Jeffrey Ovid Clyne (29 January 1937 – 16 November 2009) was a British

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bassist (playing both

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and

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). Clyne worked with

Tubby Hayes Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 – 8 June 1973) was a British jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his virtuosic musicianship on tenor saxophone and for performing in jazz groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and trump ...

and

Ronnie Scott Ronnie Scott Order of the British Empire, OBE (born Ronald Schatt; 28 January 1927 – 23 December 1996) was a British jazz Tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner. He co-founded Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London's Soho district ...

in their group the

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in November 1959.Steve Voc
"Jeff Clyne: Bassist and stalwart of the British jazz scene for 40 years"
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'', 20 November 2009. He was a regular member of Hayes' groups from 1961. Clyne accompanied

Blossom Dearie Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusic/ref> Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City ov ...

Stan Tracey Stanley William Tracey (30 December 1926 – 6 December 2013) was a British jazz pianist and composer, whose most important influences were Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Tracey's best known recording is the 1965 album '' Jazz Suite Insp ...

(on his ''

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'' album),

Ian Carr Ian Carr (21 April 1933 – 25 February 2009) was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator. Carr performed and recorded with the Rendell-Carr quintet and jazz-fusion band Nucleus (band), Nucleus, and was an associate professor a ...

Gordon Beck Gordon James Beck (16 September 1935 – 6 November 2011) was an English jazz pianist and composer. At the time of his death, 26 albums had been released under his name. Early life Beck was born in Brixton, London, and attended Pinner Coun ...

(on ''Experiments With Pops'', with John McLaughlin),

Dudley Moore Dudley Stuart John Moore (19 April 193527 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. He first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four writer-perf ...

Zoot Sims John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...

Norma Winstone Norma Ann Winstone MBE (born 23 September 1941) is an English jazz singer and lyricist. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is best known for her contributions to improvised vocal music. Musicians with whom she has worked include ...

, John Burch and Marion Montgomery. He was a member of

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, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band and

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in the 1970s. He often worked with drummer

Trevor Tomkins Trevor Ramsey Tomkins (12 May 1941 – 9 September 2022) was a British jazz drummer best known for his work in a number of British bands in the 1970s, including Gilgamesh. Biography Tomkins was born in London and studied music at the Guildhall ...

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

Discography

As leader

* ''Springboard'' with

(Polydor, 1969) * ''Twice Upon a Time'' with

Phil Lee Phillip Robert Lee (born 8 April 1943, London, England. Died 12 May 2024) was an English jazz guitarist. Lee studied guitar with Ike Isaacs (guitarist), Ike Isaacs as a teenager and was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, including for ...

(Cadillac, 1988)

As sideman

With

Neil Ardley Neil Richard Ardley (26 May 1937 – 23 February 2004) was a prominent English jazz composer and pianist, who also made his name as the author of more than 100 popular books on science and technology, and on music. Early years 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

* ''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 Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947 – 7 August 1993) was a British jazz pianist and composer known for his film scores, including ''Get Carter'' and ''The Wild Geese''. Early life Born in South Norwood, South London, Budd became interested in mu ...

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

* '' Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's'' (Fontana, 1966) * ''

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'' (Fontana, 1970) * ''Live in London Vol. 2'' (Harkit, 2004) With

Bob Downes Robert George Downes (born 22 July 1937 in Plymouth) is an English avant-garde jazz flautist and saxophonist. He is known for his work with Mike Westbrook and for leading the Open Music Trio since 1968. Downes is also a composer, arranger, and ...

* ''Diversions'' (Openian, 1971) * ''Hells Angels'' (Openian, 1975) * ''5 Trios'' (Openian, 2010) With

* ''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

* ''

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'' (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 Trevor Charles Watts (born 26 February 1939) is an English people, English jazz and free improvisation, free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist. Biography Watts was born in York, England. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the ...

& Amalgam * ''Prayer for Peace'' (Transatlantic, 1969) With others *

Acoustic Alchemy Acoustic Alchemy is an English smooth jazz band formed in England in the early 1980s by Nick Webb (musician), Nick Webb and Simon James (musician), Simon James. 1981–1989: Early days Acoustic Alchemy was formed around the acoustic guitars of ...

, ''Simon James & Nicholas Webb Guitar Duo'' (Mastermime, 1981) * Acoustic Alchemy, '' Early Alchemy'' (GRP, 1992) *

Kevin Ayers Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely asso ...

, '' Joy of a Toy'' (BGO, 1989) *

Pete Brown Peter Ronald Brown (25 December 1940 – 19 May 2023) was an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce.Colin Larkin, ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music'' (Muze UK Ltd, 1997) ...

, ''The Not Forgotten Association'' (Deram, 1973) * John Burch, ''Jazzbeat'' (Rhythm & Blues, 2019) *

, ''Solar Plexus'' (Vertigo, 1971) *

Roy Castle Roy Castle (31 August 1932 – 2 September 1994) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. An accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could also play many other instruments. In a career as a versatile perfo ...

, ''Songs for A Rainy Day'' (Columbia, 1966) *

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, '' Septober Energy'' (RCA, Neon 1971) * Mike Cooper, ''Places I Know'' (Dawn, 1971) *

Julie Driscoll Julie Driscoll Tippett (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress, known for her work with Brian Auger and her husband, Keith Tippett. Career Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's " This Wheel's on F ...

