Modern Man (album)

Modern Man is the fifth album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. "Dayride" from the Return to Forever album No Mystery (1975) was re-recorded for this album. Also included was "More Hot Fun", a sequel to "Hot Fun" from the previous album School Days.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where noted.


 * Side one
 * 1) "Opening (Statement)" – 4:22
 * 2) "He Lives On (Story About the Last Journey of a Warrior)" – 4:24
 * 3) "More Hot Fun" – 4:31
 * 4) "Slow Dance" – 3:16
 * 5) "Interlude: A Serious Occasion" – 0:21
 * 6) "Got to Find My Own Place" (Clarke, Michael Garson, Raymond Gomez, Gerry Brown) – 3:17
 * Side two
 * 1) "Dayride" – 4:06
 * 2) "Interlude: It's What She Didn't Say" – 1:24
 * 3) "Modern Man" – 3:31
 * 4) "Interlude: A Relaxed Occasion" – 1:24
 * 5) "Rock 'n Roll Jelly" – 5:07
 * 6) "Closing (Statement)" – 2:37

Personnel

 * Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, piccolo bass, piano, guitar, vocals
 * Mike Garson –  piano, organ, synthesizer, moog
 * Jeff Beck – guitar on "Rock 'n Roll Jelly"
 * Raymond Gomez – guitar
 * Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar synthesizer on "He Lives On"
 * Carmine Appice – drums on "Rock 'n Roll Jelly"
 * Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
 * Gerry Brown – drums, percussion
 * Steve Gadd - cymbal
 * Dale Devoe – trombone
 * Al Harrison, James Tinsley – piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flügelhorn
 * Bobby Malach – tenor saxophone, flute
 * Alfie Williams – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
 * Rollice Dale, Mark Kovacs, Leonard Selic, Barbara Thomason – viola
 * Ron Cooper, Jan Kelly, Niles Oliver, Harry Shultz – cello
 * Ronald Clark, Frank Foster, Cynthia Kovacs, Connie Kupka, Debra Price, Alice Sachs, Steve Scharf, Josef Schoenbrun, Sandy Seymour, Marsha Van Dyke, Kenneth Yerke – violin
 * Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster, violin
 * Dee Dee Bridgewater, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters - vocals

Production

 * Stanley Clarke – producer, arranger
 * Ed Thacker – engineer
 * Art Bechtel, Brian Leshon, Christopher Gregg, Gary J. Coppola, Michael Frondelli, Paul Aronoff – assistant engineer
 * Norman Seeff – photography
 * Ed Lee – cover design