Mike Clark – Mike Clark Plays Herbie Hancock (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 46:13 minutes | 564 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sunnyside
The music of Herbie Hancock has affected the lives of generations of jazz performers. Like many of these musicians, it was the opportunity to play with the great pianist/composer that introduced the great drummer Mike Clark to the jazz world at large. To show his appreciation, Clark presents a selection of his favorite Hancock pieces performed with a trio on his new recording, Mike Clark Plays Herbie Hancock.
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Mike Clark – Retro Report (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:59 minutes | 450 MB | Genre: Jazz
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His father was a railroad man and Mike picked up a great understanding of different musical styles around the country while riding the rails. From Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters to a long list of the greats, Mike Clark shows how it’s done both on the drums and as a Jazzman. Hip, positive, and adventurous at 70, Mike met up with his longtime friend Delbert Bump and together they tracked an album of Hammond based grooves – Retro Report, bringing in young Elias Lucero to rip it up on guitar with some horn touches from Vince Denham and Rob Dixon. This is your Father’s Jazz, your Sister’s Jazz, your long lost Uncle Benny’s Jazz, and your Grandson’s Jazz. That is to say it crosses the span of time with a master’s flick of the wrist.
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Mike Clark – Mike Drop (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:41 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Sometimes there are musicians who seem to be fated to collaborate. They can come from different places and, even different generations, but their connection will be immediate and deep. This is the type of relationship that has developed between legendary drummer Mike Clark and stellar saxophonist Michael Zilber. Their friendship and musical cohesiveness can be felt immediately upon hearing their new recording, Mike Drop.
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Mike Clark – Indigo Blue (Live At The Iridium) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:39 minutes | 658 MB | Genre: Jazz
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“Ice is made of water, but it is colder than water. Blue dye comes from the Indigo plant, but when something is repeatedly dyed in it, the color is deeper than the plant itself.” The phrase, greater than the sum of it’s parts, suggests a thing is better than you would expect from the individual parts, because the way they combine adds a different quality. This principle describes the synergy which exists between individuals working together in a cooperative effort. Collectively, they are able to achieve an outcome superior to individual efforts. Of course, this concept is exemplified in music, and sometimes the results defy expectation, explanation, or definition. When legendary drummer Mike Clark was asked to reprise the stellar band he assembled and presented a few months before for an encore at New York’s famous Iridium Club, all felt he had to record it. The alchemy from this particular mix, of these particular musicians, was too exceptional for a Tibetan sand painting, to be a trace in the memories of the players and audience alone. And so for one remarkable weekend in autumn in New York, the music was captured and recorded. The music speaks for itself.
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