John Clark (musician)

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John Trevor Clark (born September 21, 1944 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American jazz musician ( horn , composition).

Live and act

John Clark grew up in Rochester, New York . The son of a German studies scholar initially pursued a philological career and studied Spanish at the University of Rochester (Bachelor 1966). But Horn also studied with Verne Reynolds at the Eastman School of Music . Between 1967 and 1971 he did his military service with the United States Coast Guard Band and then studied composition and improvisation with Jaki Byard , Ran Blake and George Russell at the New England Conservatory of Music .

Clark was then a member of Carla Bley's band and spent many years in the Gil Evans Monday Night Orchestra and George Russell. Since 1985 he has played with the New York City Ballet Orchestra and since 1993 with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra. He continued to work as a studio musician. He worked with musicians as diverse as Glen Velez , Anthony Jackson , Linda Ronstadt , BB King , Oliver Lake , Ornette Coleman , Sting , Joni Mitchell , Leroy Jenkins , Gerry Mulligan , Isaac Hayes , Grachan Moncur , Ashford & Simpson , Pat Metheny , Frank Sinatra , John Scofield , Spyro Gyra , Diana Ross , Carly Simon , LL Cool J , Joe Lovano , Jaco Pastorius , Rachel Z , Jimmy Heath , Johnny Griffin , Toots Thielemans , Billy Joel , the Fugees , the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Currently (2009) he plays in the Mingus Big Band and in the Trio B3 +

His compositions were recorded by the Pugh-Taylor Project, ("747"), the Gil Evans Orchestra, ("Groove from the Louvre", "Your Number", Grammy, 1989), the Paul Winter Consort , ("Bedrock Cathedral") and Imani Winds ("I Will"). He has also written for Bob Stewart , McCoy Tyner , the Turtle Island String Quartet , Paul Jeffrey, and the Aspen Wind Quintet.

Clark developed the Hornette , which he patented in 1991 . In 1993 he published his textbook Exercises for Jazz French Horn . From 2001 to 2008 he taught at the State University of New York .

Awards

Recordings

Under his own name

  • 1980: Song of Light (Hidden Meaning Music HMM 001)
  • 1981: Faces ( ECM 1-1176)
  • 1992: Il Suono ( CMP CD 59)
  • 1997: I Will ( Postcard Records CD 1016)
  • 2003: Confluence (Hidden Meaning Music HMM 002)

As a sideman

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personal data
SURNAME Clark, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clark, John Trevor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (horn, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York