There came a moment in the 70's when, thanks to the leadership of Miles Davis, funk and jazz began an uneasy marriage. On that would have successes and failures, and ultimately come to rest in a very sterile neighborhood called ho-hum. At least that's my take on it. Anyway, It was all in full effect on Stanley Clarke's second album, and for the most part this is one of the more successful funk/jazz fusion albums, even if it has synths that veer into Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer territory.
School Days:(1976)
More of the same on this record, except there are more attempts a smooth mid-tempo numbers that seemed aimed at appealing to the emerging smooth jazz radio stations of the time. But, all this aside, Stanley Clarke is a hell of a bass player.
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