<---- This page is dedicated to the memory of
my father HENRY CLARKE and GRANDFATHER,
Trombonist/bassist HENRY "HY" CLARK SR.,
my personal Jazz Heroes in whose name
I will try to uphold a family tradition.



EDUCATION:

A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS
(City College of NY)STUDENT OF JOHN LEWIS
A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN MUSIC
(Long Island University)3 TIME RECIPIENT OF
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA) JAZZ STUDY FELLOWSHIPS. STUDENT OF RON CARTER,
BUSTER WILLIAMS AND LISLE ATKINSON, JAZZMOBILE WORKSHOP- STUDENT OF JIMMY HEATH, JOHN STUBBLEFIELD,
JIMMY OWENS, VICTOR GASKIN,COLLECTIVE BLACK ARTIST WORKSHOP AND
BARRY HARRIS`JAZZ IMPROVISATION WORKSHOPS
SHARON FREEMAN

HONORS:

Kim Clarke and MAGNETS! @ 44th Annual PORI JAZZ FESTIVAL, FINLAND 2009
EAA SATCHMO MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT AWARD 2008
CERTIFICATE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION 2008
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY CERTIFICATE OF MERIT 2008
ESP GUITARS ENDORSEMENT
JAZZ REVIEW.COM Review of Superband @ Flushing Town Hall
BASS GIRLS ONLINE MAGAZINE Nov 2006 Issue
JAZZREVIEW.COM Review of MAGNETS!CD 2006
ACOUSTIC IMAGE ENDORSEMENT
FLITESOUND ENDORSEMENT
ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN HARLEM PHOTO SHOOT
MINTONS MENTORS MARATHON AND PHOTO SHOOT
THE ONLINE LEDGER 2005
MARYLOU WILLIAMS JAZZ FESTIVAL @ KENNEDY CENTER
JAZZCLUB HANNOVER GALLERIE 2004
GITARRE&BASS-Musiker-Fachmagazine 4/01
FUNK-DAVE THOMPSON(01)
MAGNETS!West Coast Tour 2000
WILLAMETTE WEEK ONLINE INTERVIEW 10/00
JAZZ DIMENSIONS ONLINE INTERVIEW 9/00
INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN POPULAR MUSIC (00-02) MARQUIS WHO 'S WHO IN ENTERTAINMENT
HOT WIRES ENDORSEMENT
ESP BASS GUITAR ENDORSEMENT (96)
THE JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY-TOM LORD (92)
BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE ARTICLE (SEPT.91)
GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE (DEC.88)
HOUSE BASSIST AT BARRY HARRIS' CULTURAL THEATRE'S ART BLAKEY BREAKFAST JAM 1984-86
PETER von BARTOWSKI'S JAZZ FAMILY TREE US JAZZ POSTER
LAST.FM
CADENCE MAGAZINE:THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF JAZZ AND BLUES(80)(92)
THE GUINESS BOOK OF POPULAR MUSIC- COLIN LARKIN
THE WORKING BASSIST-JOHN CAREY
MADAME JAZZ: CONTEMPORARY WOMEN INSTRUMENTALISTS-LESLIE GOURSE
THE WORKING BASSIST-JOHN CAREY

PROFESSIONAL CAREER AS BASSIST

INTERNATIONAL TOURS WITH:

• THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE 1974
• JOSEPH BOWIE AND DEFUNKT
  
  
  Defunkt Downtown on the 80's Lineup 2007
  
• JOE HENDERSON QUARTET,
• GEORGE GRUNTZ CONCERT JAZZ BAND,
• BERTHA HOPE TRIO,
• MUZUR,DORAN AND CLARKE TRIO,
• TERI THORNTON TRIO
• ,SPIRIT ENSEMBLE,
• ARE AND BE ENSEMBLE,
• ANNIE WHITEHEAD EXPERIENCE,
• BILL BICKFORD'S BIGFOOD
• ,WALLACE RONEY & CINDY BLACKMAN QUARTET
• JAZZBERRY JAM, URSULA DUDZIAK
  
• JAMES"BLOOD" ULMER,
• DORAN,STUCKY,STUDER AND CLARKE:
  "JIMI HENDRIX PROJECT CD"
  
  KIT MCCLURE BIG BAND,
• JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY PROJECT
  "NAVIGATING THE ESSENCE OF COOL"
• and RACHEL Z TRIO
  
