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Jeffrey Ovid Clyne (29 January 1937 – 16 November 2009) was a British jazz bassist (playing both bass guitar and double bass). 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.
May 9, 2023 · Jeff Clyne recorded on the first three Nucleus albums, Elastic Rock, We'll Talk About It Later and Solar Plexus. He also gigged with Keith Tippett's acclaimed sextet alongside Elton Dean, Mark Charig and Nick Evans.
Nov 20, 2009 · For four decades, Jeff Clyne led the way as the most accomplished and versatile of British bass players. Some would claim that, despite its grandiose title, the apex of British big band jazz...
Nov 18, 2009 · There's a sense of sadness and of shock in the UK jazz community at the sudden passing, on Monday, of bassist Jeff Clyne. One of those omnipresent, irreplaceable figures in British jazz as performer and teacher.
Jeffrey Ovid Clyne, 29 January 1937, London, England. An admirer of Scott La Faro, Eddie Gomez, Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke, Clyne is a versatile performer on the electric and conventional basses…. Read Full Biography.
Nov 19, 2009 · It was with a heavy heart that I read of the sudden death of the bassist Jeff Clyne (1937-2009), an important figure on the UK jazz scene for over fifty years. Clyne played with everybody from The Jazz Couriers to Stan Tracey to Nucleus and appeared on literally dozens of recordings.
Nov 23, 2009 · Jeff Clyne who died on November 16 aged 72, had a reputation among British jazz musicians as the country's finest all-round bass player.
