By Jerome Wilson, All About Jazz Although the coronavirus has brought live music to a virtual standstill, recorded jazz has continued to pour out over the last few months. Here … Read More
By Eddie Myer, Jazz Views Chicago bassist Sommers has an impressive CV both as sideman and educator: his most high profile gig is probably holding down the bass chair for … Read More
By Kevin Johnson, No Treble Chicago-based bassist Clark Sommers has released a new album with his Ba(SH) Trio, entitled Peninsula. The album features Sommers with saxophonist Geof Bradfield and drummer Dana Hall performing … Read More
By Dan Bilawsky, JazzTimes It takes a lot more than solid musicianship to flow comfortably in the postmodern chordless trio format; shared experiences, memories, understanding, and chemistry are involved too. … Read More
By Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz You enter the music of Chicago bassist/composer Clark Sommers with wary expectations: In its open-ness anything can happen. Dark perambulations pop against lighter propulsions. Dialogues … Read More
By Shae Fontana, Bleu Bop The Chicago trio made up of bassist Clark Sommers, saxophonist Geof Bradfield, and drummer Dana Hall, have just released their long awaited sophomore album, “PENINSULA.” … Read More
By Richard Kamins, Step Tempest Ba(SH)’s second album,”Peninsula” (Outside In Music), moves in a similar path to its earlier album. Produced and composed by the bassist (the 2013 date had … Read More
By Dave Cantor, DownBeat A bassist equally comfortable backing up vocalist Kurt Elling as he is occasionally performing alongside some of Chicago’s avant crowd and helming his groovier ensemble Lens, … Read More
By Dave Cantor, Downbeat A bassist equally comfortable backing up vocalist Kurt Elling as he is occasionally performing alongside some of Chicago’s avant crowd and helming his groovier ensemble Lens, … Read More
By Hrayr Attarian, Chicago Jazz Magazine Chicago-area native Clark Sommers is a superbly talented and much in-demand bassist with an elegant style. He has distilled the influences of the greats … Read More