, ''

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'' (Polydor, 1971) *

Georgie Fame Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English R&B and jazz musician. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemporaries such as Alan Price, Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Fame is the only B ...

, ''The Two Faces of Fame'' (CBS, 1967) *

Giles Farnaby Giles Farnaby (c. 1563 – November 1640) was an English composer and virginalist whose music spans the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque period. Life Giles Farnaby was born about 1563, perhaps in Truro, Cornwall or near London. ...

, '' Giles Farnaby's Dream Band'' (Argo, 1973) * Michael Gibbs, ''Tanglewood 63'' (Deram, 1971) *

, ''Gilgamesh'' (Caroline, 1975) * Gilgamesh, ''Arriving Twice'' (Cuneiform, 2000) *

Barry Guy Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London, England) is an English composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of or ...

& the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, ''

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'' (Incus, 1972) * Jim Hall, ''Live in London'' (Harkit, 2019) * John Horler, ''Lost Keys'' (Master Mix, 1993) * Linda Hoyle, '' Pieces of Me'' (Vertigo, 1971) *

, ''Isotope'' (Gull, 1974) * Isotope &

Gary Boyle Gary Winston Boyle (born 24 November 1941) is a British jazz rock guitarist. Biography Boyle was born in Patna, Bihar, India, on 24 November 1941. He attended the Leeds College of Music in the early 1960s and then joined the folk-rock band Eclec ...

, ''Live at the BBC'' (Hux, 2004) *

The Jazz Couriers The Jazz Couriers were a British jazz quintet formed in April 1957 and which disbanded in August 1959. The quintet's first line-up consisted of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott on tenor saxophones,Marian Montgomery, ''On Stage!'' (Cube, 1978) * Marion Montgomery, ''Nice and Easy'' (Jazz House, 1990) *

, ''Keep It Up'' (Decca, 1969) * Dudley Moore, '' The Dudley Moore Trio'' (Decca, 1969) *

Tony Oxley Tony Oxley (15 June 1938 – 26 December 2023) was an English free improvisation, free improvising drummer and electronic musician. Born in Sheffield, Oxley moved to London in 1966 and became house drummer at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club where he ...

, '' The Baptised Traveller'' (CBS, 1969) * Tony Oxley, '' 4 Compositions for Sextet'' (CBS, 1970) *

Tom Paxton Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter whose career spans more than sixty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

, ''How Come the Sun'' (Reprise, 1971) *

Annette Peacock Annette Peacock (born 1941) is an American composer, musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger. She is a pioneer in electronic music who combined her voice with one of the first Moog synthesizers in the late 1960s. Biography Annette Peacock ...

, '' X-Dreams'' (Aura, 1978) *

Gilles Peterson Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (), is a broadcaster, DJ, record label and festival owner. He is renowned for his genre-defying approach to music with jazz at its core. From this base he ...

, ''Impressed 2 with Gilles Peterson'' (Universal/Impressed Re-pressed 2004) *

Prince Lasha William B. Lawsha, better known as Prince Lasha (), (September 10, 1929 – December 12, 2008) was an United States of America, American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, baritone saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist and English horn player. Life a ...

, ''

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'' (CBS, 1966) *

Don Rendell Donald Percy Rendell (4 March 1926 – 20 October 2015) was an English jazz musician and arranger. Mainly active as a tenor saxophonist, he also played soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet. Career Rendell was born in Plymouth, England, and r ...

, ''Change Is'' (Columbia, 1969) *

, ''The Couriers of Jazz'' (London American, 1958) * Ronnie Scott, ''BBC Jazz Club'' (Gearbox, 2013) *

, ''Zoot at Ronnie Scott's'' (Fontana, 1962) *

Spontaneous Music Ensemble The Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME) was a loose collection of free improvising musicians, convened in 1965 by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts. SME performances and ...

, ''Challenge'' (Eyemark, 1966) * Spontaneous Music Ensemble, ''Oliv & Familie'' (Emanem, 2014) *

The The are an English rock band from London, formed in 1979 by singer-songwriter Matt Johnson, the only constant member, and often the sole member. achieved critical acclaim and commercial success in the UK, with 15 chart singles, seven reaching ...

, '' Infected'' (Epic, 1986) *

Keith Tippett Keith Graham Tippetts (25 August 1947 – 14 June 2020), known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned jazz-rock, progressive rock, improvised and contemporar ...

, ''You Are Here... I Am There'' (Polydor, 1970) *

, '' Jazz Suite'' (Columbia, 1965) * Stan Tracey, ''Alice in Jazz Land'' (Resteamed, 2007) *

Theo Travis Theo Travis (born 7 July 1964) is a British saxophonist, flautist and composer. He is a member of Soft Machine which he joined in 2006 while the group was still using the "Legacy" suffix and was a member of Gong from 1999 to 2010. Biography Tra ...

, ''View from the Edge'' (33 Jazz, 1994) *

, ''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 Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is an English retired musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming para ...

, ''Flotsam Jetsam'' (Rough Trade, 1994)

References

External links

Calyx biography

– ''Daily Telegraph'' obituary
Jeff Clyne: jazz bass player
– ''Times'' obituary
Jeff Clyne
– ''Guardian'' obituary {{DEFAULTSORT:Clyne, Jeff 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 British 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