Stanley Clarke
Acoustic Bass Solo on
500 Miles High

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Stanley Clarke's acoustic bass solo is the closing of 3 solos on this recording, following Chick Corea's electric piano. Spanning three choruses of the 18-Bar form at a medium-up 152 BPM with a samba feel in C, the solo runs approximately 1:26. Clarke's three-chorus bass solo showcases his remarkable technique and melodic imagination. Stanley Clarke was 20 to 21 years old at the time of this 1972 recording. "500 Miles High" is a jazz fusion composition by Chick Corea with lyrics by Neville Potter, written in 1972 for Return to Forever's album Light as a Feather.

Stanley Clarke was 20 to 21 years old at the time.