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	[3]
Smash Hits	6/10[2]

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.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stanley Clarke, except where indicated.

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" (Stanley 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

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)