The Stanley Clarke Band

Fittingly, jazz great Stanley Clarke’s latest album is titled simply The Stanley Clarke Band. Clarke’s there, with bass in hand, but the material comes as much from his bandmates. The album was, in Clarke’s words, “more of a band album,” one that he hopes brings “some kind of band cohesion with the music.” Co-produced along with Clarke’s old friend (and musical giant in his own right) Lenny White, the album features keyboardist Ruslan Sirota and drummer Ronald Bruner Jr.