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It was great to meet Mike Clark in Italy last year! For those of you who don't know Mike, he was the drummer for Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, and it would be difficult to name any great jazz musician who Mike hasn't played with.
Jeff Berlin and I got to play with him on a US tour in 2011, and it was amazing for me to play the Herbie Hancock tune “Actual Proof” with the drummer who helped make it so famous - in fact, that was one of the main tunes which inspired me to get into jazz. Mike’s playing on that record is unbelievable - he’s always been one of my favorite drummers.
I'm sure he won't mind if I tell this road story - it could happen to any New Yorker who doesn't drive much. We were about six hours away from Chicago and had a gig there that night. We stopped for gas - Jeff and I needed coffee so we asked Mike if he wouldn't mind filling up the van. He filled it up all right - with diesel! We drove out on the freeway for about a mile before the van died a very noisy death. It was Sunday, but luckily we found a mechanic who towed the van to his house and flushed the fuel system, while we watched a Bears game! (Bears won)
We made it to the club just in time to set up and play. Even though it was one of those extremely crazy days on the road, we had a great gig, plus we got to kid Mike about it for the rest of the tour.
All the best to Mike Clark, one of the most iconic drummers of all time!
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