Modern Man is the fifth album by jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. "Dayride" from the Return to Forever album No Mystery (1975) was re-recorded for this album. Also included was "More Hot Fun", a sequel to "Hot Fun" from the previous album School Days.
Stanley Clarke – double bass, bass guitar, piccolo bass, piano, guitar, vocals Mike Garson – piano, organ, synthesizer, moog Jeff Beck – guitar on "Rock 'n Roll Jelly" Raymond Gomez – guitar Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar synthesizer on "He Lives On" Carmine Appice – drums on "Rock 'n Roll Jelly" Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion Gerry Brown – drums, percussion Steve Gadd – cymbal Dale Devoe – trombone Al Harrison, James Tinsley – piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flügelhorn Bobby Malach – tenor saxophone, flute Alfie Williams – soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute Rollice Dale, Mark Kovacs, Leonard Selic, Barbara Thomason – viola Ron Cooper, Jan Kelly, Niles Oliver, Harry Shultz – cello Ronald Clark, Frank Foster, Cynthia Kovacs, Connie Kupka, Debra Price, Alice Sachs, Steve Scharf, Josef Schoenbrun, Sandy Seymour, Marsha Van Dyke, Kenneth Yerke – violin Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster, violin Dee Dee Bridgewater, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters – vocals
