Mike Clark (musician)

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Mike Clark (October 3, 1946) is a jazz and funk drummer who is most noted for playing in the Headhunters band headed up by Herbie Hancock. Clark's performance on Hancock's album Thrust, and particularly the song "Actual Proof," is often cited as one of the finest examples of the linear funk style of drumming. Clark has performed with many top musicians from the worlds of jazz and funk, including Chet Baker, Vince Guaraldi, Fred Wesley, Les Claypool, and Charlie Hunter. Clark is also known as one of the most sampled drummers in contemporary music. His beats have appeared on records by Prince, NWA, De La Soul, and Janet Jackson, among others.

[edit] Partial discography

Year	Artist	Title	Label
1974	Herbie Hancock	Thrust	Columbia
1974	Herbie Hancock	Death Wish (Soundtrack)	Columbia
1975	Herbie Hancock	Flood	Columbia
1975	The Headhunters	Survival of the Fittest	Arista
1976	Herbie Hancock	Man-Child	Columbia
1980	Brand X	Do They Hurt?	Virgin
1995	Mike Clark	Master Drummers: Volume Three	Ubiquity
2000	Mike Clark	Actual Proof	PGI
2001	Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, Marc Wagnon	Conjunction	Buckyball
2004	The Mackrosoft	1st Mack to the Moon	Mackrosoft Records
2004	The Mackrosoft	Life Imitates Clouds	Mackrosoft Records