Jeff Clyne


Jeffrey Ovid Clyne was a British jazz bassist.
Clyne worked with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott in their group the Jazz Couriers for a year from 1958, and was part of the group of musicians who opened Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in November 1959. He was a regular member of Hayes' groups from 1961.
Clyne accompanied Blossom Dearie, Stan Tracey, Ian Carr, Gordon Beck, Dudley Moore, Zoot Sims, Norma Winstone, John Burch and Marion Montgomery. He was a member of Nucleus, Isotope, Gilgamesh, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band and Turning Point in the 1970s. He often worked with drummer Trevor Tomkins.
Jeff Clyne died from a heart attack on 16 November 2009, at the age of 72.

Discography

As leader

Springboard with Ian Carr Twice Upon a Time with Phil Lee

As sideman

With Neil ArdleyGreek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises A Symphony of Amaranths On the Radio: BBC Sessions 1971
With Gordon BeckConversation Piece Part 1 & 2 Experiments with Pops Gyroscope When Sunny Gets Blue
With Roy BuddBudd 'n' Bossa Fear Is the Key Get Carter The Internecine Project
With Blossom DearieBlossom Time at Ronnie Scott's That's Just the Way I Want to Be Live in London Vol. 2
With Bob DownesDiversions Hells Angels 5 Trios
With Tubby HayesTubby's Groove Tubbs Night and Day 100% Proof England's Late Jazz Great 200% Proof Live in London Commonwealth Blues Intensity: The 1965 Tapes Tubby's New Groove
With NucleusElastic Rock We'll Talk About It Later The Pretty Redhead Hemispheres Live 1970
With John StevensChemistry Freebop Blue
With Trevor Watts & AmalgamPrayer for Peace
With others