Stanley Clarke: and N4Ever

Name: Stanley Clarke: and N4Ever
Start: 2026-02-20T20:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-02-20T23:00:00-08:00
Location: Annenberg Theater

Schedule

Fri Feb 20 2026 at 08:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Annenberg Theater | Palm Springs, CA

Long before he became a four-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, performer, composer, conductor, arranger, producer, a composer for recordings and film, as well as one of the most celebrated acoustic and electric bass players in the world, Stanley Clarke was a student. Stanley’s “school days” were not only the inspiration for his world-renowned bass anthem, but essential to the origin story of the pioneering bass virtuoso from the streets of Philadelphia.
It's not the instrument, it's what comes from here, here and up here that comes out. [taps his gut, heart, and head] These instruments are just physical objects.
— Stanley Clarke
Upon moving to New York he with Chick Corea would start a musical friendship and the creation of the groundbreaking jazz-rock fusion unit, Return to Forever. Clarke continued to transform the bass into a melodic and harmonic lead instrument. Stanley’s hypnotic, innovative approach to playing the instrument liberated the bass from the back to the front of the stage. In the process, he became the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach gold status.