Clark spent the majority of his upbringing in Seattle Washington."There was a bit of a scene there at that time. When I got to middle school, my instructor was Wadie Ervin, and he introduced me to Joe Brazil who was heading an organization called the Black Academy of Music, later becoming the Brazil Academy of music." Clark went on to gig with his big band around Washington State. He also played with an R&B group that played in the city - dances and functions - as well as playing in the Little and Junior Symphonies. "But I wasn't really doing much in that time, I was still in High School"
