Buck Clarke

An excellent percussionist who frequently worked like a sideman in mainstream, soul-jazz, and funk situations (recording with famous brands Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, and Les McCann), Buck Clarke led a past due-’50s date, Great Hands, for the Offbeat label and issued a small-pressing album, Hot Stuff, featuring Russ Freeman and Gerald Albright, in 1960. The Buck Clarke Audio, like the Clarke ensemble’s reading of “A Night time in Tunisia,” adopted three years down the road the Argo label. Buck Clarke passed away in Oct of 1988 in LA.