Bassist, Composer and Educator, Clark Sommers has toured and performed extensively throughout the world.
Clark completed his undergraduate degree in Jazz Studies and World Music at California Institute of the Arts in 2002, and completed a masters degree in Jazz Composition in 2021 from DePaul University.
Clark is proud to be at home in the bass chair with vocalist Kurt Elling, with whom he tours the globe, bringing jazz to everyone from Istanbul to the Canary Islands. Thus far, he has been privileged to play on multiple recordings with the Elling. One of which won the GRAMMY for best jazz vocal album in 2009 “Dedicated to You” Kurt Elling sings the music of Coltrane and Hartman and the second in 2020 for “Secrets Are The Best Stories” featuring Danilo Perez.