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]