Paul Clark (Christian musician)

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Paul Clark is a musician who specializes in Christian praise and worship oriented music. He was born in Kansas City (Bio as pdf) and recorded his first album in 1971, Songs from the Saviour Vol 1[1].Its songs became one of the first signs of the growing "Jesus Movement" of the early 70's.

He went on to record a further 13+ albums including the well received 1977 album "Hand to the Plow" which is a good place to start any listening. In 1978 he followed up with "Change in the Wind" and in 1980 with "Aim for the Heart". These three albums had some jazz influences and seemed quite well produced in the context of some of the other Christian music of the time. "Aim for the Heart" featured Abraham_Laboriel on bass along with Harlan Rogers, Hadley Hockensmith and Bill Maxwell which was certainly jazz influenced. Those four went on to become members of Koinonia jazz band from '82 till about 1990.

Paul is recognized as an inspired songwriter and one of the founding fathers of the Jesus Movement and the Contemporary Christian Music industry. During his 13 year association with Word Records in the 1970's and 1980's, Paul's songwriting, record producing and performances placed him in the forefront along with artists like Phil Keaggy, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Love Song, Larry Norman, Andre Crouch, Honeytree, Keith Green, Randy Stonehill, Barry McGuire, and many notable others.

His website is at PaulClark Music where music from most albums can still be found. He is also interested in fine art photography and is still involved in music. A partial list of his albums and songs is available at allmusic.