Rocks, Pebbles and Sand explained

Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
Type:	Album
Artist:	Stanley Clarke
Cover:	RocksPebblesandSandstanleyclarke.jpg
Released:	1980
Studio:	Legend Studios (Lynden, Washington) Chateau Recorders (North Hollywood, CA) A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre:	Jazz fusion Jazz funk Jazz rock
Length:	37:29
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Stanley Clarke
Prev Title:	I Wanna Play For You
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Let Me Know You
Next Year:	1982

Rocks, Pebbles and Sand is the 1980 album by jazz bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Stanley Clarke. This was the first recording where Stanley featured his tenor bass.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.

"Danger Street" – 4:51
"All Hell Broke Loose" – 5:03
"Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" – 4:13
"Underestimation" –3:43
"You/Me Together" – 4:05
"We Supply" (Stanley Clarke, Louis Johnson) – 4:21
"The Story of a Man and a Woman - Part 1: She Thought I Was Stanley Clarke - Part 2: A Fool Again - Part 3: - I Nearly Went Crazy (Until I Realized What Had Occurred)" – 11:13

Stanley Clarke – bass, tenor bass, piccolo bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Chick Corea – moog synthesizer, electric piano
Steve Bach – keyboards
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
Charles Johnson – guitar
Louis Johnson – guitar, bass, vocals
Victor Feldman – vibraphone
Simon Phillips – percussion, drums
John Robinson – drums on "We Supply"^[1]
Dennis MacKay – percussion
Valerie Johnson – vocals
Josie James – vocals
Marcy Levy – background vocals
George Bohanon – trombone
Lew McCreary – trombone
David Duke – French horn
Vincent DeRosa – French Horn
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horn
Jerry Hey – horn, trumpet
John Thomas – trumpet

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