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I Will

John Clark

Label: Postcards
Released: 2022
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Tracks

India; 96th Street Sonata: Casilda; 96th Street Sonata: Mellow Max; 96th Street Sonata: King Bert; My One and Only Love; Bad Attitude; Now You Start; Airegin; I Will; Sister E.M.C..

Personnel

Additional Personnel / Information

All compositions by: John Clark

Album Description

On this Postcards Records album, “John Clark: I Will”, John Clark demonstrates loudly, clearly, and beautifully why he is not only a brilliant Jazz composer, improviser, and orchestrator, but the first-choice French horn player of such legendary musicians as Gil Evans, Billy Joel, B. B. King, McCoy Tyner, Sting, and countless others. The music encompasses orchestral quintet arrangements and smaller group interplay. As always, John Clark’s musical genius shines though, provoking personal introspection amongst listeners and critics lost in the depth of his signature manner. “4 Stars. … command of a forbidding instrument that speaks a solo language rarely heard in jazz… [Clark] sets ambitious goals… He showcases his gifts as soloist, composer, orchestrator, and instigator… He sets every stage and his solos are revelatory.” – Down Beat Magazine “Clark has conjured up a mercurial, exciting set. The CD runs the gamut musically – from the ravishing, leisurely title track. …to a feisty take on Sonny Rollins’ “Airegin” and a deeply soulful “My One and Only Love”” – Jazziz Magazine The music on the album varies from the hard-driving rendition of John Coltrane’s “India” and the humor of “Bad Attitude”, which... shows off Clark’s profound rhythmic and harmonic soul, to passionate ballads like the title track, “I Will”. With this CD release from the Postcards label, entitled “John Clark: I Will” the French Horn Jazz maestro showcases his intuitive and visceral soloing, as well as his eclectic taste and harmonious gifts as a player, leader, and composer of a music happily unrestrained by stylistic definition. “Critic’s Choice “This newest set from progressive jazzman John Clark reaffirms his distinctive and engaging talent and not just in [the] somewhat narrow filed of jazz French horn players.” – Billboard