Rocks, Pebbles and Sand

1980 studio album by Stanley Clarke

Studio album by

Stanley Clarke

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

Stanley Clarke chronology

I Wanna Play For You
(1979)

Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
(1980)

Let Me Know You
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
Smash Hits	6/10^[2]

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

Personnel

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"^[4]
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

Strings

Mari Botnick – violin
Thomas Buffum – violin
Bobby Dubow – violin
Sid Page – violin
Sheldon Sanov – violin
Carol Shive – violin
Lya Stern – violin
Charles Veal – violin
John Wittenberg – violin
Denyse Buffum – viola
Ron Strauss – viola
Helaine Wittenberg – viola
Ronald Cooper – cello
Rollice Dale – cello
Niles Oliver – cello
Frederick Seykora – cello

Production

Robert Giusti – Illustration artwork
Nancy Donald – Design
Henry Diltz – Photography
Greg Falken – Assistant engineer
Bruce Jost – Assistant engineer
Chris Haas – Assistant engineer (Legend)
Chip Leech, Larry Reuben – Assistant engineer (Mixing)
Dennis MacKay – Engineer (Sound Production)

References

^ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Rocks, Pebbles and Sand - Stanley Clarke | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (August 7–20, 1980): 28.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Flans, Robyn (August–September 1981). "Portraits: John Robinson". Modern Drummer.