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Michael Clark (Clark Fox)
Michael (or Mike) Clark may refer to: Music * Mike Clark (jazz musician) (born 1946), American jazz drummer * Mike Clark (guitarist), Suicidal Tendencies guitarist * Mike Clark (indie rock musician), guitarist and keyboardist for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks * Mike E. Clark, rap music producer Politics * Michael Clark (British politician) (born 1935), British politician * Michael Clark (Canadian politician) (1861–1926), Member of Parliament, 1908–1921 Sports * Michael Clark (English footballer), English football player * Michael Clark (Australian footballer) (born 1981), Australian rules footballer * Michael Clark (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1966), New Zealand cricketer * Michael Clark (sportsman) (born 1978), Western Warriors cricketer and Australian Football League player * Mick Clark, rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Great Britain, and Leeds * Mike Clark (American football, born 1954), American football strength and conditioning coach * Mike Clark (placekicker) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Clark (jazz Musician)
Michael Jeffrey Clark (born October 3, 1946) is an American drummer. He gained worldwide recognition as one of America's foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock in the early 1970s. His incisive playing on Hancock's ''Actual Proof'' garnered him an international cult following and influenced generations of drummers throughout the world. Clark was born in Sacramento, California, United States. He traveled around the country with his father, a drummer himself and a union man for the railroad. His dad had a great appreciation for jazz and blues music, and Mike absorbed the music of America while riding the rails. He credits this exposure as forming the foundation for his ability to synthesize many different regional styles. From age 4, he was a prodigy, sitting in - and getting "house"- with bands in Texas and New Orleans. By the time he reached his early twenties he was known as one of the founders of the distinctive East Bay Sound coming out of Oakland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |