School Days (album)

School Days is the fourth album by fusion jazz bassist Stanley Clarke.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke

1. "School Days" – 7:51
2. "Quiet Afternoon" – 5:09
3. "The Dancer" – 5:27
4. "Desert Song" – 6:56
5. "Hot Fun" – 2:55
6. "Life Is Just a Game" – 9:00

Personnel

• Stanley Clarke – electric bass guitar, acoustic bass, piccolo bass guitar, acoustic piano, vocals, handbells, gong, chimes, humming, producer, composer
• John McLaughlin – acoustic guitar on "Desert Song"
• Icarus Johnson – electric and acoustic guitars on "Life Is Just a Game"
• David Sancious – keyboards, Minimoog synthesizer, organ on tracks 1-3, electric guitar on track 5
• George Duke – keyboards on "Life Is Just a Game"
• Milt Holland – percussion, congas, triangle on "The Dancer" and "Desert Song"
• Steve Gadd – drums on "Quiet Afternoon" and "Hot Fun"
• Billy Cobham – drums, Moog 1500 on "Life Is Just a Game"
• Gerry Brown – drums, handbells on "School Days" and "The Dancer"
• Raymond Gomez – electric guitar on "School Days", "The Dancer", "Hot Fun"

String Personnel

David Campbell, Dennis Karmazyn, Lya Stern, Thomas Buffum, Janice Adele Gower, Marcia Van Dyke, Karen Jones, Robert Dubow, Ronald Strauss, Rollice Dale, Gordon Marron, John Wittenberg, Marilyn Baker

Brass Personnel

Jack Nimitz, Buddy Childers, Lew McCreary, Dalton Smith, Robert Findley, Gary Grant, George Bohanon, William Peterson, Stuart Blumberg, Albert Aarons

Production

• Lynn Dreese Breslin – Art Direction
• Bob Defrin – Art Direction
• Ken Scott – Producer, Engineer, Remixing
• Jerry Solomon – Assistant Engineer
• Ed Thacker – Assistant Engineer

References