SAXOPHONIST ANDREW CLARK



Andrew Clark has been one of the Boston area's most in demand freelance saxophonists since he graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 1987. He has performed and/or recorded with the following bands: Andrew Clark Band, The Papasax Horns, SAXATTACK, Gary US Bonds, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, James Montgomery, Peter Wolf, Tom Hamilton, Galactic, Michigan Blacksnake, Les Claypool and the Frog Brigade, Two Ton Shoe, Bruce Marshall, Two Bones and a Pick, The Love Dogs, Michelle "Evil Gal" Willson, Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish, Brian Maes, John Keegan and Madhouse, The Search Party, Grapevine Road, 11th Hour, Rick Russell and the Cadillac Horns, Toni Lynn Washington, Boston Baked Blues, Catharine and the Greats, George Gritzbach, Stovall Brown, Hub Caps, Swinging Johnsons, Steve Smith and the Nakeds, Khani, Jimmy C and the Real Deal, Motor City Rhythm Kings, One World, Part Time Lovers, Sandy Mack and the Heartattacks, Signs of Life, Buddy Johnson with Weeping Willie, Stop Time, Birdbrain, Wilbur and the Dukes and many others.


Andrew Clark started his own band in 1994 called SAXATTACK, a blues and classic rock four piece with Andrew on tenor and alto sax, vocals and keys backed by guitar, bass and drums. Eventually a second saxophonist was added to the gigs and the band featured many of the New England area's premier saxophonists, including Gordon "Sax Gordon" Beadle, Scott Shetler, Henley Douglas, Mario Perrett, Mark Earley, Jim Calandrella, Glenn Shambroom, Pete Levesque, Sid the Kid, Cookie Cook, Steve Tully, Chuck Langford, Robert Lyons, Mike Tucker and Jeff Giacomelli. The band appeared in the finals of the 1997 Battle of the Blues Bands at Harper's Ferry. In 1999 Andrew released his debut album AC on his own label, Papasax Records. It was engineered, mixed and mastered by Andrew Murdock (Godsmack, Powerman 5000). It received excellent reviews and led to Andrew Clark's appearance at the 2000 NEMO Music Conference. The band continued to play blues and classic rock standards mixed in with Andrew's original tunes. During the fall of 2000 the band name was changed to the ANDREW CLARK BAND and the focus of the group turned to funk, rock and soul. Andrew added a horn section called The Papasax Horns, which brought the addition of John Frazee and Andy Cormier on trumpets.


Andrew Clark has captured this dynamic new sound on his latest CD, Jaywalking. It's Andrew's tribute to two of his favorite saxophonists, Junior Walker and King Curtis. It features songs made famous by these two icons of rock and roll and some new originals, too. It was engineered and mixed by Huck Bennert (Chucklehead) and released on December 20, 2001.


Since January 1995 Andrew Clark has been writing for Saxophone Journal, an internationally distributed magazine. His column "Rock and Roll Saxophone" appears in every issue and he has interviewed Angelo Moore from Fishbone, Skerik from Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, Ben Ellman from Galactic, Gordon "Sax Gordon" Beadle (Duke Robillard), Joe Sublett (Texacali Horns, Taj Mahal, BB King), Dana Colley from Morphine, Jenny Hill (Big Apple Circus), Bruce Kapler (Late Show with David Letterman), David Woodford (Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Ray Vaughn), Mark Earley and Rich Lataille from Roomful of Blues, Henley Douglas from the Boston Horns and Clarence Clemons (Bruce Springsteen).


Andrew produced a master class CD on Microphone Technology for the March 2004 issue of Saxophone Journal. He produced, recorded and mixed a masterclass CD with Sax Gordon Beadle for the March 2002 issue and also produced a master class CD on playing blues and rock and roll saxophone for the Sept 1999 issue. He recorded a children's CD for Dorn Publications in 1998. A short story Andrew wrote was featured in the Gig Nightmare column of the Nov 1999 issue of Gig magazine.