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Clive Chaman (born 5 September 1949) is a UK-based bass guitarist and
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, born in
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.


Background

Chaman appears on recordings by UK artists including Brian Auger's Oblivion Express,
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and
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. Chaman was also briefly a member of
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's
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replacing
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Career


1960s

;Romeo Z Around the mid-1960s, he was a member of Romeo Z, a club group that was made up of Clive Chaman on Bass, his brother Stan Chaman the group leader,
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on trombone, Eddie Cuansa on trumpet, Erwin Clement on drums, and Jerry Elboz / Elbows on conga and vocals. There was another line up of the group that had Gerry Day as drummer and lead singer. They were described as having their brand of
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sound and their kind of Latin / R & B. The group were spotted at the Chi-Chi club one night when
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and Barry Fantoni had stopped in and were discussing the kind of switched on song they needed for a switched on intense movie. The ceiling started to shake when the resident band Romeo Z came on. They subsequently enlisted the band to record the song "Kaleidoscope" which was used in the film, ''
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''. The soundtrack ''Kaleidoscope'' was released on
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W 1663 in October 1966. A single-sided promo 45 of the track was released on KAL 1. They recorded a single "Come Back, Baby Come Back" bw "Since My Baby Said Goodbye" which was produced by
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. It was released by March 25 on CBS 202645 in 1967. It was listed in the CB New Hit Singles selection in the April 1 issue of ''
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''. It got a brief review in the Shop Window section of the April 8, 1967 issue of ''
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''. The raw vibrant excitement, Latin and R&B influences, congas and brass were noted. Penny Valentine also reviewed the single in her Quick Spins section of the April 8 issue of ''
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''. She said they made good discotheque sounds on the record and that it had more clarity than most. It was in the "Rapid Singles" section of the April 8 issue of ''Record Mirror''. By 1967, the group had been playing together for three years which included resident spots at the Pigalle Restaurant, the Pickwick and the Chi Chi. That year, Allendale would become part of a group that evolved out of
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and into
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who were charting with "
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". Stan Chaman would be in the band U. F. O., recording on the Semp label, covering Bill Withers' "
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", and Sylvester Stewart's " Somebody's Watching You".


Line ups

;Led by Gerry Day * Eric Allandale (trombone) * Clive Charman (bass) * Stan Charman (guitar) * Gerry Day (leader, drums, vocals). ;Led by Stan Chaman * Eric Allandale (trombone) * Clive Chaman (Bass) * Stan Chaman (group leader, guitar) * Erwin Clement (drums) * Eddie Cuansa (trumpet) * Jerry Elboz / (Elbows) (congas, vocals)


1970s

After appearing on Ram John Holder's 1969 ''London Blues'' album, Chaman became a member of the second Jeff Beck Group in 1971 until they disbanded in 1972 when he joined
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's band Hammer. In 1973 he played on ''Now Hear This'' an album by
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's band
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appearing alongside
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from the second Jeff Beck Group and during this period became a member of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. In 1974 he joined
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Clive Chamanat
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with keyboard player
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, vocalist and guitarist
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and US drummer
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, amongst others. Hummingbird went on to record three albums for
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. Following Linda Lewis' release of the Tony Sylvester and Bert de Coteaux produced " The Old Schoolyard" single, Chaman along with Max Middleton and Richard Bailey etc. were the musicians likely to back Lewis on her upcoming US club tour. In 1979, Chaman rehearsed with the band
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when they were working on their album Down to Earth but was soon replaced by former
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bassist
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and did not play on the released album.


1980s -

Chaman was the bass player on the '' Badness'' album which
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released in 1981. He played on the ''Raven Eyes'' album of Japanese heavy metal guitarist, Raven Ohtani which was released in 1984.Japan Metal Indies
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Discography

*''London Blues'' – Ram John Holder (1969) *''Jesus Christ Superstar - A Rock Opera'' -
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(1971) *'' Rough and Ready'' –
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(1971) *'' Jeff Beck Group'' – The Jeff Beck Group (1972) *''
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'' – Donovan (1973) *'' Now Hear This'' – Hanson (1973) *''
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'' –
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(1975) *''Reinforcements'' - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (1975) *'' We Can't Go On Meeting Like This'' – Hummingbird (1976) *''
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'' – Duncan Mackay (1977) *''Happiness Heartaches'' - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (1977) *''
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'' – Hummingbird (1977) *'' Badness'' –
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(1981)


Notes


References

*''Jeff Beck: Crazy Fingers'' by Annette Carson - Backbeat Books (2001) . *''Jeff's book : A chronology of Jeff Beck's career 1965-1980'': from the Yardbirds to Jazz-Rock (Paperback). Chris Hjort and Doug Hinman Rock 'n' Roll Research Press.2000 . {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaman, Clive British male bass guitarists British session musicians Musicians from London Living people 1949 births Trinidad and Tobago musicians The Jeff Beck Group members Hummingbird (band) members