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Kickass bassist can still kick your ass

What were you doing with your sorry life at 21? Binge-drinking in your mommy’s basement? Watching endless hours of elimiDATE and all of those other lame-o UPN shows? Sweating bullets that you just got your girlfriend preggo?

At age 21, world-renowned bassist Stanley Clarke, the dude who basically invented the funk-slap percussive technique, was gigging with Pharoah Sanders, Horace Silver, Stan Getz, and Art Blakey. Then, at age 22 — the year you ditched your baby and yo baby’s momma — Clarke teamed up with the seminal Chick Corea to form the fusion tornado known as Return to Forever.

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Now, at age 56, while you’re still bogged down with that monthly child support, Clarke is touring in support of another stellar album, The Toys of Men.


Wed., Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., 2008
 

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