Clifford Jarvis

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Clifford Jarvis (* 26. August 1941 in Boston ; † 26. November 1999 in London ) was an American jazz - drummer of the hard bop and free jazz .

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Jarvis came from a musical family. His grandfather and father were both trumpeters and support his desire to become drummers. He graduated from Berklee College in the 1950s and made records with Chet Baker , Randy Weston , Yusef Lateef , Freddie Hubbard , Barry Harris , Jackie McLean and Elmo Hope . He played with Grant Green and Rahsaan Roland Kirk and worked with Sun Ra from 1962 to 1976 . He later played with Pharoah Sanders , Sonny Simmons , Alice Coltrane , Kenny Drew senior , Walter Davis , Archie Shepp and Siegfried Kessler .

Since 1983 he lived in London , where he led his group Prophets of Jazz . Patty Waters , former lover and mother of a son, dedicated her “Song for Clifford” to him.

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SURNAME Jarvis, Clifford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jarvis, Clifford Osbourne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1999
Place of death London