Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten
USA
19 Sep 08, Fri, 8pm
Esplanade Theatre
Esplanade presents
Three bass icons in one unique musical alliance… They are S M V - Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten – in The Thunder! Tour.
When Stanley Clarke, Grammyâ-winning bassist, composer and Rolling Stone’s first “Jazzman of the Year”, began his musical career in NYC in the 70s, he blew audiences away with his inventiveness and dexterity on the acoustic and electric bass, and showed the world that the bass could be a melodic front piece. He has since helped shape the music of the decades with his melding of electro-funk, hard rock and jazz with Return to Forever partners Chick Corea, Al Di Meola and Lenny White, on collaborations with greats like George Duke, Jean Luc Ponty, and for film soundtracks such as Boyz N the Hood.
Multi Grammyâ-winning bassist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, Marcus Miller, has had a six-album stint with Miles Davis, produced hit records for Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter and Al Jarreau, provided killer bass lines to discs by Donald Fagen, the Brecker Brothers, Grover Washington, Jr., David Sanborn, Paul Simon and more, and recorded eight solo albums, including the Grammyâ-winning M2, making him the only solo bassist to have ever won a Grammyâ for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
Victor Wooten is considered by many to be the world’s greatest electric bassist. Some 20 years ago, he and his brother Roy joined Howard Levy and Béla Fleck in the wildly innovative, triple-Grammy-winning band, the Flecktones. While with the Flecktones, Victor launched his remarkable solo album debut, A Show of Hands, even as he played for several fusion and progressive supergroups and artists such as Branford Marsalis, Dave Matthews, Bruce Hornsby, Prince, Bill Evans, Susan Tedeschi and India.Arie.
Don’t miss this historical assemblage of talent in their once-in-a-lifetime Asian tour!
(90mins, no intermission)
I’ve heard their individual playing, it’s awesome. Lemme know if you’re keen k :)
