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Jeff Clyne

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Jeffrey Ovid Clyne (29 January 1937[1] – 16 November 2009[2]) was a British jazz bassist (playing both bass guitar and double bass).[1]

Clyne worked with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott in their group the Jazz Couriers for a year from 1958, and was part of the group of musicians who opened Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in November 1959.[3] He was a regular member of Hayes' groups from 1961.[1]

Clyne accompanied Blossom Dearie, Stan Tracey (on his Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" album),[1] Ian Carr, Gordon Beck (on Experiments With Pops, with John McLaughlin), Dudley Moore, Zoot Sims, Norma Winstone, John Burch and Marion Montgomery. He was a member of Nucleus, Isotope, Gilgamesh, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band and Turning Point in the 1970s.[1] He often worked with drummer Trevor Tomkins.

Jeff Clyne died from a heart attack on 16 November 2009, at the age of 72.[2]

Discography

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As leader

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  • Springboard with Ian Carr (Polydor, 1969)
  • Twice Upon a Time with Phil Lee (Cadillac, 1988)

As sideman

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With Neil Ardley

  • Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises (Columbia, 1970)
  • A Symphony of Amaranths (Regal Zonophone, 1972)
  • On the Radio: BBC Sessions 1971 (Dusk Fire, 2017)

With Gordon Beck

  • Conversation Piece Part 1 & 2 (View, 1980)
  • Experiments with Pops (Major Minor, 1968)
  • Gyroscope (Morgan, 1969)
  • When Sunny Gets Blue (Turtle, 2018)

With Roy Budd

  • Budd 'n' Bossa (Pye, 1970)
  • Fear Is the Key (Pye, 1972)
  • Get Carter (Odeon, 1971)
  • The Internecine Project (Trunk, 2019)

With Blossom Dearie

With Bob Downes

  • Diversions (Openian, 1971)
  • Hells Angels (Openian, 1975)
  • 5 Trios (Openian, 2010)

With Tubby Hayes

  • Tubby's Groove (Tempo, 1960)
  • Tubbs (Fontana, 1961)
  • Night and Day (Magnum America, 1996)
  • 100% Proof (Fontana, 1967)
  • England's Late Jazz Great (IAJRC, 1987)
  • 200% Proof (Master Mix, 1992)
  • Live in London (Harkit, 2004)
  • Commonwealth Blues (Art of Life, 2005)
  • Intensity: The 1965 Tapes (Tentoten, 2008)
  • Tubby's New Groove (Candid, 2011)

With Nucleus

  • Elastic Rock (Vertigo, 1970)
  • We'll Talk About It Later (Vertigo, 1971)
  • The Pretty Redhead (Hux, 2003)
  • Hemispheres (Hux, 2006)
  • Live 1970 (Gearbox, 2014)

With John Stevens

  • Chemistry (Vinyl, 1977)
  • Freebop (Affinity, 1982)
  • Blue (Culture Press, 1998)

With Trevor Watts & Amalgam

  • Prayer for Peace (Transatlantic, 1969)

With others

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ a b "Jazzwise Magazine". 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ Steve Voce "Jeff Clyne: Bassist and stalwart of the British jazz scene for 40 years", The Independent, 20 November 2009.
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