Mike Clark

MIKE CLARK, "Summertime"Billboard.com

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MIKE CLARK
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Producer(s): Frank Perowsky and Mike Clark
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Funk drummer extraordinaire Mike Clark, aka the Headhunters' heartbeat, has been omnipresent in recent years as perhaps the most heavily sampled organic rhythm source on hip-hop records.Here, he has tapped several jazz heavy hitters for his latest album as a leader.
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Clark, unlike other drumming leaders, refuses to hog the spotlight, although he does get his licks in early and on more than one occasion.He turns in a penetrating, melodic solo on the bouncy "Brujo," an original composition penned by Jeff Pittson; the tune also has Chris Potter, the disc's other most valuable soloist, turning in dazzling serpentine lines on soprano sax.

Next, it's on to the laidback groove of "Fee Fi Fo Fum," the first of the disc's three Wayne Shorter pieces, bolstered by bassist Robert Hurst's singing solo lines.