Mike Clark Quartet
About This Event
Drummer-composer Mike Clark leads his quartet at Smalls Jazz Club, drawing on the funk-inflected grooves he helped shape with Herbie Hancock in the early 1970s. The program promises precise, ensemble-minded playing that emphasizes rhythmic architecture over solo display in a compact New York club setting.
About the Artists
Mike LeDonne
Mike LeDonne is a jazz pianist and organist whose work moves between hard-bop drive and the elastic phrasing of small-group swing. Over the course of his career he has worked alongside figures such as Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, and Benny Golson, and he also maintains a parallel life as a composer and educator.
Mike LeDonne Quartet
The Mike LeDonne Quartet is a hard-bop rooted jazz group led by pianist and organist Mike LeDonne, heard regularly in New York City rooms such as Smalls Jazz Club. LeDonne’s career spans work with bandleaders including Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, and Benny Golson, alongside long-standing roles as a composer and educator.
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.
Mike Clark Quartet
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