# List of works by Stanley Clarke

This is a list of works by American jazz musician Stanley Clarke, including a discography and filmography.

## Discography
### As leader

Albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Label |
| Year | Title | US | US R&B | US Jazz | UK | Label |
| 1973 | Children of Forever | ― | ― | 39 | ― | Polydor |
| 1974 | Stanley Clarke | 59 | ― | 4 | ― | Nemperor |
| 1975 | Journey to Love | 34 | 8 | 3 | ― | Nemperor |
| 1976 | School Days | 34 | ― | 2 | ― | Nemperor |
| 1978 | Modern Man | 57 | 25 | 4 | ― | Nemperor |
| 1979 | I Wanna Play for You | 62 | 36 | 5 | ― | Nemperor |
| 1980 | Rocks, Pebbles and Sand | 95 | 40 | 5 | 42 | Epic |
| 1982 | Let Me Know You | 114 | 25 | 7 | ― | Epic |
| 1984 | Time Exposure | 149 | 52 | 10 | ― | Epic |
| 1985 | Find Out! (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ― | ― | ― | ― | Epic |
| 1986 | Hideaway | — | ― | 15 | ― | Epic |
| 1988 | If This Bass Could Only Talk | ― | ― | 2 | ― | Epic |
| 1991 | Live 1976–1977 | ― | ― | ― | ― | Epic |
| 1992 | Passenger 57 | ― | ― | ― | ― | Epic |
| 1993 | East River Drive | ― | 54 | 4 | ― | Epic |
| 1994 | Live at the Greek | ― | ― | 10 | ― | Epic |
| 1995 | At the Movies | — | ― | ― | ― | Epic |
| 1997 | The Bass-ic Collection | — | ― | ― | ― | Sony |
| 2003 | 1, 2, to the Bass | — | ― | 6 | ― | Sony |
| 2006 | Standards | ― | ― | ― | ― | Kind of Blue |
| 2007 | The Toys of Men | — | — | 2 | ― | Heads Up |
| 2010 | The Stanley Clarke Band (as the Stanley Clarke Band, with Hiromi, Ruslan, Ronald Bruner, Jr.) | — | — | 7 | — | Heads Up |
| 2014 | Up (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ― | ― | ― | ― | Mack Avenue |
| 2018 | The Message (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ― | ― | ― | ― | Mack Avenue |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | US Pop | US R&B |
| 1974 | "Vulcan Princess" | ― | ― |
| 1976 | "Silly Putty" | ― | 94 |
| 1976 | "Hot Fun" | ― | ― |
| 1978 | "Slow Dance" | ― | 76 |
| 1978 | "Rock 'n' Roll Jelly" | ― | ― |
| 1979 | "Just a Feeling" | ― | ― |
| 1979 | "Together Again" | ― | ― |
| 1980 | "We Supply" | ― | 43 |
| 1981 | "I Just Want To Love You" (with George Duke) | ― | 49 |
| 1981 | "Sweet Baby" (with George Duke) | 19 | 6 |
| 1982 | "Straight to the Top" | ― | 81 |
| 1982 | "The Force of Love" | ― | ― |
| 1982 | "You Are the One for Me" | ― | ― |
| 1983 | "Heroes" (with George Duke) | ― | 37 |
| 1984 | "Are You Ready?" | ― | ― |
| 1984 | "Heaven Sent You" | ― | ― |
| 1984 | "Future" | ― | ― |
| 1985 | "What If I Should Fall in Love" (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ― | ― |
| 1985 | "Born in the U.S.A." (as the Stanley Clarke Band) | ― | 52 |
| 1986 | "I'm Here to Stay" (with Larry Graham) | ― | ― |
| 1986 | "Listen to the Beat of Your Heart" (with Bernard Jackson) | ― | ― |
| 1988 | "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" | ― | ― |
| 1990 | "Lady" (with George Duke) | ― | 67 |
| 1993 | "Justice's Groove" | ― | ― |
| 1993 | "East River Drive" | ― | ― |
| 1997 | "Between Love & Magic" | ― | ― |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||

