Jeff Clyne
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
[edit]As leader
[edit]As sideman
[edit]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 at Ronnie Scott's (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 Trevor Watts & Amalgam
- Prayer for Peace (Transatlantic, 1969)
With others
- Acoustic Alchemy, Simon James & Nicholas Webb Guitar Duo (Mastermime, 1981)
- Acoustic Alchemy, Early Alchemy (GRP, 1992)
- Kevin Ayers, Joy of a Toy (BGO, 1989)
- Pete Brown, The Not Forgotten Association (Deram, 1973)
- John Burch, Jazzbeat (Rhythm & Blues, 2019)
- Ian Carr, Solar Plexus (Vertigo, 1971)
- Roy Castle, Songs for A Rainy Day (Columbia, 1966)
- Centipede, Septober Energy (RCA, Neon 1971)
- Mike Cooper, Places I Know (Dawn, 1971)
- Julie Driscoll, 1969 (Polydor, 1971)
- Georgie Fame, The Two Faces of Fame (CBS, 1967)
- Giles Farnaby, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band (Argo, 1973)
- Michael Gibbs, Tanglewood 63 (Deram, 1971)
- Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh (Caroline, 1975)
- Gilgamesh, Arriving Twice (Cuneiform, 2000)
- Barry Guy & the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Ode (Incus, 1972)
- Jim Hall, Live in London (Harkit, 2019)
- John Horler, Lost Keys (Master Mix, 1993)
- Linda Hoyle, Pieces of Me (Vertigo, 1971)
- Isotope, Isotope (Gull, 1974)
- Isotope & Gary Boyle, Live at the BBC (Hux, 2004)
- The Jazz Couriers, Tippin': The Jazz Couriers Live in Morecambe 1959 (Gearbox, 2012)
- Marian Montgomery, On Stage! (Cube, 1978)
- Marion Montgomery, Nice and Easy (Jazz House, 1990)
- Dudley Moore, Keep It Up (Decca, 1969)
- Dudley Moore, The Dudley Moore Trio (Decca, 1969)
- Tony Oxley, The Baptised Traveller (CBS, 1969)
- Tony Oxley, 4 Compositions for Sextet (CBS, 1970)
- Tom Paxton, How Come the Sun (Reprise, 1971)
- Annette Peacock, X-Dreams (Aura, 1978)
- Gilles Peterson, Impressed 2 with Gilles Peterson (Universal/Impressed Re-pressed 2004)
- Prince Lasha, Insight (CBS, 1966)
- Don Rendell & Ian Carr, Change Is (Columbia, 1969)
- Ronnie Scott & Tubby Hayes, The Couriers of Jazz (London American, 1958)
- Ronnie Scott, BBC Jazz Club (Gearbox, 2013)
- Zoot Sims, Zoot at Ronnie Scott's (Fontana, 1962)
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Challenge (Eyemark, 1966)
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Oliv & Familie (Emanem, 2014)
- The The, Infected (Epic, 1986)
- Keith Tippett, You Are Here... I Am There (Polydor, 1970)
- Stan Tracey, Jazz Suite (Columbia, 1965)
- Stan Tracey, Alice in Jazz Land (Resteamed, 2007)
- Theo Travis, View from the Edge (33 Jazz, 1994)
- Turning Point, Creatures of the Night (Gull, 1977)
- Turning Point, Silent Promise (Gull, 1978)
- James Tyler, Ragtime (Desto, 1979)
- Steve Waterman, Destination Unknown (ASC, 1995)
- Working Week, Compañeros (Virgin, 1986)
- Working Week, Payday (Venture/Virgin, 1988)
- Robert Wyatt, Flotsam Jetsam (Rough Trade, 1994)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Jazzwise Magazine". 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Steve Voce "Jeff Clyne: Bassist and stalwart of the British jazz scene for 40 years", The Independent, 20 November 2009.
External links
[edit]- Calyx biography
- Jeff Clyne – Daily Telegraph obituary
- Jeff Clyne: jazz bass player – Times obituary
- Jeff Clyne – Guardian obituary
- 1937 births
- 2009 deaths
- Canterbury scene
- English male guitarists
- British male bass guitarists
- English double-bassists
- British male double-bassists
- British jazz bass guitarists
- British jazz double-bassists
- Nucleus (band) members
- Gilgamesh (band) members
- Isotope (band) members
- Centipede (band) members
- 20th-century double-bassists
- 20th-century English bass guitarists
- 20th-century British male musicians
- British male jazz musicians
- 21st-century English bass guitarists
- 21st-century British male musicians
- Dudley Moore Trio members