The Toys of Men

The Toys of Men
The Toys of Men
Studio album by Stanley Clarke
Released	October 16, 2007
Studio	The Boat (Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA, US) ; Skyline Recording (Topanga, CA, US)
Genre	Jazz fusion; jazz;
Length	58:20
Label	Heads Up
Producer	Dave Love (exec.); Stanley Clarke;
Stanley Clarke chronology

The Toys of Men is the 27th studio album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke.^[2] It was released on October 16, 2007 via Heads Up International.

Track listing

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

"The Toys of Men" – 11:14
"Come On" (Ronald Bruner 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

Stanley Clarke – acoustic and electric bass, piccolo bass, tenor bass, spoken word
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)
Ruslan Sirota – piano (tracks 1, 9 and 12), keyboards (tracks 1–3, 5)
Phil Davis – keyboards (track 8)
Ronald Bruner, Jr. – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7–9, 12)
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (track 9)
Esperanza Spalding – vocals (tracks 1, 5)

^ Wilkins, Woodrow (December 6, 2007). "Stanley Clarke - The Toys of Men (2007) album review | All About Jazz". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Tamarkin, Jeff. "Stanley Clarke - The Toys of Men (2007) album review | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.