Rocks, Pebbles and Sand is the 1980 album by jazz bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Stanley Clarke. This was the first recording where Stanley featured his tenor bass.
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All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.
- "Danger Street" – 4:51
- "All Hell Broke Loose" – 5:03
- "Rocks, Pebbles and Sand" – 4:13
- "Underestimation" –3:43
- "You/Me Together" – 4:05
- "We Supply" (Stanley Clarke, Louis Johnson) – 4:21
- "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
- 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
- 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)
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (August 7–20, 1980): 28.