Performance · Production
Curtis Clark
piano
United States • b. 1950-04-23
Curtis Clark is credited on 42 releases across 12 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2011 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
42
Pressings credited
12
Albums
5
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
Curtis Clark (April 23, 1950 – May 19, 2023) was a jazz pianist from Chicago, United States. Clark was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1950, but moved to Los Angeles where he spent his student years and started composing and playing the piano. After Clark graduated in music theory and composition from the California Institute of Arts in Valencia, he set out for New York City. There he began working and recording with David Murray. Influenced by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Horace Tapscott, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, Clark was based in Amsterdam for many years until his return to the U.S. He is now situated in New England. While working with various groups, Clark has played with musicians including Oscar Brown, Jr., Julian Priester, Art Taylor, Billy Bang, Richard Davis, Abbey Lincoln, Charles Tyler, John Tchicai and Han Bennink. He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
42 releases · 12 albums · active 1973–2011
- Performance · 80
- Production · 1
Studios: Barigozzi Studio · Bimhuis · Tonstudio Bauer · Wally Heider Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Smoke (4)
- Billy Bang Quintet
- David Murray Octet
- Various
- Butch Morris
- Han Bennink
- Julian Priester
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