### As co-leader/band member

With Animal Logic
* Animal Logic (I.R.S., 1989)
* Animal Logic II (I.R.S, 1991)
With George Duke
* The Clarke/Duke Project (Epic, 1981)
* The Clarke/Duke Project II (Epic, 1983)
* 3 (Epic, 1990)
* Live in Montreux 1988 (Jazz Door, 1993)
With Fuse One
* Fuse One (CTI, 1980)
* Silk (CTI, 1981)
With Hiromi and Lenny White (As The Stanley Clarke Trio)
* Jazz in the Garden (Heads Up, 2009)
With The Manhattan Project
* The Manhattan Project (Blue Note, 1989)
With The New Barbarians
* Buried Alive: Live in Maryland (Wooden, 2006)
With Jean-Luc Ponty/Al Di Meola
* The Rite of Strings (Gai Saber, 1995)
With Jean-Luc Ponty/Biréli Lagrène
* D-Stringz (Impulse!, 2015)
With Return to Forever
* Return to Forever (ECM, 1972)
* Light as a Feather (Polydor, 1972)
* Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (Polydor, 1973)
* Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor, 1974)
* No Mystery (Polydor, 1975)
* Romantic Warrior (Columbia, 1976)
* Musicmagic (Columbia, 1977)
* Return to Forever, Live (Columbia, 1978)
* The Griffith Park Band Live
* The Griffith Park Collection (1982)
* Returns (Eagle, 2009)
* Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (Concord, 2011)
* The Mothership Returns (Eagle, 2012)
With Stanley Clarke & Friends
* Live at the Greek (Epic, 1994)
With SMV
* Thunder (Heads Up, 2008)
With Vertú
* Vertú (Epic, 1999)

