Tony Adamo Mike Clark Jeff Berlin Random Act Records

A music review in the December issue of JazzTimes on the Scott Henderson/Jeff Berlin/ Dennis Chambers new CD,HBC on (Tone Center Records) One cut in particular that stands out in the review is Herbie Hancock's "Actual Proof." And how HBC interprets that song. Dig it on the serious side. If you want to get hip the the original. Then open up your ears to Mike Clark's performance on Hancock's album Thrust (1974), and particularly the song "Actual Proof", is often cited as one of the finest examples of the linear funk style of drumming. Mike Clark, Jeff Berlin and Tony Adamo have music coming out on Scott Elias's Random Act Records.

Tony Adamo has signed a record deal with Random Act Records

TONY ADAMO Oakland Funk and New York Throw Down

(RAR). Some of the outstanding artists Adamo will be joining are: Mike Clark, of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, Michael Wolff, former band leader for the Arsenio Hall show, Larry Coryell named by Musician Magazine as “one of the 100 greatest guitarists alive today,” Kenny Drew, Jr., as Jazziz Magazine says has a "brilliant distinctive style," Carmen Intorre, Jr., Downbeat Magazine rates his new Cd at 31/2stars. A recent review of one of Adamo’s new songs from his upcoming release, MILES OF BLU on RAR states: “Adamo reaches into the pre-rap turf of Gil Scott-Heron here with this seductive too-short flash memoir about how he discovered jazz and its legendary envelope pushers – Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. There’s energy and honor and wonder in Adamo’s words, especially in the fluid alliterative syncopated way the words reflect the inspiration that jazz gave him as an artist, as a human being.” Devon Jackson, Village Voice Rolling Stone and Details Legendary drummer, Mike Clark is the producer on Tony Adamo’s hi-voltage vocals and Nu-Jazz Funk/Hipspokenword dialogue on MILES OF BLU Cd. So, can you dig it? Funk, bop, rock ‘til ya drop! Random Act Record artists are at the top. Frank Black, A DoubleLeft Hook PR Gig, NYC,

Tony Adamo Has Signed With Scott Elias's Random Act Records

Website: http://dlmediamusic.com/label/random-act-records/ Music: http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=1728 Tony Adamo has signed with Scott Elias's Random Act Records Random Act Records was founded in 2009 byScott Elias and his wife and partner, Anna. Scott is a lifelong musician who started playing professionally at the age of 14 i n Pittsburgh, and went on to perform with such musical greats as Slide Hampton, Sonny Stitt and Richard “Groove” Holmes. (Anna just really likes great music…and giving to charity.) Scott eventually gravitated to filmmaking, and traveled the country working on and producing such studio films as Two Weeks Notice, Miss Congeniality 2 and The Lake House with Sandra Bullock, andMusic & Lyrics starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. (Anna loves movies, too, as it turns out. She worked with Scott on Practical Magic and A Time to Kill with Sandra Bullock, The Client with Tommy Lee Jones, and Sommersby with Jodie Foster and Richard Gere.)

TONY ADAMO Oakland Funk and New York Throw Down Tony Adamo has signed a record deal with Random Act Records (RAR). Some of the outstanding artists Adamo will be joining are: Mike Clark, of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, Michael Wolff, former band leader for the Arsenio Hall show, Larry Coryell named by Musician Magazine as “one of the 100 greatest guitarists alive today,” Kenny Drew, Jr., as Jazziz Magazine says has a "brilliant distinctive style," Carmen Intorre, Jr., Downbeat Magazine rates his new Cd at 31/2stars. A recent review of one of Adamo’s new songs from his upcoming release, MILES OF BLU on RAR states: “Adamo reaches into the pre-rap turf of Gil Scott-Heron here with this seductive too-short flash memoir about how he discovered jazz and its legendary envelope pushers – Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. There’s energy and honor and wonder in Adamo’s words, especially in the fluid alliterative syncopated way the words reflect the inspiration that jazz gave him as an artist, as a human being.” Devon Jackson, Village Voice Rolling Stone and Details Legendary drummer, Mike Clark is the producer on Tony Adamo’s hi-voltage vocals and Nu-Jazz Funk/Hipspokenword dialogue on MILES OF BLU Cd. So, can you dig it? Funk, bop, rock ‘til ya drop! Random Act Record artists are at the top. Frank Black, ADoubleLeft Hook PR Gig, NYC,

