Mike Clark (jazz musician)

Mike Clark
Background information
Born	October 3, 1946 (1946-10-03) (age 65)
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, Michael Wolff, Les Claypool, and Charlie Hunter. Clark is also known as one of the most sampled drummers in contemporary music.^{[citation needed]} 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	Columbia
1975	Herbie Hancock	Flood	Columbia
1975	The Headhunters	Survival of the Fittest	Arista
1976	Eddie Henderson	Heritage	Blue Note
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
1992	Mike Clark/Paul Jackson	The Funk Stops Here	Enja
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
2001	Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, Marc Wagnon	Conjunction	Buckyball
2003	Headhunters	Evolution Revolution	Basin Street
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
2010	Mike Clark	Carnival of Soul	Owl Studios
2011	The Headhunters	Platinum	Owl Studios

References

1. ^ mikeclarkmusic.com

• Biography at All About Jazz link

External links

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

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Name	Clark, Mike
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Date of birth	October 3, 1946
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