck and Karen Briggs....VERY nice interplay on 'John's Song'.
Bottom line: I am satisfied with this purchase, and although somewhat lacking in coherency, its all in good fun, as well as a good cause.....It probably won't be a "mainstay" in my player, but when I need my Stanley fix, I'll definitely reach for this. Enjoy!
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