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
1, 2, to the Bass (2003) The Toys of Men (2007) Jazz in the Garden (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz
AllMusic

The Toys of Men is the 27th studio album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. 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.

1. "The Toys of Men" – 11:14
2. "Come On" (Ronald Bruner Jr., Stanley Clarke, Ruslan Sirota, Mads Tolling) – 2:59
3. "Jerusalem" (Ruslan Sirota) – 6:13
4. "Back in the Woods" – 1:24
5. "All Over Again" (Stanley Clarke, Esperanza Spalding) – 5:04
6. "Hmm Hmm" – 1:53
7. "Bad Asses" – 5:04
8. "Game" – 3:18
9. "La Cancion de Sofia" – 3:07
10. "El Bajo Negro" – 7:45
11. "Broski" – 1:56
12. "Châteauvallon 1972 (dedicated to Tony Williams)" – 5:25
13. "Bass Folk Song No. 6" – 2:52

Personnel

Musicians

• 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)

Production

• Producer: Stanley Clarke
• Executive producer: Dave Love
• Recording engineers: Gerry "The Gov" Brown and Ed Thacker
• Mastering: Bernie Grundman
• Album design: Robert Hoffman
• Cover photo: Armando Carlos

External links

• Stanley Clarke - The Toys of Men (2007) album review by Jeff Tamarkin, credits & releases at AllMusic
• Stanley Clarke - The Toys of Men (2007) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Stanley Clarke - The Toys of Men (2007) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Stanley Clarke - The Toys of Men (2007) album to be listened as stream on Spotify