Stanley Clarke News

There's an elemental reason why the violin mostly disappeared from jazz with the rise of big bands in the mid-1930s. A bow drawn over strings is simply no match for the sonic heft and power of brass.

Guitarist Stanley Clarke and an George Duke have been collaborating for so long - upwards of three decades - that they've become a musical equivalent of an old married couple where one spouse finishes a sentence the other starts.

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With a production assist from his label boss Flying Lotus, Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner offered up a loving valentine to '70s jazz fusion with his 2011 debut The Golden Age of Apocalypse .