### As sideman

With Gato Barbieri
* 1971 Under Fire (Flying Dutchman)
* 1973 Bolivia (Flying Dutchman)
* 1975 El Gato (Flying Dutchman)
With Luiz Bonfá
* 1973 Jacarandá
* 1974 Todo o Nada
* 1991 Grandes Compositores
With Chick Corea
* 1974 Live in New York
* 1976 My Spanish Heart
* 1980 Tap Step
* 1982 Touchstone
* 2017 The Musician [compilation]
With Norman Connors
* 1972 Dance of Magic
* 1973 Dark of Light
* 1993 Remember Who You Are
With Deodato
* 1972 Prelude
* 1973 Deodato 2
* 1975 Deodato Max 20
* 1983 Super Fusion 1900
* 1984 Deodato
* 2000 Odisea del Espacio
* 2001 Preludes & Rhapsodies
* 2004 Trios
* 2005 Beginning
* 2006 Todos Sus Grandes Exitos
With George Duke
* 1977 From Me to You
* 1977 Reach for It
* 1984 Rendezvous
* 1993 Muir Woods Suite (rel. 1996, live)
With Joe Farrell
* 1972 Moon Germs
* 1978 La Cathedral Y El Toro
With Mike Garson
* 1986 Serendipity
* 1989 Remember Love
* 1991 Admiration
With Stan Getz
* 1967 Sweet Rain
* 1974 Captain Marvel
* 1977 At Montreux (rec. 1972)
* 1979 Children of the World
* 1988 The Lyrical Stan Getz
* 2008 Complete Live at Montreux 1972 (rec. 1972 & 1974)
With Dexter Gordon
* 1972 Tangerine
* 1972 Ca'Purange
* 1996 Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon Plays the Blues [compilation]
* 1998 The Art of the Ballad [compilation]
With Howard Hewett
* 1994 It's Time
* 2007 If Only...
With George Howard
* 1986 A Nice Place to Be
* 1988 Reflections
* 1992 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?
* 1993 When Summer Comes
With Freddie Hubbard
* 1979 The Love Connection
* 1981 Mistral
* 1989 Times Are Changing
With Bobby Lyle
* 1985 Night Breeze
* 1994 Rhythm Stories
With Teena Marie
* 1983 Robbery
* 1986 Emerald City
With Paul McCartney
* 1982 Tug of War
* 1983 Pipes of Peace
With John McLaughlin
* 1979 Electric Guitarist
* 2004 Guitar & Bass [compilation]
With Airto Moreira
* 1972 Free
* 1974 Virgin Land
* 1989 Struck by Lightning
* 1993 Killer Bees
* 2000 Revenge of the Killer Bees
With Alphonse Mouzon
* 1984 Distant Lover
* 1985 Back to Jazz (as The Alphonse Mouzon Band)
With Sunnie Paxson
* 2002 Groove Suite
* 2011 Bohemian Sun
With Dianne Reeves
* 1987 Dianne Reeves
* 1990 Never Too Far
With Pharoah Sanders
* 1971 Black Unity (Impulse)
* 1972 Live at the East (Impulse!)
* 1973 Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!)
With McCoy Tyner
* 1979 Together
* 1982 Looking Out
* 2000 McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster
* 2007 Afro Blue [compilation]
With Lenny White
* 1995 Present Tense
* 1996 Renderers of Spirit
* 2010 Anomaly
With Tony Williams
* 1978 The Joy of Flying
* 1996 Wilderness (Live 1995)
With others
* 1971 In Pursuit of Blackness, Joe Henderson
* 1972 For Those Who Chant, Luis Gasca (with the Santana band)
* 1972 Blues and the Soulful Truth, Leon Thomas
* 1972 Dom Um Romão, Dom Um Romão
* 1972 The Loud Minority, Frank Foster
* 1973 Crankin', Curtis Fuller
* 1973 Gypsy Man, Robin Kenyatta
* 1973 Illusion Suite, Stanley Cowell
* 1973 Butterfly Dreams, Flora Purim