Tony Adamo in Top 50 on ESB JAZZ RADIO

August 2012 - Top 50 most played albums in the last 3 months:STRAIGHT UP DEAL @#35/WHAT IS HIP? @#50

Tony Adamo in Top 50 on ESB Jazz Radio

Website: http://esbjazzradio.ning.com/ Tony Adamo in Top 50 on ESB Jazz Radio Franky B - A Too Hip To Be Square Production, NY, NY August 2012 - Top 50 most played albums in the last 3 months: Tony Adamo, vocal Hipspokenword artist has two Cd's in the top 50 at ESB Jazz Radio. Adamo's Cd STRAIGHT UP DEAL is at #35 and WHAT IS HIP? is at #50. At #1 is 1.Compared to That - Brian Bromberg; # 2.Kind of Blue - Miles Davis; and 3.All Over The Place - Mike Stern. Tony Adamo is in record negotiations with Random Act Records, home to Kenny Drew, JR, Larry Coryell, Bria Skonberg, and Randy Johston. In 2013 Mike Clark and Michael Wolff will be joining this label and releasing their new Cd. Legendary drummer, Mike Clark produces Adamo's music and Tim Ouimette is his mixer and arranger.

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Tony Adamo's Tickin Clock

About the album/track: “It quickly becomes apparent that in the gray area between jazz, R&B and soul, Tony Adamo is one of the top voices.” Scott Yanow, Author of the Jazz Singers

Mike Clark Tim Ouimette Michael Wolff Jon Burr/ HeadLine @ Silver Lining

Website: http://www.mikeclarkmusic.com/home.html Mike Clark Tim Ouimette Michael Wolff Jon Burr/ HeadLine @ Silver Lining Frank Black/ A Doubleleft Hook PR/NY NY Thursday Sept. 6 8PM Silver Lining 75 Murray St. New York, NY MIKE CLARK/ gained worldwide recognition as one of America’s foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock’s group in the early 1970’s. Mike became known as a major innovator through his incisive playing on Hancock’s Thrust album. Tim Ouimette/ has played trumpet for The Count Basie Orchestra, Keith Richard, Kenwood Dennard's Jaco-Fest, Ray Charles, They Might Be Gants, Judy Collins, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Cab Calloway Orchestra, Machito, Ray Barretto, Mario Bauza, Chico O'Farill, The 4 Tops, The Temptations. Michael Wolff/With the release of Joe's Strut, pianist/composer Michael Wolff has been hailed as "one of the most engaging all-around performers in the jazz game" (Oakland Tribune). His performances bring a strong mix of straight-ahead original instrumental jazz and a foot-stomping funky New Orleans vibe. JAZZTIMES magazine praises Wolff as "a musical renaissance man." Jon Burr/ "Newcomer Jon Burr...is a technical master, for whom `In a Sentimental Mood' and `Blue Monk' were perfect frameworks."—Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times/ "Could hardly have asked for better...Burr was always where he needed to be, his bass lines filled with big, fat bottom notes, his solos bringing the perspective of a high-technique, contemporary improvisational style to a straight-ahead jazz setting.”—Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

Tony Adamo in song rotation/ newporterjazz radio

Tony, I"m showcasing the song, 'Tickin Clock' on the new songs rotation. This song is absolutely stunning! Your song is now playing on NewporterJazz. I only ask you tell everyone you know, they can hear this masterpiece on NewporterJazz.com. Please go to Newporterjazz.com radio for song request for Tony Adamo's 'Tickin Clock' Adamo's music is produced by legendary drummer Mike Clark of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters. Horn arrangements for 'Tickin Clock' are by Tim Ouimette. Robert Cunningham, owner & PD for radio Newporterjazz

