When you talk to Greg Clark Jr. there are two words that you will hear him say many times: “interesting” and “100 percent!” They are also the two words that might best describe him and his drumming. After listening to a lifetime of Gospel music and developing his drumming skills playing in church; Greg Clark Jr. continued to draw a great deal of influence from his peers on the fertile drumming scene of Washington, DC. He built his drumming career through playing gigs with Raheem DeVaughn, Cody Simpson, Daniel Weatherspoon, Tamar Braxton, Manhattan Transfer, Take 6, Ricky Minor, Snarky Puppy, SWV, and Ledisi. Today, he is playing to massive crowds with Will Smith and recording with jazz-fusion legend Stanley Clarke. On those two very different gigs, you hear Greg’s 100 percent sense of musicality and taste, and some pretty insane grooves. His reverence for music and drumming is also 100 […]

June 2026 Issue