The Toys of Men

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Released October 16, 2007 Release date 16 October 2007 Label Heads Up International		Artist Stanley Clarke Producer Stanley Clarke Genres Jazz, Jazz fusion

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Stanley clarke the toys of men

The Toys of Men is a 2007 album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke.

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke except where noted. Tracks 4, 6, 10, 11 and 13 are solos by Clarke on acoustic bass.

"The Toys of Men" – 11:14
"Come On" (Bruner, Ronald Jr., Stanley Clarke, Ruslan Sirota, Mads Tolling) – 2:59
"Jerusalem" (Ruslan Sirota) – 6:13
"Back in the Woods" – 1:24
"All Over Again" (Stanley Clarke, Esperanza Spalding) – 5:04
"Hmm Hmm" – 1:53
"Bad Asses" - 5:04
"Game" - 3:18
"La Cancion de Sofia" - 3:07
"El Bajo Negro" - 7:45
"Broski" - 1:56
"Châteauvallon 1972 (dedicated to Tony Williams)" - 5:25
"Bass Folk Song No. 6" - 2:52

Musicians

Stanley Clarke – acoustic and electric bass, piccolo bass, tenor bass, spoken word

Ruslan Sirota – piano (tracks 1, 9 and 12), keyboards (tracks 1–3, 5)

Phil Davis – keyboards (track 8)

Esperanza Spalding – vocals (tracks 1, 5)

Mads Tolling – violin (tracks 1, 2, 9)

Jef Lee Johnson – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 8)

Tomer Shtein – acoustic guitar (track 1)

Michael Landau – acoustic and electric guitar (track 3)

Ronald Bruner, Jr. - drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7–9, 12)

Production

Producer – Stanley Clarke

Executive producer – Dave Love

Recording engineers – Gerry "The Gov" Brown and Ed Thacker

Album design – Robert Hoffman

Cover photo – Armando Carlos

1The Toys of Men11:14
2Come On3:00
3Jerusalem6:13

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