  U.S.& CANADIAN DATES & TOURS WITH:
  YUSEF LATEEF,JAZZBERRY JAM,SOJOURNER
  DEFUNKT,JOE HENDERSON,ANDY BEY,
  MIKI DAVIDSON,NAPOLEON REVELS-BEY,
  MANAAN MUJIB,TED CURSON,LOUIS HAYES,
  LIONEL HAMPTON,ADELA & MILES DALTO,
  BARRY HARRIS,GILLY COGGINS,CANDIDO,PATATO,
  JACK MAC DUFF,LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT,CRAIG HARRIS,
  DR.BILLY TAYLOR,SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS,
  GRACIAN MONCUR,BENNY POWELL,OLIVER LAKE
  CHARLES DAVIS,LESTER BOWIE and BRASS FANTASY,
  DEFUNKT BIG BAND,HAROLD OUSLEY,
  JIMMY HEATH, EDDIE PRESTON,GERALD HAYES,
  GEORGE BRAITH AND SPACE ISLAND
  DANNY MIXON,SHARON FREEMAN, SHEILA JORDAN,
  EVELYN BLAKEY,KIT MC CLURE BIG BAND,
  TERI THORNTON,GERI ALLEN,CASSANDRA WILSON,
  VANESSA RUBIN,DAKOTA STATON,LILLIAS WHITE,
  JOAN CARTWRIGHT,FIEVRE LATINA,ANNETTE ST.JOAN,
  KEISHA ST.JOHN,BRANFORD MARSALIS,ARTURO O'FARRILL,
  STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS,KIM THOMPSON,
  BILLY BANG'S FORBIDDEN PLANET,TIA FULLER,
  TIM SICILIANO, RICH SWEETING AND SKIP SCOTT
  ROXANE BUTTERFLY,ROCK-A-FELLA,TRACY MANN
  VICTOR JONES R&BEBOP BAND,ROBERT PALMER,
  QUEEN LATIFAH, TRAZANA BEVERLY,BERNARD WRIGHT
  NTOZAKE SHANGE, TINA PRATT, SEKOU SUNDIATA
  DONALD BLACKMAN,LILLIAS WHITE,FLYTHE BROTHERS,
  RAY ABRAMS BIG BAND and MAGNETS!
  
  
  
  
  EARLY ROOTS:
  
  
  • BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE (R&B)
  • "A SOUL JOURNEY INTO TRUTH"- NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE Guyana,S.A.
  • THE WIZ on Broadway,
  • YUSEF LATEEF WEST COAST TOUR
  • THE LADIES FORT PERFORMANCE SPACE
  • ST.PETER`S CHURCH JAZZ VESPERS
  • ALL-NIGHT SOUL,
  • KENNY GATE'S MUSIC FACTORY
  • STUDIO WE
  • JAZZMANIA
  • THE JAZZ FORUM
  • BARRY HARRIS' JAZZ CULTURAL THEATRE
  • (house bassist for the ART BLAKEY Breakfast Jam)
  • FIEVRE LATINA(LATIN)
  • ISIS, IBIS,ESSENCE (R&B)
    
    
    
    
    *****A SALUTE TO JAZZ MENTORS PASSED
    with whom I have had the fortune of
    meeting and sharing musical moments:
    • BASSISTS WALTER BOOKER,EARL MAY,
    • GILLY COGGINS,OSCAR PETERSON
    • WALTER PERKINS, ART BLAKEY SR.,
    • ART BLAKEY JR.,STEVE LOGAN
    • SAM FURNACE,ENOS PAYNE,JOHN HICKS
    • ARNIE LAWRENCE,JOE HENDERSON,
    • CHICO O'FARRILL,KEN MC INTYRE,
    • LESTER BOWIE JR.,CLARENCE"C" SHARPE
    • LEON THOMAS,KASAH ALLAH,ARVELL SHAW,
    • CLYDE CRINER, SUN RA,DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN, SEAN SOLOMON,
    • CHARLES McGEE,CARTER JEFFERSON,
    • LIONEL HAMPTON, GROOVE HOLMES,TOMMY TURRENTINE
    • MARYLOU WILLIAMS, SARAH VAUGHN,
    • KENNY KIRKLAND,PHILLY JOE JONES,
    • EDDIE JEFFERSON,TOMMY FLANAGAN,
    • LEO MITCHELL, EDDIE HARRIS,
    • CLIFFORD JORDAN,EDDIE BONAMERE,
    • SCOBIE STROMAN,WALTER DAVIS,DON ALIAS
    • RICHARD WILLIAMS,TERI THORNTON,
    • HILTON RUIZ,ROLAND ALEXANDER,
    • EVELYN BLAKEY,FRANK HEWITT
    • LENNY MARTINEZ, WILBUR "BUGS"DYER,
    • PAT PATRICK,WESLEY LANDERS,JUSHI
    • JOHN ABRAHMS,ULYSSES SLAUGHTER
    • JAKI BYARD,RAY MCKINLEY,
    • NANCIE BANKS, JACO PASTORIUS
    
