Jeff Clyne

Jeffrey Ovid Clyne (29 January 1937[1] – 16 November 2009[2]) was a British jazz bassist (playing both bass guitar and double bass).[1]

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.[3] He was a regular member of Hayes' groups from 1961.[1]

Clyne accompanied Blossom Dearie, Stan Tracey (on his Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas's "Under Milk Wood" album),[1] Ian Carr, Gordon Beck (on Experiments With Pops, with John McLaughlin), 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.[1] He often worked with drummer Trevor Tomkins.

Jeff Clyne died from a heart attack on 16 November 2009, at the age of 72.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ a b "Jazzwise Magazine". 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ Steve Voce "Jeff Clyne: Bassist and stalwart of the British jazz scene for 40 years", The Independent, 20 November 2009.