Babe clarke

Babe Clarke , actually Arthur Clarke or Arthur Clark , (* around 1930 in Alabama ) is an American jazz musician ( saxophones : alto, baritone, tenor; flute , clarinet ).

Clarke, nicknamed the youngest child of a family of musicians from Birmingham, Alabama , studied music at Fess Whatley School. He began his musical career in Chicago and New York, then played tenor saxophone with Johnny Hodges in the 1950s , and further recordings were made with Lawrence Brown and Benny Goodman during this time . In the 1960s he was a member of the studio orchestras of Oliver Nelson and Gary McFarland ; thereby participated in record sessions by Jimmy Smith , Etta Jones and Stan Getz , also with Jack McDuff , George Benson and Herbie Hancock ( Fat Albert Rotunda ). In the following decade he worked a. a. with Cannonball Adderley ( African Waltz ), Percy Mayfield , The Main Ingredient , Hermeto Pascoal , Gene Ammons , Bernard Purdie , Ella Fitzgerald , Lou Donaldson , Houston Person , Leon Thomas and Lena Horne . In 1980 he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame . In the field of jazz he was involved in 96 recording sessions between 1953 and 1990, most recently in the Frank Wess Orchestra.

His brothers are the jazz musicians Pete Clarke (woodwind instruments, 1911–1975) and Dick Clarke (trumpet).

Web links

• Eugene Chadbourne : Babe Clarke on Allmusic (English)
• Babe Clarke at Discogs (English)
• Arthur Clarke at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 5, 2015)
3. ↑ Pete Clark at Discogs (English)
4. ↑ See Feather / Gitler: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz