If This Bass Could Only Talk

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If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by the American bassplayer 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

• For #1 and #9:
  • Gregory Hines – Tap Dancer
  • Stanley Clarke – Electric Bass Guitar
• For #2:
  • Wayne Shorter – Sax (Soprano)
  • Eddie Arkin – Synthesizer
  • Stanley Clarke – Electric Bass Guitar
  • Gerry Brown – Drums
• For #3:
  • Stanley Clarke – Synthesizers, Vocals
  • John "J.R." Robinson – Drums
• For #4:
  • Allan Holdsworth – Guitar
  • Stanley Clarke – Electric Bass Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Synthesizers
  • Stewart Copeland – Drums
• For #5:
  • Freddie Hubbard – Trumpet
  • 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:
  • Steve Hunt – Synthesizer
  • Stanley Clarke – Electric Bass Guitar
  • James Earl – Low Bass
  • Gerry Brown – Drums
• For #8:
  • George Howard – Sax (Soprano)
  • George Duke – Acoustic Piano
  • Stanley Clarke – Electric Bass Guitar, Synthesizers
  • John "J.R." Robinson – Drums

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