MORE RAVE REVIEWS FOR MIKE CLARK, AS CD JUMPS TO #8 ON CHARTS!
“Among the best new jazz albums to be released this year"
“Mike Clark seems to create something new every time he sits down at the drums, and there is a tremendous sense of play on Carnival Of Soul. This is not just a first class jazz/fusion/funk album; it's an album alive with the joy of the players practicing their craft at its apex"
“Showing his prodigious chops in bebop and organ combo soul-jazz"— “the overall music hefty and fatback or hard swinging and exuberant"
Rave reviews continue to roll in for Mike Clark's 'Carnival of Soul' on the Owl Studios record label, with critics describing the collection as “one of the best jazz albums to be released this year." Radio has embraced the music as well, as the new JazzWeek chart sees the album jumping to #8! Look for upcoming coverage in print editions of Jazziz, JazzTimes, and elsewhere!
Upcoming events include an appearance in Italy at the Ichia Jazz Festival with Antonio Farao quartet featuring Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Buster Williams on bass and Clark on drums. Clark will also be in the studio doing final mixes on a new Headhunters CD, which will feature some very special guests (details will be announced soon!) Clark will perform in Boston next month with the Richie Goods band Nuclear Fusion, and he'll headline an All- Star line-up Oct 28th at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York -featuring Christian McBride, Antonio Farao, Donald Harrison, Nicholas Peyton and Clark. Visit http://www.mikeclarkmusic.com/events.html for an up-to-date itinerary.
Owl Studios is an award-winning, independent record label, with an artist roster that includes a Grammy-nominated artist, two Independent Music Award winners, an American Pianists Association Jazz Fellowship recipient, and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Performer Award recipient. In the short time since its inception, Owl Studios has become a well-respected, artist-friendly record label in the genres of Jazz, R&B, Neo Soul, Jazz Fusion and Jam Band. Learn more about Owl Studios, here: http://www.owlstudios.com/
More about Mike Clark:
Mike Clark gained worldwide recognition as one of America's foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock's group in the early 1970's. Mike became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock's 'Thrust' album, which garnered him an international cult following. Mike has performed with jazz greats such as Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, Tony Bennett, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Woody Shaw, Larry Coryell, Jack Wilkins, Wallace Roney, Geri Allen, Billy Childs, James Genus, Bob Hurst, Chris Potter, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Dave Liebman, Nat Adderly, Oscar Brown Jr., Bill Doggett, Mose Allison, Maxine Brown, Gil Evans and his orchestra, and did a stint with Brand X, the acclaimed British fusion band, founded by Phil Collins. He has performed throughout the world at all of the major jazz venues and festivals.
“Among the best new jazz albums to be released this year"
“Mike Clark seems to create something new every time he sits down at the drums, and there is a tremendous sense of play on Carnival Of Soul. This is not just a first class jazz/fusion/funk album; it's an album alive with the joy of the players practicing their craft at its apex"
“Showing his prodigious chops in bebop and organ combo soul-jazz"— “the overall music hefty and fatback or hard swinging and exuberant"
Rave reviews continue to roll in for Mike Clark's 'Carnival of Soul' on the Owl Studios record label, with critics describing the collection as “one of the best jazz albums to be released this year." Radio has embraced the music as well, as the new JazzWeek chart sees the album jumping to #8! Look for upcoming coverage in print editions of Jazziz, JazzTimes, and elsewhere!
Upcoming events include an appearance in Italy at the Ichia Jazz Festival with Antonio Farao quartet featuring Jeremy Pelt on trumpet, Buster Williams on bass and Clark on drums. Clark will also be in the studio doing final mixes on a new Headhunters CD, which will feature some very special guests (details will be announced soon!) Clark will perform in Boston next month with the Richie Goods band Nuclear Fusion, and he'll headline an All- Star line-up Oct 28th at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York -featuring Christian McBride, Antonio Farao, Donald Harrison, Nicholas Peyton and Clark. Visit http://www.mikeclarkmusic.com/events.html for an up-to-date itinerary.
Owl Studios is an award-winning, independent record label, with an artist roster that includes a Grammy-nominated artist, two Independent Music Award winners, an American Pianists Association Jazz Fellowship recipient, and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Performer Award recipient. In the short time since its inception, Owl Studios has become a well-respected, artist-friendly record label in the genres of Jazz, R&B, Neo Soul, Jazz Fusion and Jam Band. Learn more about Owl Studios, here: http://www.owlstudios.com/
More about Mike Clark:
Mike Clark gained worldwide recognition as one of America's foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock's group in the early 1970's. Mike became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock's 'Thrust' album, which garnered him an international cult following. Mike has performed with jazz greats such as Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, Tony Bennett, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Woody Shaw, Larry Coryell, Jack Wilkins, Wallace Roney, Geri Allen, Billy Childs, James Genus, Bob Hurst, Chris Potter, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Dave Liebman, Nat Adderly, Oscar Brown Jr., Bill Doggett, Mose Allison, Maxine Brown, Gil Evans and his orchestra, and did a stint with Brand X, the acclaimed British fusion band, founded by Phil Collins. He has performed throughout the world at all of the major jazz venues and festivals.
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