Jeff Clyne

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

Biography

He 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.[1] He was a regular member of Hayes' groups from 1961.

Clyne accompanied Blossom Dearie, Stan Tracey (on his Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" album), 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. He often worked with drummer Trevor Tomkins.

Clyne died on 16 November 2009 from a heart attack.[2]

Discography

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

As sideman

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

  • Blossom Time (Fontana, 1966)
  • That's Just the Way I Want to Be (Fontana, 1970)
  • Live in London Vol. 2 (Harkit, 2004)

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 others

References
  1. Steve Voce "Jeff Clyne: Bassist and stalwart of the British jazz scene for 40 years", The Independent, 20 November 2009.
  2. Charles Alexander, "Jazz breaking news: Bassist Jeff Clyne dies" Archived 2018-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, Jazzwise magazine. Retrieved on 20 November 2009.
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