Pianist Michael Wolff Guests with Bassist Leon Lee Dorsey and Drummer Mike Clark on Evocative Tribute Album A Letter to Bill Evans, out March 8 Jazz Avenue 1 is proud to announce the release of Letter to Bill Evans, an evocative tribute album to the legendary pianist Bill Evans by Leon Lee Dorsey, Mike Clark … Read More
Bassist Leon Lee Dorsey and drummer Mike Clark return on seasoned new outing Cantaloupe Island beside guitar great Russell Malone, due out February 17, 2023 via Jazz Avenue 1 Renowned bassist Leon Lee Dorsey continues his prolific streak with the issue of Cantaloupe Island, the latest album to be released on his Jazz Avenue 1 … Read More
Drummer Mike Clark and Bassist Leon Lee Dorsey Join Pianist Mike LeDonne on Blues On Top, out August 12, 2022 via Jazz Avenue 1 Veteran drummer Mike Clark and stalwart bassist Leon Lee Dorsey continue their fruitful collaboration with the release of Blues On Top. Due out on August 12, 2022 on Dorsey’s Jazz Avenue … Read More
by John Frederick Moore, Jazziz “It’s one week after the remnants of Hurricane Ida left much of New York City severely flooded. Mike Clark is on the phone discussing the harrowing ride home he had on the night of the late-August 2021 storm with fellow drumming pioneer Lenny White after White’s gig at Birdland. The … Read More
By Peter Gamble, Jazz Journal “Drummer Mike Clark cemented his reputation as a musician to be reckoned with when part of Herbie Hancock’s band in the early 70s and his subsequent track record shows a long list of associations with the music’s elite. Similarly, the Canadian born saxophonist Michael Zilber has found himself in exalted … Read More
By Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News “Mike Clark hasn’t lived in the Bay Area for some four decades, but the New York-based drummer never cut his deep ties to the region. Best known as an architect of East Bay funk for his work with Herbie Hancock in the mid-1970s, he’s always considered himself first and … Read More
By Editor, JAZZIZ It’s one week after the remnants of Hurricane Ida left much of New York City severely flooded. Mike Clark is on the phone discussing the harrowing ride home he had on the night of the storm with fellow drumming pioneer Lenny White after White’s gig at Birdland. Read more here.
By Editor, All About Jazz Sunnyside Records is proud to announce the July 16th, 2021 release of Mike Drop, an impressive new album co-led by iconic jazz drumming legend Mike Clark and renowned saxophonist Michael Zilber. The culmination of a decade-long musical relationship, Mike Drop features these two consummate players alongside two top Bay Area … Read More
by Bill Milkowski, Downbeat
By Burak Sulunbaz, Cazkolik “Sunny Side Records released Mike Drop, a machine gun-like powerful album by ironic drummer Mike Clark and experienced Canadian saxophonist Michael Zilber, on July 17th.” Read the review here.