Tony Adamo's Hey Lou @#26 in top 200 on SoudClick Nu-Jazz Charts. Frank Black/ Doubleleft Hook Productions New York City On Tony Adamo's ‘Hey Lou’ is the mighty tenor man, Ernie Watts and the smoothest of the smooth keyboard wizard, Rodney Franklin. Former Herbie Hancock and the HEADHUNTERS band members Mike Clark on drums, Bill Summers on percussion, Paul Jackson Bass. "Producer Jerry Stucker brought in Paul Jackson to complete the all-star lineup on Adamo’s tune ‘Hey Lou.’ ‘Hey Lou’ previously featured Ernie Watts and Rodney Franklin. This tune is a first for Jackson, Watts and Franklin playing together. The addition of Jackson to this all-star group of musicians has made ‘Hey Lou’ an instant acid jazz funk classic." Peter Böhi smoothvibes.com

Tony Adamo Alfredo Rodriguez in Top Ten

Website: http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=1728 Music: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownloads_day.php?day=150 Tony Adamo’s Funky Jazz is Feverish Kool Frank Black, DoubleLeft Hook Productions, NYC The songs “Nine Miles of Blu” and “Qbafrica” have been trading spots on the top 25 jazz charts at allaboutjazz.com for the last 150 days. Tony Adamo’s “Nine Miles of Blu” is produced by legendary drummer, Mike Clark, of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters fame. “Nine Miles of Blu” has not dropped out of the top ten in over 150 days and has gone #1 three different times in three months. “Nine Miles of Blu” is currently at # 4 with Alfredo Rodriguez’s song “Qbafrica,” produced by the legendary producer Quincy Jones, at #3 on the top 25 jazz chart. Alfredo Rodriguez more than lives up to all the hype on his Mack Avenue Records debut. He has the chops, musicianship and jazz coolness to go all the way. Soul jazz artist/songwriter, Tony Adamo, was discovered by drummer Mike Clark. Clark has been called “the most sampled drummer in hip hop.” His beats have been used on tracks by musicians NWA, Grandmaster Flash, Britney Spears, Prince, and many others. Mike Clark describes Adamo’s original music as “Oaktown Funk and New York throw down meets vocal/hipspokenword. So ladies and gents, dig these two new artists. The groove is here." Original posted at mi2n.com

On Tony Adamo's ‘Hey Lou’ is the mighty tenor man, Ernie Watts and the smoothest of the smooth keyboard wizard, Rodney Franklin. Former Herbie Hancock and the HEADHUNTERS band members Mike Clark on drums, Bill Summers on percussion, Paul Jackson Bass. "Hey Lou" is produced by Jerry Stucker.

Tony Adamo's Miles of Blu on CDBABY

Tony Adamo The Band in Manhattan

Tony Adamo The Band in Manhattan Frank Blacxk A Doubleleft Hook Production/NY NY Legendary drummer Mike Clark of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, Woody Shaw, Wallace Roney, Joe Henderson,Chet Baker, Wayne Henderson, Tony Bennett. Assembled some of New York's finest and hipest working jazz n' funk musician's for vocalist hipspokinword artist Tony Adamo. Clark dug up these cats for Adamo's recordings and live shows. Tim Ouimette/Trumpet, Trombone, Music Arranger- Ray Charles,Jon Lucien, Ben E. King, Ray Barretto and Mike Clark Benny Russell/ Tenor Sax, Music Arranger- Manhattans, Richard " Groove Holmes, Otis Rush, Four Tops, Mike Clark Jerry Z/ Organ- Mike Clark, The Headhunters, Delbert McClinton, Hiram Bullock, John Scofield Marvin Horn/ Guitar- Mike Clark, Elvin Jones, Jack McDuff, Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard

Tony Adamo @#2 in TOP 25 @ Allaboutjazz.com

Legendary drummer Mike Clark producing and Tim Ouimette mixing Tony Adamo's CD, 9 MILES of BLU. 9 MILES of BLU single is now @#2 in TOP 25 jazz charts @ allaboutjazz.com http://www.allaboutjazz.com/​php/​jazzdownloads_day.php?day=60

