Jazz Articles about Ken Clark Organ Trio

Ken Clark Organ Trio: Eternal Funk

by C. Michael Bailey
April 22, 2003

Slowly but surely, the organ trio is beginning to enjoy a healthy resurgence. Spurred on by the recent likes of Joey DeFrancesco, Tony Monaco, and Larry Goldings and the front guard of Jimmy Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Jimmy McGriff, home cookin’ has become fashionable again. Presently, organist Ken Clark and his trio are submitted for your approval.

Ken Clark leads a tidy organ guitar trio that specializes in funk. The band’s arrangements and executions of two standards ...