Stanley Clarke http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/rss/C218 This BMI RSS feed contains news articles, events, and musicworld articles for a specific affiliate or group. en affiliates@bmi.com Copyright 2008 2008-10-07T21:00:00-05:00 BMI Celebrates Jazz Visionary http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/536558 Cohen, Avishai, Clarke, Stanley, Holland, Dave, Mingus, Charles, Jazz Jazz visionary and multi-talented BMI songwriter, bassist, composer and bandleader Avishai Cohen brought the Avishai Cohen Trio to London’s world renowned Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on April 29. The performance was in celebration of their latest release, Gently Disturbed, on Cohen’s own Razdaz Recordz.

Cohen was declared one of the 100 Most Influential Bass Players of the 20th Century by Bass Player magazine. Cohen is not only renowned around the world as an influential double bassist and profound composer, but also as a visionary bandleader who is following in the footsteps of Charles Mingus, Dave Holland, Jaco Pastorius, Ray Brown, Charlie Haden, Stanley Clarke, and Sting. The New Yorker says of Cohen, “…one of the most gifted bassists of his generation is finding his own voice as a composer.”

]]> 2008-05-04T21:40:00-05:00 The Recording Academy Honors: Chicago http://www.bmi.com/events/entry/535249 Clarke, Stanley, LaBelle, Patti, Pop, R&B, Rock, Philadelphia, Industry The Recording Academy Honors will pay tribute to outstanding individuals and institutions in the Chicago region whose achievements have enriched the creative community and the community at large. The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Go to Chicago Chapter for program details and ticketing information.

]]> 2007-10-11T13:44:00-05:00 The Recording Academy Honors: Philadelphia http://www.bmi.com/events/entry/535248 Clarke, Stanley, LaBelle, Patti, Pop, R&B, Rock, Philadelphia, Industry The Recording Academy Honors will pay tribute to outstanding individuals and institutions in the Philadelphia region whose achievements have enriched the creative community and the community at large. The Philadelphia Chapter of the Recording Academy will honor Patti Labelle, Stanley Clarke and Joe Tarsia.

Event proceeds benefit the Chapter's ongoing music advocacy, education and professional development programs.

If you are interested in supporting or attending this event, please contact Olivia Whitt at 215.985.5411.

]]> 2007-09-18T13:44:00-05:00 Neptunes, Evanescence Top List of BMI Grammy Nominees http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233913 Artists, Aguilera, Christina, Akwid, Alabama, Audioslave, Banton, Buju, Batson, Mark, Black Eyed Peas, Blind Boys of Alabama, The, Blue Highway, Bowie, David, Branch, Michelle, Brecker, Randy, Brooks & Dunn, Buffett, Jimmy, Cam'ron, Cash, Rosanne, Clarke, Stanley, Corea, Chick, DiFranco, Ani, Eminem, Evanescence, Flaming Lips, The, Floetry, Foo Fighters, Fountains of Wayne, Franklin, Aretha, Gill, Vince, Gorillaz, Green, Pat, Guy, Buddy, Hamilton, Anthony, Hargrove, Roy, Harrison, Rich, Hill, Faith, Hugo, Chad, India, Intocable, James, Etta, Jane's Addiction, Jarrett, Keith, Jars of Clay, Jones, Norah, Keith, Toby, Kelly, R., Kenny G, Korn, Krauss, Alison, LaBelle, Patti, lang, k.d., Larrieux, Amel, Les Nubians, Lewis, Glenn, Lil' Kim, Linkin Park, Lonestar, Los Tigres del Norte, Loveless, Patty, Matrix, The, McBride, Martina, McClurkin, Donnie, McGraw, Tim, McLachlan, Sarah, Metheny, Pat, Miguel, Luis, Mirwais, Molotov, Muddy Waters, Nelson, Willie, Neptunes, The, Neville, Aaron, Nickelback, Parton, Dolly, Queens of the Stone Age, Roots, The, Scruggs, Earl, Setzer, Brian, Shorter, Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Sting, Tedeschi, Susan, Twain, Shania, Vincent, Rhonda, White Stripes, The, Williams, Lucinda, Williams, Pharrell, Wilson, Charlie, Wonder, Wayne, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yeston, Maury, Zevon, Warren, Musical Styles, Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock 46th Annual Grammy Awards, announced December 4 at a press conference held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Pharrell Williams of red hot production duo, The Neptunes, leads the BMI pack with six nods including three individual and three with partner Chad Hugo, who himself earned five. In addition to nominations for Album of the Year as producers and Best Rap Song as songwriters, the pair is also up for the coveted Producer of the Year Grammy.


