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 Ardley
  • Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises
  • A Symphony of Amaranths
  • On the Radio: BBC Sessions 1971
With Gordon Beck
  • Conversation Piece Part 1 & 2
  • Experiments with Pops
  • Gyroscope
  • When Sunny Gets Blue
With Roy Budd
  • Budd 'n' Bossa
  • Fear Is the Key
  • Get Carter
  • The Internecine Project
With Blossom Dearie
With Bob Downes
  • Diversions
  • Hells Angels
  • 5 Trios
With Tubby Hayes
  • Tubby'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 Nucleus
  • Elastic Rock
  • We'll Talk About It Later
  • The Pretty Redhead
  • Hemispheres
  • Live 1970
With John Stevens
  • Chemistry
  • Freebop
  • Blue
With Trevor Watts & Amalgam
  • Prayer for Peace
With others