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

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,

• 1986: Little Red Moon (
  Soul Note)^[3]

With Chet Baker

• Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (Riverside, 1959)

With Alice Coltrane

• Carnegie Hall '71 (Hi Hat, 2018)

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

• Saturn
  , 1963)
• Nothing Is… (
  ESP
  , 1966)