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Stanley Clarke

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Born June 30, 1951 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist and composer. He was a founding member of the seminal jazz fusion band Return to Forever. He is a fifteen-time Grammy Award nominee and five-time winner. Clarke has also composed music for many films, including multiple by directors John Singleton and Malcolm D. Lee.

Awards & recognition

  • NEA Jazz Masters

Filmography37 titles

Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story

1992Music

Mood Indigo

1993Music

Tales from the Crypt

1989Original Music Composer

Boyz n the Hood

1991Original Music Composer

If You Believe

1999Original Music Composer

The Five Heartbeats

1991Original Music Composer

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

2003Original Music Composer

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993Original Music Composer

Return To Forever: Live At Montreux

2009as Himself

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Musical Guest

Roll Bounce

2005Original Music Composer

Poetic Justice

1993Original Music Composer

The Transporter

2002Original Music Composer

The Color of Friendship

2000Original Music Composer

The Best Man

1999Conductor, Original Music Composer

The Best Man Holiday

2013Original Music Composer

Undisputed

2002Original Music Composer

Little John

2002Original Music Composer

Barbershop: The Next Cut

2016Original Music Composer

Romeo Must Die

2000Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance

Down in the Delta

1998Original Music Composer

Higher Learning

1995Original Music Composer

Soul Men

2008Original Music Composer

Little Big League

1994Original Music Composer

Passenger 57

1992Original Music Composer

Undercover Brother

2002Original Music Composer

Out on the Edge

1989Music

Halston

2019Original Music Composer

First Sunday

2008Original Music Composer

Like Mike 2: Streetball

2006Original Music Composer

The Cherokee Kid

1996Original Music Composer

Book of Love

1990Music

B*A*P*S

1997Original Music Composer

Cool as Ice

1991Original Music Composer

Into the Sun

2005Original Music Composer

Undercover Brother 2

2019Original Music Composer

The Red Sneakers

2002Original Music Composer