Stanley Clarke Toys of Men Jazz Music CD Review

The exceptionally talented Jazz artist Stanley Clarke has released him CD entitled Toys Of Men. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Stanley Clarke fans, and Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Toys Of Men Stanley Clarke’s artistic excellence is on full display as Clarke has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date.

The CD opens with an outstanding track, The Toys Of Men, that I anticipate will be heard on radio stations everywhere, and deservedly so. It really is a very nice track.

Toys Of Men has a pleasantly varied, mix of 13 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly outstanding artist. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are him own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions like love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.

Listen to Toys Of Men and I believe you’ll find there's not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired, the production is simply outstanding, and Stanley Clarke is clearly in top form. So much so that if you're even mildly into Jazz music you'll enjoy this CD.

While this entire CD is outstanding some of my favorites are track 2 - Cosmic Intervention, track 4 - Back In The Woods, and track 13 - Bass Folk Song No. 6

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - The Toys Of Men. What a nice track!

Toys Of Men Release Notes:

Stanley Clarke originally released Toys Of Men on October 16, 2007 on the Telarc label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. The Toys Of Men 2. Cosmic Intervention 3. Jerusalem 4. Back In The Woods 5. All Over Again 6. Hmm Hmm 7. Bad Asses 8. Game 9. La Cancion De Sofia 10. El Bajo Negro 11. Broski 12. Chateauvallon 1972 (Dedicated To Tony Williams) 13. Bass Folk Song No. 6