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Mike Clark
(August 2005 Issue)
Proving It Again And Again Ironically, jazzman
Mike Clark will go down in history as the guy who cut one of the
slickest funk tracks in
history, "Actual Proof." Recorded in the '70s
with Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, it featured a nimble Clark
splitting
up running 16th notes around the kit, his snare drum and hats dancing.
Blame it on jazz, says Clark: "I stack that
stuff up on the funk!"
That funk reputation hung with Mike Clark like a brown stain on a white shirt. His new album,
Actual Proof,
contains more evidence of his funk and jazz abilities. Recorded with an
all-star team including guitar
wizard Charlie Hunter and his
Headhunters comrade Bennie Maupin, the CD isn't gathering any dust.
Clark has been
touring it relentlessly, billed as The Mike Clark
Prescription Renewal Band.
Expect a new Headhunters album in
the
next year, and look for Clark on the road. He's barely had time to
drop in at Drummers Collective for coffee, forget about
teaching. "It's
because I'm gigging, man," he exclaims. "I'm gigging and I'm digging
it!"
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