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KIM CLARKE New York’s own Kim Clarke is an outstanding, multifaceted bassist, composer and educator, who counts her father, Henry Clarke, and grandfather, trombonist/bassist Henry “Hy” Clark, Sr., as “my personal jazz heroes.” She holds B.A’s in Communications and Music from City College and Long Island University, respectively, and is a 3-time recipient of the coveted NEA Jazz Study Fellowship. |
Ms. Clarke’s press exposure is expansive, and includes among numerous others, interviews on-line and in print, namely Bass Player Magazine, Guitar Player Magazine and several books on Women In Jazz. Her national and international tour experience is populated with dozens of familiar names. An abbreviated listing includes The National Black Theatre, Joseph Bowie and Defunkt, Joe Henderson Quartet, George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Bertha Hope Trio, Muzur, Teri Thornton Trio, Spirit Ensemble, Annie Whitehead Experience, Kit McClure Big Band, Rachel Z Trio, Yusef Lateef, Andy Bey, Louis Hayes, the late Lionel Hampton, Barry Harris, Candido, Patato, Jack Mac Duff, Little Jimmy Scott, Dr. Billy Taylor, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Gracian Moncur, Oliver Lake and Jump Up, Lester Bowie and Brass Fantasy, George Braith and Space Island, Harold Ousley, Jimmy Heath, Gerald Hayes, Danny Mixon, Sharon Freeman, Sheila Jordan, Evelyn Blakey, Geri Allen, Cassandra Wilson, Vanessa Rubin, Dakota Staton, Lillias White, Joan Cartwright, Victor Jones, Robert Palmer, Queen Latifah, Ntozake Shange. She is the Co-Leader of Magnets, with "Sax Black Belt" Rob Scheps of Portland, Oregon. Ms. Clarke also participates in educational workshops whenever her schedule allows. Recipients of her expertise are comprised of New York Area Middle Schools with Napoleon Revels-Bey and George Braith Ensembles, Boys Harbor, N.Y., Guitar Institute Of Technology (London), Feierwerk Jazztage Und Blues Werkshop (Munich), Portland State University, Reed College, Bowdoin College (Maine), Columbia Basin College, Central Washington University, Western Washington University, Cornish College for the Arts and Whitman Colleges - Washington and Oregon. Kim
Clarke states, “I will try to uphold the best of the family tradition.” |
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