Rocks, Pebbles and Sand

Rocks, Pebbles and Sand is a 1980 album by jazz bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Stanley Clarke. This was the first recording where Stanley featured his tenor bass.

Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
Studio album by Stanley Clarke
Released	1980
Studio	Legend Studios (Lynden, Washington) Chateau Recorders (North Hollywood, CA) A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre	Jazz fusion Jazz funk Jazz rock
Length	37:29
Label	Epic
Producer	Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke chronology
I Wanna Play For You (1979) Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980) Let Me Know You (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
Smash Hits	6/10[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Danger Street"		4:51
2.	"All Hell Broke Loose"		5:03
3.	"Rocks, Pebbles and Sand"		4:13
4.	"Underestimation"		3:43
5.	"You/Me Together"		4:05
6.	"We Supply"	Clarke, Louis Johnson	4:21
7.	"The Story of a Man and a Woman - Part 1: She Thought I Was Stanley Clarke - Part 2: A Fool Again - Part 3: - I Nearly Went Crazy (Until I Realized What Had Occurred)"		11:13
Total length:			37:29

Personnel

• Stanley Clarke – bass, tenor bass, piccolo bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Chick Corea – moog synthesizer, electric piano
• Steve Bach – keyboards
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
• Charles Johnson – guitar
• Louis Johnson – guitar, bass, vocals
• Victor Feldman – vibraphone
• Simon Phillips – percussion, drums
• John Robinson – drums on "We Supply"^[4]
• Dennis MacKay – percussion
• Valerie Johnson – vocals
• Josie James – vocals
• Marcy Levy – background vocals
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Lew McCreary – trombone
• David Duke – French horn
• Vincent DeRosa – French Horn
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horn
• Jerry Hey – horn, trumpet
• John Thomas – trumpet

Strings

• Mari Botnick – violin
• Thomas Buffum – violin
• Bobby Dubow – violin
• Sid Page – violin
• Sheldon Sanov – violin
• Carol Shive – violin
• Lya Stern – violin
• Charles Veal – violin
• John Wittenberg – violin
• Denyse Buffum – viola
• Ron Strauss – viola
• Helaine Wittenberg – viola
• Ronald Cooper – cello
• Rollice Dale – cello
• Niles Oliver – cello
• Frederick Seykora – cello

Production

• Robert Giusti – Illustration artwork
• Nancy Donald – Design
• Henry Diltz – Photography
• Greg Falken – Assistant engineer
• Bruce Jost – Assistant engineer
• Chris Haas – Assistant engineer (Legend)
• Chip Leech, Larry Reuben – Assistant engineer (Mixing)
• Dennis MacKay – Engineer (Sound Production)