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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). He worked with

Tubby Hayes Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 – 8 June 1973) was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenor saxophone playing in groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and with trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar. Early life ...

and

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in their group the Jazz Couriers for a year from 1958, and was part of the group of musicians who opened

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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 AllMusicDearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over ...

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 Inspir ...

(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, and was an associate professor at the Guildhall ...

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

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Dudley Moore Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE (19 April 193527 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. Moore 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 writ ...

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 wordless improvisations. Musicians with whom she has worked include Michael Garrick, ...

, John Burch and

Marion Montgomery Marion Montgomery (November 17, 1934 – July 22, 2002)

. He was a member of

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Giles Farnaby's Dream Band Giles Farnaby's Dream Band was a collaboration between the early music ensemble St. George’s Canzona, Derby-based folk group The Druids, and Trevor Crozier’s 'Broken Consort'. They were backed by three jazz musicians: Jeff Clyne (bass guitar ...

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 ...

. Clyne died on 16 November 2009 from a heart attack.

Discography

As leader

* ''Springboard'' with

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

Phil Lee Phillip Robert Lee (born 8 April 1943, London, England) is an English jazz guitarist. Lee studied guitar with Ike Isaacs as a teenager and was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, including for their performance at the 1960 Antibes Jaz ...

(Cadillac, 1988)

As sideman

With

Neil Ardley Neil Richard Ardley (26 May 1937 – 23 February 2004) was a prominent English jazz pianist and composer, 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'' (Fontana, 1966) * ''That's Just the Way I Want to Be'' (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

* ''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 others *

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

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, ''Joy of A Toy'' (BGO, 1989) * Pete Brown, ''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. In addition to being an accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could play many other instruments. Following a vers ...

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

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, ''Septober Energy'' (RCA, Neon 1971) *

Mike Cooper Mike Cooper may refer to: * Mike Cooper (musician) (born 1942), English blues and jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter * Mike Cooper (politician) (born 1951), former politician in Ontario, Canada See also * Michael Cooper (disambiguation) * Mike Ho ...

, ''Places I Know'' (Dawn, 1971) *

Julie Driscoll Julie Driscoll Tippetts (born 8 June 1947) is an English singer and actress. Career Driscoll is known for her 1960s versions of Bob Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's on Fire", and Donovan's " Season of the Witch", both with Brian Auger an ...

, ''1969'' (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 on ...

, ''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 Renaissance to Baroque in instrumental music, transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque period. Life Giles Farnaby was ...

, ''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) 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 orchestras ...

& the London Jazz Composers Orchestra, ''

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'' (Incus, 1972) * Jim Hall, ''Live in London'' (Harkit, 2019) *

John Horler John Douglas Horler (born 26 February 1947) is an English jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of jazz musician David Horler and the uncle of Natalie Horler, lead singer in the band Cascada. Horler was born in Lymington. He began on piano a ...

, ''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 fusion 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 Ecl ...

, ''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 (born 15 June 1938) is an English free improvising drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records. Biography Oxley was born in Sheffield, England. A self-taught pianist by the age of eight, he first began playing the drums at se ...

, ''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 who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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

Annette Peacock Annette Peacock 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 was writing ...

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

Gilles Peterson Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (), is a French broadcaster, DJ, and record label owner. He founded the influential labels Acid Jazz and Talkin' Loud, and started his current label Brow ...

, ''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, an ...

, ''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 Spontaneous may refer to: * Spontaneous abortion * Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis * Spontaneous combustion * Spontaneous declaration * Spontaneous emission * Spontaneous fission * Spontaneous generation * Spontaneous human combustion * Sponta ...

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

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, ''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 contemporary ...

, ''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 in Birmingham, England) is a British saxophonist, flautist and composer. He is best known for being a member of Soft Machine which he joined in 2006 while the group was still using the "Legacy" suffix and for being ...

, ''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, ''Companeros'' (Virgin, 1986) * Working Week, ''Payday'' (Venture/Virgin, 1988) *

Robert Wyatt Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is a retired English 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 Male bass guitarists English double-bassists 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