WEO:STANLEY COIIING TO TCIrIlN: CLA*KE Vll JLZZ EX- S'TANI.EY WEO: F1OREIGNER PLOSION SUPERBAND WEERE: IJNTI|ERSAL WEERE: GRXEX THE- CI"ARITD, FORDTGNPR ATBS IVEEN: MON., JUltlE 2t WnrN: SAT., JIJLY 3 Steve Baltin w/ Stanley Clarkc; Pat Kramer w/ Lou Gramm of Foreigner

7Tlh. summer of 1993 is Clarke is no stranger to playing A fter two years as a solo "Prisoner of lave" and "Wirh shaping up to be a busy I with unfamiliarmusicians. He has /l artist, singer Lou Gramm Heaven on Our Side" are theby- on" t-oi award-winning I shown a unique chameleoo like I lis back with Foreigner, a products of their wort and are jazz bassist, Stanley Clarke. ability to adapthimself to all genres band that achieved commercial featured on their new alburn: For- Clarke has won more than 60 of music, having played jaz4 his success in the late 70's and 80's eignen Tbe Yery Best-. Ad awards and titles, including being most recognized style, with with megahits "Hot Bloode{" Bevond narnel lazz Bassist Of The Year Dexter Gordon, among others, " Doub le Vis ior{ adtlre rock love In terms of Foreigner's new in The Playboy Music Poll 10 and rock'n' roll with Jefi Beck- In anthem"l WantTo Know What sound, Gramm foresbei a retum times. The Philadelphia native was ,addition to his performing prow- lnve Is;' Backed by abrand new to a more stripped dowo rock also given a Hall of Fame award ess, he has c+.wrinen .'.1 music with rbythm section, Grarnnn says the sormd. .: ' by his hometown music founda- Paul McCartney and pm4rced band bas a vibrant and powerfol "I like what we've done in the tion in 1989. records for Nstalie Cole..and feel'"Therels a lot of spontarcity. past, as long ali wc stay tn.}e to But dont think he is going to rest BrendaRussell. ,_, ,. In.ierms of the performdiice, vc what we're good at, which isioots on his laurels. Despite the fact that Clarke sai4 "I feel sorry for take thc stage with a lot of confi- rock and roll. I think our music many people "end ca- think of people who limit themse'lves mu- dence and.the band really inter- goes from one extreme to anoth€n reer,' when phrase tbe Hall of sically.' He added, in biS tavels acts." ' I ...:., : ..,:,, borderline metat really hard rock Fame is mentioned, Clarke is en- he has corne across fans wto arc Thii tour joying his most active summer to unaware of anything beyond the mSrks a rc- date. He has done the scores for one style ofmusic they identi$ union: for two of the summer's most antici- with and it frustrates him they are Gramm with pated films, John Singleton's missing oul on so much. ' Foreigner Poe tic.l wtice, wtnClarke worked One thing that is clear about founder and with on Boyz 'N'The Hood, and Clarke is that he loves the music. guitarist What's Love Got To Do Vlith h, For him it goes beyond ajob. He Mick Jones the biopic of fina Tirrner. But spoke almost as eloquently about after a two- Clarke apparently still had a lot of toda/s new rap acts as the je"? yeai split, music left in him, as he is also giants of the past.-Bj eombining Gramm left releasing his first new solo album his love forall types ofmusic with the band in in five years this July. his desire for a challenge, it's easy 1990, after However, Clarke is not limiting to see why Clarke has not shied releasingtwo himself to studio work he is also away fiom the opporunity to play solo albums Part ofaj'zz g6rnbo currently on with some of the biggest names in otr Atlantic tour, wbo call themselves theJazz music, regardless of what genre. Records.The Explorion Superband. It may It's his love of a challenge that first album sound arrogant, but when you have prompted Clarte o get with film yielded the Clarke on bass, Larry Carlton scores. In the relatively short time hit song on guitar, Najee on sax and flute he has been involved with film *Midnight and Billy Cobham on drums, scorcs, Clarke has done morc than 8/ue" which who's going to argue with rheir a dozen scores. brought nam€. Among the hardships Clarke Gramm suc- WhenI spoke to Clarke by phone must overcome when working on cess as a from his l,os Angeles home afew a score he saidarenearimpossiblc songwriter, a weeks ago, he was finishing up "like deadlines, only three days ro role whichhe LOUGRAMM the scorc for Poertc Jwice and do a score," and rising to the occa- felt was not was about to begin rehearsals for sion of a particularly strong worlc being fulfilled toward the end of to kind of soft. melodic feel with the !our. Clarke has played with An example is the universally- his career with Foreigner. "I was nrck elements." Carltoo and Cobham in the pas! acclaimed film, Boyz N The Hood. not happy just being a singer. I The show features full-on ar- but said he is looking forward to Clarke said when working on wanted more equity in the cre- rangemenn of all tbeir "big" songs jamming with this particular that movie, 'everybody involved ative inpuL" In addition, Grarnm with lots ofjamming. Gramm said. combo. As is often the case with with thc film knew it would be says his differences with Mick "It's a very loose in yourface rock big-name performers getting to. something special and it created Jones extended to the dircction and roll show." Supporting gether to go on the road, the tour more prcssure for me." the music 1y1s rsking.. "I've al- Gramm and Jones are bass player, came about though a promoter, However, there don't appeal to ways thought that the priority and Bruce Turgeon, drummer Marl who suggested thebandto eachof be many challenges Stanley Clarke attention should be focused on Schulman, keyboardist Jeff the performers. can't meet. I 'Foreigner, the rock band.' I Jacobs, sax, guitar and keyboard wanted to rock and the band was player Scott Gilman, and sax not rocking." Through his solo player Mark Rivera. As far as work, Cramm said he was able to whether this is a nostalgia tour. establish himself as a singer and Gramm said it really is a new songwriter; a role that brought effon on all fronts, as evidenced him visibility as a performer. by the new band. "I think it's Though he was achieving success really important Mick and I sur- on his own, Gramm says working round ourselves with people who with Mick was rewarding also. "I are really confident and aggres- really enjoyed working with Mick. sive players. It's their role in the When we were on the same wave- band to bring a new attirude to the length, it was really tenifi c. We've old and the new songs- With the always had a really intense cre- oid band, I felt we had reached a ative relationship." So in 1992, plateau. In spite of wtrat Mick and the two agreed to test the creative I did it was a little complacent." waters again as a songwriting Cramm said the new Foreigner ir team. The songs"Soul Doctor," and STANLEY CL-{RKE alive well.

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