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REVIEWS:
In the early '90s, John Clark ranked as possibly the most fluent jazz French horn soloist since
the great Julius Watkins in the 1950s. On this spirited set, Clark often solos with the fluency
and sound of a valve trombonist. His band consists of the rockish guitar playing of Jerome Harris,
electric bassist Anthony Jackson, and drummer Kenwood Dennard, with the addition of tenor
saxophonist Alex Foster, trumpeter Lew Soloff, and bass trombonist Dave Taylor on some numbers.
Clark wrote or co-composed all of the songs on the date other than "Mustang Sally" and Herbie
Hancock's "Dolphin Dance" (which receives a memorable rendition). Clark's playing seems so
effortless throughout the CD that it makes one wonder why there are not more French horn soloists
in jazz. Recommended.
Scott Yanow, AMG All Music Guide.
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ARTIST
BIO:
Horn player and composer, JOHN CLARK has performed all over the world with a tremendous diversity
of musicians, in a variety of musical arenas: Jazz, Pop, Broadway, Classical, and commercial
studio work. John holds a Master’s degree from New England Conservatory; he studied Horn with
Verne Reynolds, James Stagliano and Thomas Newell. He has become one of the leading horn players
of the late 20th Century and his musical profile includes a diversity rare among hornists. Film,
television, recording and concert venues are all “home” to him; he has worked with McCoy Tyner,
Gil Evans, Carla Bley, The New York City Ballet Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, The Aspen Wind
Quintet, Speculum Musicae, Frank Sinatra, Isaac Hayes, Billy Joel, B.B. King, the Paul Winter
Consort, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Lovano, LL Kool J, and nearly a “Who’s Who” of other performing
artists. He has regularly appeared with both the Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center Jazz
Orchestras.
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