Evanescence
The White Stripes

Rock band Evanescence also topped this year's list, picking up five nominations including Best New Artist and Best Rock Album for their multi-platinum breakthrough release, Fallen. Other five-time nominees were rapper Eminem and the late Warren Zevon. Also receiving multiple nods were Willie Nelson, Jack White of The White Stripes (three with his band and one individual), and classical composer Jose Serebrier with four each and Christina Aguilera with three, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her smash hit, "Beautiful."


Willie Nelson
Eminem
Warren Zevon

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2004, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS from 8-11:30 p.m. on the East and West Coasts.

BMI's Grammy Nominees

SIX NOMINATIONS
Pharrell Williams

FIVE NOMINATIONS
Eminem
Evanescence
Chad Hugo
Warren Zevon

FOUR NOMINATIONS
Willie Nelson
José Serebrier
The White Stripes

THREE NOMINATIONS
Christina Aguilera
Jeff Bass
Michael Brecker
Chick Corea
Anthony Hamilton
Alison Krauss
Lil' Kim
Shania Twain

TWO NOMINATIONS
Audioslave
Black Eyed Peas
Jorge Calderón
Ry Cooder
Foo Fighters
Fountains of Wayne
Aretha Franklin
Rich Harrison
Heather Headley
Bishop T.D. Jakes
Toby Keith
R. Kelly
k.d. lang (SOCAN)
The Matrix
Martina McBride
Aaron Neville
Nickelback (SOCAN)
Pink
Neal Pogue
Earl Scruggs
Wayne Shorter
Snoop Dogg
Sting (PRS)
Union Station
Doc Watson
will.i.am
John Williams
Lucinda Williams

ONE NOMINATION
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Akwid
Allman Brothers Band
Audio Adrenaline
Marcia Ball
Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires
Buju Banton (PRS)
Mark Batson
Steve Berkowitz
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones
Carla Bley Big Band
Blind Boys of Alabama
Blue Highway
Michelle Branch
Randy Brecker
Brooks & Dunn
David Bowie (PRS)
Joe Budden
Jimmy Buffett
Martin Buttrich (GEMA)
Café Tacuba
Michel Camilo
Cam'Ron
Caribbean Jazz Project
Rosanne Cash
Stanley Clarke
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater
The Crabb Family
The Crusaders
Sam Cooke
Adrian Cosentini
Diamond Rio
Ani DiFranco
Reggie Dozier
Jimmy Douglass
Eagles
Fred Ebb
Kurt Elling
Scotty Emerick
The Flaming Lips
Floetry
Bill Frisell
Kenny G
Vince Gill
Gorillaz (PRS)
Percy Gray, Jr.
Buddy Guy
Eddie Gonzalez
Jimmy Gonzalez y El Grupo Mazz
Pat Green
Stephan Haeri
William Hamilton
Roy Hargrove
Faith Hill
Dave Holland Quintet
Eric Idle (PRS)
India
Intocable
Jane's Addiction
Etta James
Keith Jarrett
Jars of Clay
Norah Jones
The Jordanaires
John Kander
Peter Kater
John P. Kee
Garrison Keillor
Kitaro (JASRAC)
Korn
Dave Koz
Nathaniel Kunkel
Patti LaBelle
Amel Larrieux
Glenn Lewis
Mark Levine
Linkin Park
The Light Crust Doughboys
Lonestar
Irving Lorenzo
Patty Loveless
Luis Miguel
Timo Maas (GEMA)
Marilyn Manson
Masters at Work
Donnie McClurkin
Del McCoury Band
Tim McGraw
Sarah McLachlan (SOCAN)
Jim McNeely
Joel McNeely
Pat Metheny
Bette Midler
Ismael Miranda
Molotov
Joel Moss
Newsboys
Bob Norberg
Les Nubians (SACEM)
The Oak Ridge Boys
Walter Ostanek (SOCAN)
Joe Pace
Dolly Parton
Nicholas Payton
Ray Price
Queens of the Stone Age
Eugene Record
Relient K
Don Rollins
Roomful of Blues
The Roots
Scott Rouse
David Sanborn
Pete Seeger
The Sensational Nightingales
Thomas Z. Shepard
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Sean Smith
Luciana Souza
Los Straitjackets
Micheal Strange, Jr.
Jimmy Sturr
Howard Tate
Susan Tedeschi
Télépopmusik (SACEM)
Jacky Terrasson
Los Tigres Del Norte
Los Tucanes De Tijuana
Caetano Veloso
Rhonda Vincent
Redd Volkaert
Muddy Waters
Charlie Wilson
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Kim Wilson
Vickie Winans
George Winston
Wayne Wonder
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Yerba Buena
Maury Yeston
Yellowjackets