    
    WORKSHOP-TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
    New York Area Middle Schools with
    Miki Davidson and Friends
    Napoleon Revels-Bey and George Braith Ensembles,
    • BOYS HARBOR, N.Y.
    • GUITAR INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY,LONDON,
    • FEIERWERK JAZZTAGE UND BLUES WERKSHOP,MUNICH,
    • with Rob Scheps:
    • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
    • REED COLLEGE,
    • BOWDOIN COLLEGE,
    • COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE
    • CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    • CORNISH COLLEGE FOR THE ARTS
    • WHITMAN COLLEGES
    
    
    PRODUCTIONS:
    MAGNETS!Live @ the Earshot Jazz Festival with John Mulkerin
    Download @ EAMUSIC
    NEW!!LADY GOT CHOPS
    Womens Month Jazz Festival 2009
    LADY GOT CHOPS
    Womens Month Jazz Festival 2008
    LADY GOT CHOPS
    Womens Month Jazz Festival 2007
    LADY GOT CHOPS
    Womens Month Jazz Festival 2006
    LADY GOT CHOPS
    Womens Month Jazz Festival 2005
    LADY GOT CHOPS
    Womens Month Jazz Festival 2004
    LADY GOT CHOPS
    Women's Month Jazz Festival 2003
    
    
    BANDS LED OR CO-LED:
    THE INNER CIRCLE QUARTET-N.Y.
    GAIAFEST ALLSTARS-FT.LAUDERDALE AND BRONX,
    BLACK MIRAJ-M.I. BENNETT UNDERGROUND- N.C.,
    ANGELS WITH OUTSTANDING LAWYERS A.W.O.L- N.Y., MAGNETS!(OR. & N.Y.), MAD LAKE VELVET (N.Y.)
    
    
    
    
    
    AUDIO SAMPLES:
    
    MAGNETS!
    Celestial Moods RoBurrage Music
    Visiting Royalty Rob Scheps
    Heart Ascends (high vol!) Uranias Temple Music
    KIT MC CLURE BIG BAND
    Autumn Leaves
    SIBYLLE POMORIN
    Rebuilding of Detroit (avante garde)
    This is a link to the entire piece of 5 or 6 movements!Sibylle Pomorin ,Teri Jenoure project.Amazing orchestration
    
    
    
    VIDEOS:
    
    YARD JAZZ- MARVIN BUGALU SMITH -DRUMS,TIM SICILIANO- GUITAR,ROB SCHEPS- SAX, KIM CLARKE-BASS
    
    
    
    JOE HENDERSON QUARTET 1986 - KEITH KILLGO ,JOANNE BRACKEEN,KIM CLARKE FASTWALK TO OUTER SPACE :)
    
    
    VIDEO- LIVE AT THE TERRACE:MARVIN BUGALU SMITH-DRUMS, JOHN ESPOSITO-PIANO,KEVIN JONES-PERCUSSION,KIM CLARKE-BASS
    
    
    
    Bugalu meets Joel Newton and Kim Clarke in last of 2008. (2 24 track recording HD Camera + 2 Camera's from Marvin Bugalu Smith on Vimeo.
    
    KIT MC CLURE BAND @
    ST PETERS CHURCH JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL 2006
    
    
    featuring KIT MC CLURE -SAX, TANYA DARBY-TRUMPET, CHARANEE WADE- VOCALS, JILL MC CARRON-PIANO,BERNICE BROOKS-DRUMS AND KIM CLARKE -BASS
    
    
    
    
    
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