If This Bass Could Only Talk
# If This Bass Could Only Talk

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If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Stanley Clarke except where noted.

## Personnel

* Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
* Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone (on 2)
* George Howard – soprano saxophone (on 8)
* Freddie Hubbard – trumpet (on 5)
* Allan Holdsworth – guitar (on 4)
* George Duke – piano (on 8)
* Vance Taylor – piano (on 5)
* Eddie Arkin – synthesizer (on 2)
* Steve Hunt – synthesizer (on 6, 7)
* Byron Lee Miller – synthesizer bass (on 5)
* Gregory Hines – tap dancer (on 1, 9)
* Jimmy Earl – bass (on 6, 7)
* Gerry Brown – drums (on 2, 6, 7)
* Stewart Copeland – drums (on 4)
* Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums (on 5)
* John Robinson – drums (on 3, 8)
* Paulinho da Costa – percussion (on 5)

## Production

* Chris Cuffaro – Photography
* Nancy Donald – Art Direction
* Joe Gastwirt – Engineer
* Mitch Gibson – Engineer
* Bernie Grundman – Mastering
* Mick Guzauski – Mixing
* Dan Humann – Engineer
* Tony Lane – Art Direction
* Csaba Petocz – Engineer
* Steve Sykes – Engineer
