Jeff was a British jazz bass legend and an important figure on the nascent British jazz rock scene with bands like Gilgamesh, Turning point and Nucleus. He just passed away at the age of 72
http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2009/11/20/rip-jeff-clyne/
There's a wonderful tribute page going on Facebook with some neat Jeff Clyne stories:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=195042895208
Nick Weldon
I can't yet untangle the web of feelings I have at the moment. But here's a strange and lovely story... The tune is It Had To Be You in the key of G, and as usual Jeff is fluttering about up at the dusty end. The next chord is E7 and as Jeff begins his beautiful and effortless descent back down the G string, I know instinctively that he will land on a B. Thing is, a bee has also begun to take an interest in the bass and is now sitting exactly where Jeff's first finger is headed for, squarely on that B (bees have great intonation). I begin shouting at Jeff and waving towards the bass, "No, no, not the B, don't play the B!". Jeff finally looks back at his fingerboard, sees the bee and manages to make a diversion to the nearest E. He then shakes the bass,the insect flies off to safety, and we haven't dropped a beat! We laughed a lot together over that, in a slightly mystified way, and in the last few weeks of his life it became a musical mantra between us. "Don't play the B".
Some music examples:
and a classic electric bass performance
Obituary in the Guardian by John Fordham
Alyn Shipton's Jeff Clyne Obituary in the Guardian
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