Mike Clark: Jazz Musician in New York

About Mike Clark

Mike Clark is an American drummer and composer whose profile sharpened in the early 1970s through his work with Herbie Hancock, where jazz met funk in tightly engineered grooves. In New York City he appears at rooms like Smalls Jazz Club and the Iridium, leading settings such as the Mike Clark Quintet and the Mike Clark Quartet. He also shares the bandstand with guitarist-composer Fareed Haque, pairing Clark’s rhythmic architecture with Haque’s cross-genre harmonic language. His playing favors precision over display.