On October 8, 1976, “Nemperor” label released “School Days”, the fourth Stanley Clarke studio album. It was recorded in June 1976, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York Cty, “A&M Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Stanley Clarke and Ken Scott.
Personnel:
- Stanley Clarke – vocals, electric, piccolo and acoustic bass guitar, handbells, acoustic piano, humming, gong, chimes, arrange,emts, ctic andonductor
- George Duke– keyboards
- Ray Gomez – electric and, rhythm guitar
- Icarus Johnson– acoustic and electric guitar
- John McLaughlin– acoustic guitar
- David Sancious– keyboards, Minimoog, organ, electric guitar
- Gerry Brown– drums, handbells
- Billy Cobham– drums, Moog 1500
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Milt Holland– percussion, triangls
- Tom Malone, Dave Taylor– trombone
- Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin,Lew Soloff – trumpet
- Earl Chapin, John Clark, Peter Gordon, Wilmer Wise – horns
- Al Aarons, Stewart Blumberg, George Bohanon, Buddy Childers, Robert Findley, Gary Grant, Lew McCreary, Jack Nimitz, William Peterson, Dalton Smith – brass
- Marilyn Baker, Thomas Buffum, David Campbell, Rollice Dale, Robert Dubow, Janice Gower, Karen Jones, Dennis Karmazyn, Gordon Marron, Lya Stern, Ron Strauss, Marcia Van Dyke& John Wittenberg – strings
- Ken Scott – engineer, remix
- Lynn Dreese Breslin, Bob Defrin – art direction
- Jerry Solomon, Ed Thacker, Michael Frondelli – engineer assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Stanley Clarke.
- School Days
- Quiet Afternoon
- The Dancer
- Desert Song
- Hot Fun
- Life Is Just a Game