Stanley Clarke Band - The Roxy 1977 - Mike Millard Master Tapes [JEMS]
The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA September 2, 1977.

Stanley Clarke - bass, vocals;
Gerald Brown - drums;
Raymond Gomez - guitar, vocals;
Al Harrison - trumpet;
Bob Malach - saxophone;
Peter Robinson - keyboards;
James Tinsley - trumpet;
Alfred Williams - saxophone.





The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 232.
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Notes:
Welcome to JEMS’ Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone series presenting recordings made by legendary taper Mike Millard, AKA Mike the MICrophone

We've written before about audience crossover between rock and jazz fusion in the late '70s and Mike "The Mike" Millard was there for it. He made several recordings in the genre during his golden era starting with Return to Forever at the Santa Monica Civic on April 8, 1977, which featured Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, released as Volume 41 in the Lost and Found series.

He bought a ticket to see Stanley Clarke headline his own Roxy set in early September. The resulting recording is surely one of Millard's best at the venue or anywhere else for that matter.

Clarke's sublime performance is captured in extraordinary quality with a level of detail and depth exceeding even the terrific tape he made of Clarke at the Greek Theatre two years later (Vol. 135). This is an absolute you-are-there recording recommended not only for fans of Clarke or fusion but anyone who wants to experience the remarkable technical feat Millard pulls off in preserving the music on his legendary Nakamichi 550 and AKG 451 rig.

Cheers to the late, great Mike the MICrophone. His work never ceases to impress. May he rest in peace.

BK for JEMS


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