As we celebrate Stanley Clarke's 74 🥳, we recall one of our favorite jazz fusion groups of all time, Return to Forever with Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Thee Lenny White and of course, Stanley on bass. One of the greats, Clarke transformed the bass into a melodic and harmonic lead instrument, as never before. Stanley’s hypnotic, innovative approach to playing the instrument liberated the bass from the back to the front of the stage. In the process, he became the first jazz-fusion bassist to headli

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Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Airto Moreira & Lenny White performing Straight Life, live at the DownBeat Reader's Poll Awards Show, 1975. #jazzisdead | Jazz Is Dead