Mike Clark

Mike Clark

born on 3/10/1946 in Sacramento, CA, United States

Mike Clark (musician)

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Mike Clark
Born October 3 1946
Genres Jazz, Jazz fusion, Funk
Instruments Drums
Associated acts The Headhunters
Brand X
Website Mike Clark Music

Mike Clark (born October 3, 1946) is an American jazz and funk drummer who is most noted for playing in the Headhunters band headed up by Herbie Hancock in the mid-1970s.[1] Clark's performance on Hancock's album Thrust, and particularly the song "Actual Proof," is often cited as one of the finest examples of the linear funk style of drumming. He was also a member of the UK jazz-fusion outfit Brand X, alternating behind the kit with Phil Collins between 1978-80. Clark has also performed with many top musicians from the worlds of jazz and funk, including Chet Baker, Vince Guaraldi, Fred Wesley, Les Claypool, and Charlie Hunter. Clark is also known as one of the most sampled drummers in contemporary music. His beats have appeared on records by Prince, NWA, De La Soul, and Janet Jackson, among others.

Selected discography

Year Artist Title Label
1974 Herbie Hancock Thrust Columbia
1974 Herbie Hancock Death Wish (Soundtrack) Columbia
1975 Herbie Hancock Flood Columbia
1975 The Headhunters Survival of the Fittest Arista
1976 Herbie Hancock Man-Child Columbia
1979 Brand X Product Virgin
1980 Brand X Do They Hurt? Virgin
1987 Mike Clark Give the Drummer Some Stash Records
1992 Mike Clark/Paul Jackson The Funk Stops Here Enja Records
1994 Mike Clark and friends Jim Payne's New York Funk Grammavision
1995 Mike Clark Master Drummers: Volume Three Ubiquity
1999 Mike Clark Summertime Jazz Key Music
2000 Mike Clark Actual Proof Platform Records
2001 Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, Marc Wagnon Conjunction Buckyball
2003 Headhunters Evolution Revolution Basin Street Records
2004 The Mackrosoft 1st Mack to the Moon Mackrosoft Records
2004 The Mackrosoft Life Imitates Clouds Mackrosoft Records
2008 The Headhunters: Live in Europe
2009 Mike Clark Blueprints of Jazz: Vol. 1 Talking House Records

References

  1. mikeclarkmusic.com
  • Biography at All About Jazz link

External links

  • Mike Clark Music (official site)
  • Drummerworld: Mike Clark
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