]]> 2003-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 Stanley Clarke Carves a New Niche for Himself http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/entry/233314 Artists, Clarke, Stanley, Copeland, Stewart, Manilow, Barry, Musical Styles, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Urban, Musicworld, Feature By the time Stanley Clarke took on composing for film and television in 1985, he had already redefined jazz bass musicianship, both in the group Return to Forever and on his own solo albums, and had created a very nice career for himself in which he could pursue his own artistic vision. Given that, why would he want to get embroiled in the highly collaborative world of film composing?

"Doing film composing is a very, very, very, very - you know, I can't say the word 'very' enough - humbling experience," Clarke says wryly. "As a jazz musician, people at the labels say less to you than they would rock & roll or pop guys. As jazz musicians, everyone was pretty afraid of us because they thought we were all crazy dudes, which some of us were.

"But I really latched onto film composing because there are a lot of different types of music, and in film composing, there's the opportunity for a little more creativity. There are more opportunities to do music you wouldn't put on one of your own albums. I was versed in orchestral music. I like standing in front of an orchestra and rehearsing something I've written and hearing my music played back. That's a real rush, right up there with sex for me."

Clarke has enjoyed a busy year, with scores for the blaxploitation comedy Undercover Brother, the prison boxing drama Undisputed and the action thriller The Transporter. He remains proudest of his work on John Singleton's urban trilogy, Boyz N The Hood, Poetic Justice and Higher Learning, because they helped introduce hip-hop to mainstream movie scores. "It was cool to be part of bringing that to the fore," Clarke says, though he allows, "everyone seems to be doing it today - you can overdo anything. A lot of urban films have the same artists on every soundtrack album."

Curiously enough, Clarke's first composing gig was for the anarchic children's show Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Calling the gig an "accident" (he happened to meet the show's musical director on a far different assignment, a Barry Manilow TV special), Clarke earned an Emmy nomination for his first score. "Right after that, all the agents said, 'Let's make some more money off this guy! We like him now'!" he remembers with a laugh.

Clarke would most like to score a romantic comedy. "I haven't done that enough. I'm good at it, and would like to get to show it," he says. "That's really where I'm at: I like writing light, romantic melodies, layered orchestral stuff."

In the meantime, he's fine-tuning his first solo album in a decade, due in stores next March. George Duke, Stewart Copeland, Bruce Hornsby and Joe Satriani are among the guest musicians. "The nice thing about this one is, it's a couple of records in one," Clarke boasts "It's like the regular Stanley Clarke albums of old, with some serious bass playing, but it also has some really appealing songs for other listeners."

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