Christopher Clarke Quintet

Set 1: 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Set 2: 9:00 pm - 10:20 pm - Sold Separately

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio Christopher Lowell Clarke began playing trumpet in elementary school. Excelling in his musical training, he was given the opportunity to continue his musical development at The School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati. SCPA provided many musical experiences for Clarke including playing 1st trumpet in the school’s symphony orchestra, symphonic band, and jazz band.

Clarke also played in productions of a number of musicals including Peter Pan, The Sound of Music, and Sophisticated Ladies. In 1992, Clarke was awarded the Fish Middleton Rising Young Jazz Artist Scholarship and attended The College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Majoring in Jazz and Studio Music, Clarke played with many guest artists including Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, Bobby Shew, and Byron Stripling. In 1994 Clarke was invited by Ronnie Wells, founder of both the Fisk Middleton Award and the East Coast Jazz Festival, to perform in her annual festival held in Washington DC.

Hungry to play abroad Clarke accepted a position with Carnival Cruise Lines to play in the MS Fantasy’s Universe Orchestra. After four years, ten ships, and numerous ports throughout the Pacific Northeast, Caribbean, and Mexico, Clarke ended his run with Carnival.

With his next step bringing him to the Bay Area, Clarke’s career has continued to flourish, he has performed in numerous jazz festivals including Monterey, Stanford, Mt. Hood, and the Fillmore Street Jazz Festival, which is held annually on the streets of the Fillmore District of San Francisco, CA. Clarke was also a member of the Johnny Nocturne Band during their 1997 tour of Italy where they played in numerous venues including the famous Umbria Jazz Festival in Orvieto. Since his move to San Francisco, Clarke has shared the stage with many Bay Area and national legends including Eddie Marshal, George Coleman, Sonny Simmons Bishop Norman Williams, and most recently Sean Jones. Clarke has performed at an array of local jazz establishments including Rasselas, Rose Pistola, Brunos, the Black Cat, Enricos, and Butterfly. Clarke was a member of the Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble who recently toured Nagoya, Japan!

A $10 drink minimum is charged per person in the party, per set, if the total for beverages purchased by the party does not meet the minimum.

Important Notices:

If you do not check in by 15 minutes into the start of the set, we reserve the right to resale your seats with no refund.

Refunds must be within 24 hours of the start of the performance.

Seats are sold by the table or by individual stools. Please look at the map below for details about the location of the tables. For larger parties, please call (513) 601-9897 and leave a message, and we will do our best to accommodate a custom arrangement.

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