Jeffrey Ovid "Jeff" Clyne (29 January 1937 – 16 November 2009) was a British jazz bassist (playing both bass guitar and double bass).
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 (on his Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood" album), 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. He often worked with drummer Trevor Tomkins.
Clyne died on 16 November 2009 from a heart attack.
With Prince Lasha
if you keep it like a secret
then no one gets hurt
the last few minutes
are always the worst
when every night's a blessing
but every single day is a curse for you
be careful what you wish for baby
it just might come true
if you left it like you found it
we wouldn't be here
but you always have to screw
with what you don't understand
and there is a little part of me
that just breaks everytime I look at you
be careful what you wish for baby
it just might come true
if you keep it like a secret
then no one gets hurt
the last few minutes
are always the worst
when every night's a blessing
but every single day is a curse for you
be careful what you wish for baby