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Kim A. Clarke

About Me

PROFESSIONAL BASSIST 1978-2019 INTERNATIONAL TOURS WITH: • THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE, • JOSEPH BOWIE AND DEFUNKT, • JOE HENDERSON QUARTET, CHARLES DAVIS • GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND, • BERTHA HOPE TRIO, • MUZUR,DURAN AND CLARKE TRIO, • TERI THORNTON TRIO • SPIRIT ENSEMBLE, • ARE AND BE ENSEMBLE, • ANNIE WHITEHEAD EXPERIENCE, • BILL BICKFORD'S BIGFOOD • ,WALLACE RONEY & CINDY BLACKMAN QUARTET • JAZZBERRY JAM, URSULA DUDZIAK MICHAEL URBANIAK , JAMES”BLOOD” ULMER, DORAN,STUCKY,STUDER AND CLARKE: “JIMI HENDRIX PROJECT” JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY PROJECT U.S.& CANADIAN DATES & TOURS ANDY BEY, ART BLAKEY, YUSEF LATEEF, TED CURSON,LOUIS HAYES, LEON THOMAS, LIONEL HAMPTON, VICTOR JONES BANDS BARRY HARRIS, MARYLOU WILLIAMS, GILLY COGGINS,CANDIDO,PATATO, JACK MAC DUFF,LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT, CRAIG HARRIS, NONA HENDRYX DR.BILLY TAYLOR,SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS, JAZZBERRY JAM, BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE GRACIAN MONCUR,BENNY POWELL, OLIVER LAKE, PHILLY JO JONES CHARLES DAVIS,LESTER BOWIE and BRASS FANTASY, JAKI BYARD, CHUCK JACKSON, DEFUNKT BIG BAND,HAROLD OUSLEY ,JIMMY HEATH, GERALD HAYES, GEORGE BRAITH AND SPACE ISLAND, JIMMY WORMWORTH, DANNY MIXON,SHARON FREEMAN, SHEILA JORDAN,EVELYN BLAKEY, KIT MC CLURE BAND, ROB SCHEPS OLU DARA AND OKRA ORCHESTRA TERI THORNTON,GERI ALLEN, CASSANDRA WILSON, GHETTO FIGHTERS VANESSA RUBIN, DAKOTA STATON, LILLIAS WHITE, JERI BROWN JOAN CARTWRIGHT, ANNETTE ST.JOHN, KEISHA ST.JOAN, BRANFORD MARSALIS,ARTURO O'FARRILL, STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS, BILLY BANG'S FORBIDDEN PLANET, TIA FULLER, TIM SICILIANO, ROXANE BUTTERFLY, ROCK-A-FELLA,TRACY MANN VICTOR JONES R&BEBOP BAND, DON BLACKMAN, DK DYSON, LAKECIA BENJAMIN KAT DYSON, GLORIA LYNNE, CISSY HOUSTON, RODNEY KENDRICK, RHONDA ROSS ROBERT PALMER, FLYTHE BROTHERS QUEEN LATIFAH, TRAZANA BEVERLY, BERNARD WRIGHT,MANAAN MUJIB NTOZAKE SHANGE, TINA PRATT, SEKOU SUNDIATA,CINDY LAUPER,ULYSSES SLAUGHTER, KASAH ALLAH, KIANE ZAWADI MIKI DAVIDSON,NAPOLEON REVELS-BEY,SOJOURNER,SAGE ,FIEVRE LATINA, IBIS FELICIA COLLINS MARVIN GAYE TRIBUTE 2019

FOUNDER AND CO-PRODUCER OF LADY GOT CHOPS Women’s Month Jazz Festival MAGNETS! LIVE @ THE EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL CD Bands led: THE BLACK MIRAJ (MSU), BENNETT UNDERGROUND (BENNETT COLLEGE), A.W.O.L ANGELS WITH OUTSTANDING LAWYERS, MAGNETS!, GAIAFEST ALL-STARS, INNER CIRCLE Q-TET,KIM CLARKE TRIO, AQUA NINJAZ DYNAMIC TRIBUTE ENSEMBLE TOURS: ICELAND,NORWAY,SWEDEN,DENMARK, FINLAND,LITHUANIA,SLOVENIA,CZECH REPUBLIC,ROMANIA, ENGLAND, NICE,AUSTRIA,IRELAND,GERMANY,SWITZERLAND, FINLAND,LICHTENSTEIN,THE NETHERLANDS,BELGIUM,ITALY,FRANCE ,PORTUGAL, TURKEY,SICILY,GREECE SPAIN,PAKISTAN,JAPAN,GUYANA, &TRINIDAD

My Jazz Story

I love jazz because...Its in my blood. I was first exposed to jazz...My dad played Jazz on the radio and had grown up with some of the greats in Brooklyn. My Granddad played trombone (and later bass) on some of the first recordings and had his own touring band in the early 20th century Vaudevillian circuit. My Grandmother's brother played bass at the Cotton Club- we only met one time. At Jazzmobile I studied with Victor Gaskin, Lisle Atkinson,Jimmy Heath and Jimmy Owens and later thru the NEA with Ron Carter, Buster Williams, I met and played with Philly JoJones,C Sharpe, Woody Shaw, Barry HArris, Jimmy Heath, Jimmy Owens, Joe Henderson, Gracian Moncur, David FAthead Newman, Charles MC Phereson,George Braith, Yusef LAteef,Richard Williams, Sarah Vaughn,Bob Cunningham,Kenny Kirkland, Rodney Jones, Rodney Kendrick, Tommie Flanagan,Bernard Wright, Donald Blackman and MANY others I met John Stubblefield ,Babs Gonzolez,Mal Waldron, Randy Weston ,Elvin Jones, Kirk Lightsey,Woody Shaw,The Baroness Nica The best show I ever attended was...So many but Bradleys duos were outstanding..Kirk Lightsey floored me one night The first jazz record I bought was...Delightful Lee (Morgan) My advice to new listeners...Go out and see them and look them up on youtube,read their life story..dont judge before understanding the times and realities of life.