Mike Clark
born on 3/10/1946 in Sacramento, CA, United States
Mike Clark (musician)
Mike Clark | |
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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
- mikeclarkmusic.com
- Biography at All About Jazz link
External links
- Mike Clark Music (official site)
- Drummerworld: Mike Clark
Brand X | |
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Chuck Burgi · Mike Clark · Phil Collins · Kenwood Dennard · John Giblin · John Goodsall · Percy Jones · Frank Katz · Robin Lumley · · Morris Pert · J. Peter Robinson · | |
Studio albums | Unorthodox Behaviour · Moroccan Roll · Masques · Product · Do They Hurt? · Is There Anything About? · Xcommunication · Manifest Destiny |
Live albums | Livestock · Timeline |
Compilation albums | X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective · Missing Period · Trilogy |
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