* 1973 Child's Dance: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Vol. 1, Art Blakey
* 1973 Extension of a Man, Donny Hathaway
* 1974 Borboletta, Santana
* 1974 The Chicago Theme, Hubert Laws
* 1974 In the Cut, Ray Bryant
* 1974 Let Me in Your Life, Aretha Franklin
* 1974 Two Is One, Charlie Rouse
* 1976 Black Rose, JD Souther
* 1976 I Heard That!!, Quincy Jones
* 1976 Ports of the Heart, Jimmie Spheeris
* 1976 Land of the Midnight Sun, Al Di Meola
* 1977 Killer Joe, Benny Golson
* 1977 Loading Zone, Roy Buchanan
* 1977 Sweet Bird, Lani Hall
* 1977 Just Family, Dee Dee Bridgewater
* 1979 I Loved You Then... I Love You Now, Gayle Moran
* 1979 Troublemaker, Ian McLagan
* 1980 Love at First Sight, Sonny Rollins
* 1981 Galaxian, The Jeff Lorber Fusion
* 1982 Echoes of an Era, with Chaka Khan, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea & Lenny White
* 1982 Hollywood, Maynard Ferguson
* 1983 Spanish Wave, L. Subramaniam
* 1983 The Look, Shalamar
* 1984 In the Dark, Roy Ayers
* 1984 Marathon, Rodney Franklin
* 1984 The Big Jazz Trio, George Cables
* 1984 The Two of Us, Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson
* 1985 Anywhere You Go, David Pack
* 1985 Put Sunshine in It, Arthur Blythe
* 1986 Illusions, Eliane Elias
* 1986 Blue Notes, Helen Terry
* 1986 Word Up!, Cameo
* 1987 A Sound Investment, Flip Phillips/Scott Hamilton
* 1987 Shieldstone, Stanley Clarke & Bill Shields
* 1987 All Systems Go, Donna Summer
* 1988 Every Step of the Way, David Benoit
* 1988 Diamond Inside of You, Rodney Franklin
* 1988 Heart's Horizon, Al Jarreau
* 1989 Alligator, Leslie West
* 1990 First Instrument, Rachelle Ferrell [rel. 1995, re-issue of Somethin' Else (1990)]
* 1991 The Comfort Zone, Vanessa Williams
* 1992 Precious, Chanté Moore
* 1993 Love's Alright, Eddie Murphy
* 1994 Smooth, Gerald Albright
* 1995 Giving Myself to You, Gerald Albright
* 1994 Freudian Slip, Deborah Holland
* 1995 Dance of Fire, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
* 1995 Songs from the Key of Life: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder, Najee
* 1996 Inner City Blues, Doc Powell
* 1996 Laid Back, Doc Powell
* 1996 Leopard Son, Stewart Copeland
* 1998 Gershwin's World, Herbie Hancock
* 1998 Walk Tall: Tribute to Cannonball Adderley, Eric Marienthal
* 1998 World According to M.T., Michael Thompson
* 2003 In Between the Heartaches, Phyllis Hyman
* 2003 Timeless Eliane Elias, Eliane Elias [compilation]
* 2004 A Man and His Music, Claus Ogerman [2CD compilation]
* 2004 The Trip, Tom Middleton
* 2005 Master of All Trades, Marcus Miller [2DVD video]
* 2006 Givin' It Up, George Benson/Al Jarreau
* 2009 The Playmaker, Mads Tolling
* 2011 Ruslan, Ruslan Sirota
* 2011 Somos, Kennard Ramsey
* 2011 Swing Shift, Doug Webb
* 2012 Fusion Best, Ithamara Koorax
* 2012 Rhythm Sessions, Lee Ritenour
* 2013 Ritzville, Allen Vizzutti
* 2014 Morning Phase, Beck
* 2017 Elaborations (1982) / Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk (1983) / Put Sunshine In It (1985), Arthur Blythe [reissue of three albums]
* 2017 World Wide Funk, Bootsy Collins

