Clifford Jarvis
Clifford Osbourne Jarvis[1] (August 26, 1941 – November 26, 1999)[2] was an American hard bop and free jazz drummer, who in the 1980s moved to London, England, where he spent the remainder of his career.
Biography
Clifford Jarvis, the son of Malcom “Shorty” Jarvis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States,[3] where he studied at Berklee College of Music in the 1950s.[2]
Moving to New York City, he established himself in jazz between 1959 and 1966, by recording with bebop and hard-bop musicians including Randy Weston, Yusef Lateef,[1] Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris,[1] Jackie McLean, John Patton, Chet Baker, Kenny Drew, Walter Davis, and Elmo Hope, and playing with Grant Green[1] and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
He worked and recorded with musicians associated with free jazz, including Sun Ra (from 1962 to 1976),[1] Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Simmons, Alice Coltrane, and Archie Shepp.
During the 1980s, Jarvis moved to England,[1] where he played with younger musicians including Courtney Pine. He also worked as a music educator at Chats Palace Arts Centre in London and Pyramid Arts Development in Dalston. Jarvis continued teaching until his death in 1999.[4]
Discography
As sideman
With Chet Baker
- Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (Riverside, 1959)
With Alice Coltrane
- Carnegie Hall '71 (Hi Hat, 2018)
- The Carnegie Hall Concert (Impulse!, 2024)
With Kenny Drew
- Ruby, My Dear (SteepleChase, 1977)
With Curtis Fuller
- Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy, 1960)
With Barry Harris
- Newer Than New (Riverside, 1961)
- Chasin' the Bird (Riverside, 1962)
With Elmo Hope
- The Final Sessions (Evidence, 1966 [1996])
With Freddie Hubbard
- Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960)
- Hub-Tones (Blue Note, 1962)
- Blue Spirits (Blue Note, 1966)
With Jackie McLean
- Right Now! (Blue Note, 1965)
With Archie Shepp
- Little Red Moon (Soul Note, 1985)
- Splashes (L+R, 1987)
With Sonny Simmons
- Burning Spirits (Contemporary, 1971)
With Jukka Syrenius Band
- Memories of tomorrow"( Finland, TCH-LP1, 1983)
With Sun Ra
- When Sun Comes Out (Saturn, 1963)
- Nothing Is (ESP, 1966)
With John Patton
- That Certain Feeling (Blue Note, 1968)
With Randy Weston
- Live at the Five Spot (United Artists, 1959)
With Harry Beckett
- Les Jardins Du Casino (ITM, 1993)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ a b John Fordham (jazz critic), "Clifford Jarvis" (obituary) The Guardian, December 1, 1999.
- ^ Ron Wynn, "Clifford Jarvis", AllMusic
- ^ "Incendiary drummer and great teacher", The Scotsman, 1999.
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Arkestra members
- John Gilmore
- Julian Priester
- Pat Patrick
- Charles Davis
- Victor Sproles
- Marshall Allen
- Ronnie Boykins
- James Spaulding
- Phil Cohran
- Clifford Jarvis
- Lex Humphries
- Michael Ray
- June Tyson
- Ahmed Abdullah
- Danny Ray Thompson
- Jazz by Sun Ra
- Super-Sonic Jazz
- Sound of Joy
- Visits Planet Earth
- The Nubians of Plutonia
- Jazz in Silhouette
- Sound Sun Pleasure!!
- Interstellar Low Ways
- Fate in a Pleasant Mood
- Holiday for Soul Dance
- Angels and Demons at Play
- We Travel the Space Ways
- The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
- Bad and Beautiful
- Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
- Secrets of the Sun
- When Sun Comes Out
- Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
- When Angels Speak of Love
- Other Planes of There
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One
- The Magic City
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two
- Strange Strings
- Monorails and Satellites
- Atlantis
- Space Is the Place (soundtrack)
- Space Is The Place
- Pathways to Unknown Worlds
- Cosmos
- Deep Purple
- Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue
- New Steps
- Other Voices, Other Blues
- Visions
- Lanquidity
- Sleeping Beauty
- Strange Celestial Road
- Reflections in Blue
- Hours After
- Blue Delight
- Somewhere Else
- Purple Night
- Mayan Temples
- Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
- Nothing Is
- Nuits de la Fondation Maeght
- It's After the End of the World
- Black Myth/Out in Space
- Live in Egypt 1
- Nidhamu
- Horizon
- Live In Montreux
- Unity
- Live from Soundscape
- I, Pharaoh
- Sunrise in Different Dimensions
- Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
- Thunder of the Gods