Clive Stevens

Clive Stevens (born February 18, 1948 in Bristol - † January 24, 2019 ) was a British jazz and fusion musician ( saxophone , flute , keyboard , percussion ).

Live and act

Stevens took saxophone lessons from Eddie Jackman and Ronnie Ross . In 1970 he was involved in Manfred Mann's Chapter III before moving to the United States, where he studied composition, arrangement and improvisation at Berklee College of Music . He continued his education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music , the Guildhall School of Music and the US Naval Academy of Music and took private lessons with Lee Konitz (saxophone) and William Allaudin Mathieu (composition).

Stevens toured Europe, India, the United States, the Caribbean and South America. He has worked as a sideman with numerous musicians, including John Abercrombie , Billy Cobham , Steve Hackett , Gilberto Gil , Naná Vasconcelos , Mino Cinelu , Ralph Towner , Joe Delia , Hugo Fattoruso , Charles Austin / Joe Gallivan , Rick Laird and Manolo Badrena and recorded several own albums.

Atmospheres with John Abercrombie, Billy Cobham, Steve Khan , Rick Laird , Ralph Towner , Harry Wilkinson , 1972 (Capitol Records)
Voyage to Uranus with John Abercrombie, Thabo Michael Carvin , David Earle Johnson , Ralph Towner, Stu Woods , 1974 (Capitol Records)
Brainchild with Manolo Badrena , Bunny Brown , Ronald Drayton , Sammy Figueroa , Winston Grennan , Bryant Montiro , Fernando Saunders , Philip Woo , 1982 (Guerrilla Records)
Semijase , with Bunny Brown, Ronald Drayton, Sammy Figueroa, Winston Grennan, Bryant Montiro, Fernando Saunders, Philip Woo, Steve Gaboury, Lincoln Goines , Steve Ferrone, Ryo Kawasaki, BJ Nelson, 1983 (Voo Livre / EMI)
New York Street Walk with Bunny Brown, Ronald Drayton, Sammy Figueroa, Winston Grennan, Bryant Montiro, Fernando Saunders, Philip Woo, Steve Gaboury, Lincoln Goines, Steve Ferrone, Manolo Badrena, Roger Mayers, 1985 (Frog)
Best Wishes (movie bonus track), 1989
Language of Secret Hearts with Roberta Baum , Mino Cinelu, Frank Colon , Steve Gaboury , Lincoln Goines , Jeff Golub , JT Lewis , Peter Valentine , Naná Vasconcelos, 1992 (Frog)
Millennium Jams with Kevin Bartlett , Neil Carter Bodhran , Joe d'Elia , Sammy Figueroa, Mejdoub Ftati , Steve Gaboury, Arnd Geise , Alex Gunia , Harald Ingenha , Mat Junior , Thomas Kessler , Marlon Klein , Barbara Mendes , Jost Nickel , Carolina Swift , Sean Swift , 2000
Invisible Intelligence , 2006 (Planet 8 Records)
The Greatest Hits of Mr. X 2008 (Planet 8 Records)

personal data
SURNAME	Stevens, Clive
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English jazz and fusion musician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bristol
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 2019