### As producer

* 1978 Just Family, Dee Dee Bridgewater
* 1982 Hollywood, Maynard Ferguson
* 1983 I'm Ready, Natalie Cole
* 1983 The Look, Shalamar
* 1984 Beyond the Clouds, Free Flight
* 1984 In the Dark, Roy Ayers
* 1984 Marathon, Rodney Franklin
* 1984 The Two of Us, Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson
* 1984 No Question About It, Kent Jordan
* 1986 I Commit to Love, Howard Hewitt
* 1988 Diamond Inside of You, Rodney Franklin
* 1988 Get Here, Brenda Russell
* 1990 Private Flight, Jim Walker

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 1990 | The Book of Love | Robert Shaye | New Line Cinema |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats | Robert Townsend | 20th Century Fox |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton | Columbia Pictures |
| 1991 | Cool as Ice | David Kellogg | Alive Films |
| 1992 | Passenger 57 | Kevin Hooks | Warner Bros. |
| 1993 | Watch It | Tom Flynn | Skouras Pictures |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Brian Gibson | Touchstone Pictures |
| 1993 | Poetic Justice | John Singleton | Columbia Pictures |
| 1994 | Little Big League | Andrew Scheinman | Castle Rock Entertainment |
| 1995 | Higher Learning | John Singleton | Columbia Pictures |
| 1995 | Panther | Mario Van Peebles | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
| 1995 | The Show | Brian Robbins | Savoy Pictures |
| 1995 | Bleeding Hearts | Gregory Hines | Savoy Pictures |
| 1996 | Eddie | Steve Rash | Hollywood Pictures |
| 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Paris Barclay | HBO Films |
| 1997 | Dangerous Ground | Darrell Roodt | New Line Cinema |
| 1997 | B*A*P*S | Robert Townsend | New Line Cinema |
| 1997 | Sprung | Rusty Cundieff | Trimark Pictures |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta | Maya Angelou | Miramax |
| 1999 | The Best Man | Malcolm D. Lee | Universal Pictures |
| 2000 | Romeo Must Die | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Warner Bros. |
| 2002 | Undercover Brother | Malcolm D. Lee | Universal Pictures |
| 2002 | Undisputed | Walter Hill | Miramax |
| 2002 | The Transporter | Louis Leterrier Corey Yuen | EuropaCorp |
| 2005 | Into the Sun | Christopher Morrison | Destination Films | Direct-to-video film |
| 2005 | Roll Bounce | Malcolm D. Lee | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 2006 | Like Mike 2: Streetball | David Nelson | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Direct-to-video film |
| 2008 | First Sunday | David E. Talbert | Screen Gems |
| 2008 | Soul Men | Malcolm D. Lee | Dimension Films |
| 2013 | The Best Man Holiday | Malcolm D. Lee | Universal Pictures |
| 2016 | Barbershop: The Next Cut | Malcolm D. Lee | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |

### Television

| Year | TV program | Director |
| 2007-2009 | Lincoln Heights | Various |
| 2000–2004 | Soul Food | Felicia D. Henderson |
| 1990 | Tales from the Crypt | Jack Sholder, Joel Silver |
| 1990 | Hull High | Gil Grant, Bruce Bilson, Kenny Ortega, Steven Robman |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Mario DiLeo, Bill Duke, Harry Falk, Winrich Kolbe, Stan Lathan, Sigmund Neufeld Jr, Virgil W. Vogel |
| 1988–1989 | Knightwatch | Sharron Miller, Kevin Rodney Sullivan |
| 1986 | Pee Wee's Playhouse | Bill Freiberger, Steven Johnson, Guy J. Louthan, William T. Orr, Paul Reubens |

### Television movies

| Year | TV movie | Director |
| 2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Anthony Pullen Shaw |
| 2002 | The Big Time | Paris Barclay |
| 2002 | Little John | Dick Lowry |
| 2002 | The Red Sneakers | Gregory Hines |
| 2001 | Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | Anthony Pullen Shaw |
| 2000 | The Color of Friendship | Kevin Hooks |
| 2000 | The Loretta Claiborne Story | Lee Grant |
| 1999 | Rocky Marciano | Charles Winkler |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines | Julie Dash |
| 1999 | If You Believe | Alan Metzger |
| 1998 | Love Kills | Brian Grant |
| 1998 | On the Line | Elodie Keene |
| 1996 | Road to Galveston | Michael Toshiyuki Uno |
| 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Paris Barclay |
| 1994 | Royce | Rob Holcomb |
| 1993 | Relentless: Mind of a Killer | John Patterson |
| 1993 | Boy Meets Girl | Kevin Rodney Sullivan |
| 1992 | Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story | Charles Braverman |
| 1991 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Donna Deitch, Joan Micklin Silver, Penelope Spheeris |
| 1990 | The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Arthur Allan Seidelman |
| 1990 | The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Larry Peerce |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou | Karen Arthur |
| 1990 | Dangerous Pursuit | Sandor Stern |
| 1990 | Tales from the Whoop | Whoopi Goldberg |
| 1989 | Out on the Edge | John Pasquin |

### Animation

* Static Shock (2000-2001; first season only)
directed by Denys Cowan, Dan Riba
* Waynehead (1996–1997)
directed by Damon Wayans
* Cool Like That Christmas (1994)
directed by David Feiss, Swinton O. Scott III

### Music videos

* "Michael Jackson: Remember the Time" 1992
directed by John Singleton

### Documentaries

* Meet Bob Shaye 2004
directed by Jeffery Schwartz
* Maryanne e gli altri (Italy) 1995
directed by Ita Cesa, Giuseppe Selva