Seleno Clarke

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Seleno Clarke (* thirtieth September 1930 in Poolesville , Maryland ; † 28. December 2017 in New York City ) was an American musician ( Hammond organ ), which stylistically between Funk - Gospel - Soul - and jazz music moved and whom New York Magazine called "a criminally underrated organist".

Seleno Clarke began his career in the 1960s as a saxophonist in the Count Basie Orchestra before moving to the Hammond organ and working with his own formations. Grant Green and George Benson also played in his bands as guest musicians . He presented a number of singles in the 1960s such as Soulful Drop / Memphis Boogaloo and Exploitation of Soul / Stimulation . In the late 1970s, he led the formation Seleno Clarke and the Jazz Suspensions ; from the 1990s he performed with his quintet Clarke's Harlem Groove Band in New York clubs such as the American Legion Post 398 , Showman's Cafe , the Zinc Bar , Lenox Lounge , Smoke and other jazz clubs in Harlem . In his band u. a. the 90-year-old R&B veteran Maxwell Lucas . George Benson produced Clarke's debut album All in One Diversity (1999). In 2003 Clarke presented another live album ( Diversity # 2 ), a recording from the Smoke jazz club in Manhattan, with Jim Rotondi and Eric Alexander .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ New York Magazine March 31, 1997, p. 120
  2. ^ The New Yorker , Volume 53, Part 3, 1977
  3. ↑ New York Magazine June 23, 1997
  4. ^ Sebastian Moll: Baedeker Travel Guide New York . 2018
  5. ↑ Seleno Clarke: Bringing The Music Back To Harlem. All About Jazz , December 9, 2009, accessed December 28, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Clarke, Seleno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clark, Seleno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (Hammond organ)
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Poolesville , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2017
Place of death New York City