Mike Ledonne Quartet
About This Event
Pianist and organist Mike LeDonne brings his Quartet to Smalls Jazz Club, working in a hard‑bop register with the elastic phrasing of small‑group swing. The bill includes drummer Mike Clark, whose post‑1970s work with Herbie Hancock favors tight, groove‑based precision; together the group prioritizes ensemble balance and rhythmic architecture over solo display.
About the Artists
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 Quintet
Home page of MIKE E CLARK, an alternative artist from DETROIT, MICHIGAN. Home of Detroit record producer Mike E Clark
Mike Clark Quartet
Home page of MIKE E CLARK, an alternative artist from DETROIT, MICHIGAN. Home of Detroit record producer Mike E Clark
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.