Tony Adamo The Band in Manhattan

Tony Adamo's Home Cookin' Home Funkin' Jazz

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Tony Adamo's song 9 Miles of Blu has been at:
#1 Top Downloads last 10 days
#2 Top Downloads last 30 days
#15 Top Download last 60 days
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MusicDishTV Presents Tony Adamo's "Nine Miles Of Blu"

In his latest video and mp3 "Nine Miles of Blu," Tony Adamo runs the voodoo down with legendary drummer Mike Clark (yes the drummer who played with Herbie Hancock back in 1974 on Thrust), and references to being in the middle of a happening jazz scene, tipping his verse to Miles' and Coltrane's "Giant Steps". Guitarist Steve Holman lays down a solid comping on this jazz trio's post-bop, with Clark sparking the track with great rhythmic ideas.

The esteemed Clark also produced "Nine Miles of Blue," in which Adamo pays a verbal homage to Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and other widely recognized jazz masters who led the way for the music we have today. Using cleverly smooth but complex combinations of jazz melodies, this track is a funky, jazzy, get in your face groove that, at first play, makes you feel like you're sitting in a great jazz club

Tony Adamo Show & Prove with 9 Miles of Blu

Tony Adamo Show & Prove with 9 Miles of Blu

Dave Sumner allaboutjazz.com download of the day editor. Comments on Tony Adamo’s MP3 9 MILES OF BLU, featuring legendary drummer Mike Clark.
Dave Sumner wrote on April 3, 2012
Hey, Tony.
I was glad to give it a feature date. I'm always looking to feature
something a little different, and having a spoken word dialog
accompanying the jazz fit the bill. I think your track was a cool
addition to the AAJ Download of the Day canvas, and based on the results, it appears
that AAJ readers/listeners agree.

Cheers.

-Dave allaboutjazz.com Download of the Day Editor

Tony Adamo & Mike Clark – Rollin’ to #1

Tony Adamo & Mike Clark – Rollin’ to #1
Frank Black, A Double Left Hook Production, NYNY

Singer/Hip Spokenword artist Tony Adamo has gone to the top of the charts at allaboutjazz.com with his new conception on vocal/spokenword song “9 Miles of Blu.” “9 Miles of Blu” was produced by legendary drummer Mike Clark formerly of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters. ”9 Miles of Blu” has been at #1 on the allaboutjazz.com charts for the last ten days. Adamo’s remake of the Tower of Power classic “What is Hip” is at #22 in the top 50 most downloaded songs on allaboutjazz.com charts for top songs for 2011.
The esteemed Clark is also on board as producer for Adamo’s unreleased CD, “9 MILES OF BLU,” in which Tony Adamo pays a verbal homage to Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and other widely recognized jazz masters who led the way for the music we enjoy today. “There is energy and honor and wonder in Adamo’s words, especially in the fluid alliterative syncopated way the words reflect the inspiration that jazz gave him. Using cleverly smooth but complex combinations of jazz melodies, “9 Miles of Blu” is a funky, jazzy get in your face groove. Complementing Adamo’s nimble vocals are Mike Clark and guitarist Steve Homan, both of whose equally homage-ist beats and licks, respectively, are hip clean and entirely their own.” Devon Jackson, Rolling Stone & Village Voice

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Tony Adamo Runs The Voodoo Down

Singer Hipspokenword Artist Tony Adamo's 9 MILES of BLU in TOP 25 @# 13. The legendary Mike Clark producing.

From the album:
Nine Miles of Blu by Tony Adamo

About the album/track:
In his latest video and mp3 "Nine Miles of Blu," Tony Adamo runs the voodoo down with legendary drummer Mike Clark (yes the drummer who played with Herbie Hancock back in 1974 on Thrust), and references to being in the middle of a happening jazz scene, tipping his verse to Miles' and Coltrane's "Giant Steps". Guitarist Steve Holman lays down a solid comping on this jazz trio's post-bop, with Clark sparking the track with great rhythmic ideas.

Tony Adamo And Mike Clark /Double Knock Out

Double Left Hook Productions, NY NY
Ron J. Smith

Tony Adamo's unreleased CD,"9 MILES OF BLU," produced by legendary drummer, Mike Clark is in the can for 2012. On March 24, Tony Adamo, Mike Clark, Delbert Bump and Steve Homan will start recording new music for Adamo's live shows and for a future CD release scheduled for 2013.

