Steve Jolliffe (born 28 April 1949) is an English musician. After meeting Rick Davies (

Supertramp Supertramp were a British rock band formed in London in 1970. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson (vocals, keyboards and guitars) and Rick Davies (vocals and keyboards), the group were distinguished for blending p ...

) 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 Edgar Willmar Froese (; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the gro ...

and played with one of the earliest incarnations of

Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the grou ...

. 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 keyboard,

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and

piccolo The piccolo ( ; ) is a smaller version of the western concert flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute, the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the ...

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External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jolliffe, Steve 1949 births Living people Steamhammer (band) members Tangerine Dream members