Steve Jolliffe (born 28 April 1949) is an

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musician. After meeting

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(

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) in the late 1960s Jolliffe played with him in a band called the Joint. He left the Joint to study music at the Berlin Konservatorium. There he met Edgar Froese and played with one of the earliest incarnations of

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. He subsequently joined the band Steamhammer, a blues-rock outfit that experienced moderate success in the early 1970s, touring extensively and played on their "Steamhammer II" album, as well as co-writing the "Autumn Song" single which topped the French charts. After leaving the band, Jolliffe composed the music for John Samson's 1973 documentary ''Tattoo''. Jolliffe rejoined

in the late 1970s, recording the album ''Cyclone'' with the band in 1978. He then released a solo album entitled ''Earth'' in 1978. After this Jolliffe released solo albums at the rate of approximately one per year, including ''The Bruton Suite'', ''Journeys Out Of The Body'', ''Alien'' and ''Zanzi''. Jolliffe is a multi-instrumentalist, playing, among others, the

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, flute and piccolo.

References

External links

Official website
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