Tony Adamo Hipspokenword/Vocal in Top 50/allaboutjazz

Tony Adamo Hipspokenword/Vocal in Top 50
Bill Watts/Nu-You Productions-New York,NY

Top 50 downloaded MP3's for 2011 at allaboutjazz.com is Tony Adamo's "What is Hip?" from Adamo's CD,What is Hip?.Hip is at # 23.

Tony Adamo's exuberant jazzy take on Tower of Power's funk classic

Tony Adamo's take on Tower of Power's classic funk number "What is Hip" and give it a more sinewy vibe, elasticizing the vocals and the bass, while crackling up the song's more timpanic elements. This exuberantly self-assured remake recalls the Acid Jazz insouciance of the early 90s while harkening back to the Big Band era and the Vegas-y stylings of suave masters of self-confidence such as Tom Jones and Al Jarreau. Adamo has a brash self-assuredness and a sense of showmanship that's neither unearned nor in your face. You can almost picture him taking a drag from an unfiltered or sipping from a martini in between some of his spoken-word lines. And the arrangements are crisp, solid and spicy--punctuating Adamo's vocals and his been-there sung-that attitude.

Devon Jackson Magazine Editor - Freelance Music Journalist, has written about music and film for a variety of publications--from Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice to Rolling Stone and Details

Tony Adamo reaches into the pre-rap turf of Gil Scott-Heron

Adamo reaches into the pre-rap turf of Gil Scott-Heron here with this seductive too-short flash memoir about how he discovered jazz and its legendary envelope-pushers—Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis. There’s energy and honor and wonder in Adamo’s words, especially in the fluid alliterative syncopated way the words reflect the inspiration that jazz gave him—as an artist, as a human being. Complementing his nimble vocals are former Herbie Hancock drummer Mike Clark and guitarist Steve Homan, both of whose equally homage-ist beats and licks, respectively, are clean but entirely their own.

Devon Jackson has written about music and film for a variety of publications--from Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice to Rolling Stone and Details.

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MusicDishTV Presents Tony Adamo's "Nine Miles Of Blu"

In his latest video and mp3 "Nine Miles of Blu," Tony Adamo runs the voodoo down with legendary drummer Mike Clark (yes the drummer who played with Herbie Hancock back in 1974 on Thrust), and references to being in the middle of a happening jazz scene, tipping his verse to Miles' and Coltrane's "Giant Steps". Guitarist Steve Holman lays down a solid comping on this jazz trio's post-bop, with Clark sparking the track with great rhythmic ideas.

The esteemed Clark also produced "Nine Miles of Blue," in which Adamo pays a verbal homage to Dizzie Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and other widely recognized jazz masters who led the way for the music we have today. Using cleverly smooth but complex combinations of jazz melodies, this track is a funky, jazzy, get in your face groove that, at first play, makes you feel like you're sitting in a great jazz club.

Tony Adamo & Mike Clark’s New Vibes – Just too Kool

Tony Adamo & Mike Clark’s New Vibes – Just too Kool
Franki LaMantia, UrbanZone Productions/UrbanZoneRecords
New York City, New York

Mike Clark, legendary drummer and former member of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters band, can now add another name to his illustrious music career as the Funk Wizard of Manhattan. In addition to producing his new discovery, singer/nu-hip spoken word artist Tony Adamo’s CD, he had to bring in the right mixer/engineer who could funk the tracks for Adamo’s groove vocabulary and triplet soul-jazz voicing’s. Clark was looking for a mixing fool of an engineer who could dig the new perspective on the nu-hip speak vocals that he and Adamo are puttin’ down. That engineer is Tim Ouimette, a hip to the bone musician /composer who has played or written for Ray Charles, The 4 Tops, The Temptations, Blood Sweat and Tears and Aretha Franklin. In addition, Ouimette has composed music for TV, Cable and commercials. Nuff said! Now let’s get down with the new musical zounds of Tony Adamo and Mike Clark.

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