Mike Clark

Drummer Mike Clark established fact seeing that the drummer for Herbie Hancock’s funk-jazz clothing the Headhunters, and headed in the group after Hancock still left to pursue various other tasks. But Clark will go considerably beyond playing basic R&B rhythms, getting one of the most astute modern jazz drummers who also creates his very own music. Born Oct 3, 1946, in Sacramento, CA, Clark started his professional profession at age group six in New Orleans, dipping into blues, spirit, and jazz. Being a youngsters, he split time taken between Tx and North and Southern California, mainly in the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Region, prominently executing with Vince Guaraldi in the renowned designs for the Peanuts tv tasks. He was also the drummer in the questionable raunchy R&B record by Betty Davis entitled THEY STATE I’m Different in 1974. Clark as well as the pioneering electrical bass guitarist Paul Jackson proved helpful jointly until both of these had been recruited for the Headhunters, documenting Thrust, Overflow, and Man-Child with Hancock in the Columbia label, as well as the Headhunters’ albums for Arista Information. Then Clark began his career being a leader using the 1989 Stash record Supply the Drummer Some, with help from heavyweights like Jack port Wilkins, Jack port Walrath, and Ricky Ford. Hopping from label to label over another 15 years, Clark released The Funk Halts Right here for the Enja label in 1991, was portion of Expert Drummers, Vol. 3 for Ubiquity, collaborated with Jackson and vibraphonist Marc Wagnon for the 2001 Buckyball Compact disc Conjunction, and released Summertime for JazzKey in 2003 and his triumphant 2008 launch, Plans of Jazz, Vol. 1, for Speaking House Information. On the way, Clark revived the Headhunters for recordings and touring, and over time offers collaborated with famous brands Eddie Henderson, Shawn Phillips, Alphonso Johnson, Marc Puricelli, Jeff and Suzanne Pittson, Ned Sublette, Percy Jones, Henry Franklin, Michael Wolff, Dave Ellis, Brian Auger, Christian McBride, Patrice Rushen, Towner Galaher, Jed Levy, Billy Childs, Chris Potter, Josh Roseman, Bob Sheppard, Dave Fiuczynski, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, Robert Hurst, and Wayne Genus. Like Herbie Hancock, Clark is definitely a devotee from the Buddhist philosophies of Nichiren Daishonin.