Jeff Clyne


Jeffrey Ovid Clyne was a British jazz bassist.

Biography

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

Discography

With Barry Guy/The London Jazz Composers' Orchestra
With Prince Lasha