Clifford Jarvis

Clifford Jarvis (August 26, 1941–November 26, 1999) was an American hard bop and free jazz drummer.

After studying at Berklee in the 1950s^[1] he established himself in jazz between 1959 and 1966 by recording with Chet Baker, Randy Weston, Yusef Lateef, Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Jackie McLean, and Elmo Hope, and playing with Grant Green and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

He worked and recorded with Sun Ra from 1962 to 1976. He also played and recorded with Pharoah Sanders, and recorded with Sonny Simmons, Alice Coltrane, Kenny Drew, Walter Davis, and Archie Shepp.

Clifford also recorded with organist John Patton on the Blue Note album That Certain Feeling.

During the 1980s, Jarvis moved to Britain, where he played with upcoming musicians such as Courtney Pine and worked in music education at Chats Palace Arts Centre in London among other places until his death.^[2]

Select Discography

As a sideman:

• 1959 Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner And Loewe (Chet Baker Septet) (Riverside)
  Chet Baker (tp) Herbie Mann (fl, ts) Zoot Sims (ts, as) Pepper Adams (bars) Bob Corwin (p) Earl May (b) Clifford Jarvis (d)

• 1959 Live at the five spot (Randy Weston) (Blue Note Records)
  Randy Weston (p) Kenny Dorham (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Wilbur Little (b) Clifford Jarvis (d) Roy Haynes (d) Brock Peters (voc) Melba Liston (arr)

• 1960 Images of Curtis Fuller (Curtis Fuller) (Savoy Records)
  Curtis Fuller (tb) McCoy Tyner (p) Wilbur Harden (tp) Yusef Lateef (ts) Jimmy Garrison (b) Clifford Jarvis (d)

• 1960 Open Sesame (Freddie Hubbard) (Blue Note Records)
  Freddie Hubbard (tp) Tina Brooks (ts) McCoy Tyner (p) Sam Jones (b) Clifford Jarvis (d)

• 1961 Newer than new (Barry Harris Quintet) (Original Jazz Classics)
  Barry Harris (p) Charles McPherson (as) Lonnie Hillyer (tp) Ernie Farrow (b) Clifford Jarvis (d)

• 1962 Hub-Tones (Freddie Hubbard) (Blue Note Records)
  Freddie Hubbard (tp) James Spaulding (as, fl) Herbie Hancock (p) Reggie Workman (b) Clifford Jarvis (d)

• 1962 Chasin' the Bird (Barry Harris Trio) (Original Jazz Classics)
  Barry Harris (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Clifford Jarvis (d)

• 1962 When Sun Comes Out (Sun Ra) (Saturn)
  Sun Ra (p, celeste, perc) Walter Miller (tp) Teddy Nance (tb) Bernard Pettaway (tb) Marshall Allen (as, fl, perc) Danny Davis (as, perc)John Gilmore (ts, cl, d, perc) Pat Patrick (bs, bongos, d) Ronnie Boykins (b, perc) Clifford Jarvis (d, perc) Lex Humphries (d) Tommy Hunter (gong, perc) Theda Barbara (voc)

• 1965 Right Now! (Jackie McLean) (Blue Note Records)
  Jackie McLean (as) Larry Willis (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Clifford Jarvis (d)

• 1966 Nothing is… (Sun Ra) (Get back)
  Sun Ra (p) John Gilmore (ts) Marshall Allen (as) Pat Patrick (bs) Robert Cummings (cl) Teddy Nance (tb) Ali Hassan (tb) Clifford Jarvis (d) Ronnie Boykins (b, t) James Jackson (d, fl) Carl Nimrod (tp, gong)

• 1966 Blue Spirits (Freddie Hubbard) (Blue Note Records)
  Freddie Hubbard (tp) Hosea Taylor (bassoon) James Spaulding (as) Hank Mobley,Joe Henderson (ts) Kiane Zavadi (euphonium) Herbie Hancock (p, celesta) Harold Mabern, McCoy Tyner (p) Larry Ridley, Reggie Workman (b) Clifford Jarvis, Elvin Jones, Pete La Roca (d) Big Black (congas)

• 1966 Final Sessions, Vol. 1 (Elmo Hope Trio) (Evidense)
  Elmo Hope (p) John Ore (b) Clifford Jarvis, Philly Joe Jones (d)

• 1966 Final Sessions, Vol. 2 (Elmo Hope Trio) (Evidense)
  Elmo Hope (p) John Ore (b) Clifford Jarvis, Philly Joe Jones (d)

• 1966 Final Sessions (Elmo Hope Trio) (Evidense)
  Elmo Hope (p) John Ore (b) Clifford Jarvis, Philly Joe Jones (d)

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