Clive Chaman

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Clive Chaman
Born (1949-09-05) 5 September 1949 (age 74)
Trinidad and Tobago
Origin London, England
Genres Rock music, jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Bass guitar
Years active1969–present
Formerly of Romeo Z, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, The Jeff Beck Group, Hummingbird

Clive Chaman (born 5 September 1949) is a UK-based bass guitarist and session musician, born in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Background

Chaman appears on recordings by UK artists including Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Donovan, Chris Rainbow, Murray Head, Morrissey–Mullen and Paul Kossoff. [1] Chaman was also briefly a member of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow replacing Bob Daisley on bass.[ citation needed ]

Career

1960s

Romeo Z

Around the mid-1960s, he was a member of Romeo Z, a club group that was made up of Clive Chaman on Bass, his brother Stan Chaman the group leader, Eric Allendale on trombone, Eddie Cuansa on trumpet, Erwin Clement on drums, and Jerry Elboz / Elbows on conga and vocals. [2] [3] There was another line up of the group that had Gerry Day as drummer and lead singer. They were described as having their brand of Mongo Santamaria sound and their kind of Latin / R & B. [4]

The group were spotted at the Chi-Chi club one night when Stanley Myers and Barry Fantoni had stopped in and were discussing the kind of switched on song they needed for a switched on intense movie. The ceiling started to shake when the resident band Romeo Z came on. They subsequently enlisted the band to record the song "Kaleidoscope" which was used in the film, Kaleidoscope . [5] The soundtrack Kaleidoscope was released on Warner Bros. W 1663 in October 1966. [6] A single-sided promo 45 of the track was released on KAL 1. [7]

They recorded a single "Come Back, Baby Come Back" bw "Since My Baby Said Goodbye" which was produced by Irving Martin. It was released by March 25 on CBS 202645 in 1967. [8] [9] [10] [11] It was listed in the CB New Hit Singles selection in the April 1 issue of Melody Maker . [12] It got a brief review in the Shop Window section of the April 8, 1967 issue of New Musical Express . The raw vibrant excitement, Latin and R&B influences, congas and brass were noted. [13] Penny Valentine also reviewed the single in her Quick Spins section of the April 8 issue of Disc & Music Echo . She said they made good discotheque sounds on the record and that it had more clarity than most. [14] It was in the "Rapid Singles" section of the April 8 issue of Record Mirror. [15]

By 1967, the group had been playing together for three years which included resident spots at the Pigalle Restaurant, the Pickwick and the Chi Chi. [16] That year, Allendale would become part of a group that evolved out of The Ramong Sound and into The Foundations who were charting with "Baby Now That I've Found You". [17] [18] Stan Chaman would be in the band U. F. O., recording on the Semp label, covering Bill Withers' "Aint No Sunshine", [19] and Sylvester Stewart's "Somebody's Watching You". [20] [21]

Line ups

Led by Gerry Day
  • Eric Allandale (trombone)
  • Clive Charman (bass)
  • Stan Charman (guitar)
  • Gerry Day (leader, drums, vocals). [22]
Led by Stan Chaman
  • Eric Allandale (trombone)
  • Clive Chaman (Bass)
  • Stan Chaman (group leader)
  • Erwin Clement (drums)
  • Eddie Cuansa (trumpet)
  • Jerry Elboz / (Elbows [23] [24]

1970s

After appearing on Ram John Holder's 1969 London Blues album, Chaman became a member of the second Jeff Beck Group in 1971 until they disbanded in 1973 when he joined Cozy Powell's band Hammer. In 1973 he played on Now Hear This an album by Junior Marvin's band Hanson [25] appearing alongside Bobby Tench from the second Jeff Beck Group and during this period became a member of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. In 1974 he joined Hummingbird [1] with keyboard player Max Middleton, vocalist and guitarist Bobby Tench and US drummer Bernard Purdie, amongst others. Hummingbird went on to record three albums for A&M Records. [26] Following Linda Lewis' release of the Tony Sylvester and Bert de Coteaux produced "The Old Schoolyard" single, Chaman along with Max Middleton and Richard Bailey etc. were the musicians likely to back Lewis on her upcoming US club tour. [27]

1980s -

Chaman was the bass player on the Badness album which Morrissey–Mullen released in 1981. [28] He played on the Raven Eyes album of Japanese heavy metal guitarist, Raven Ohtani which was released in 1984. [29]

Discography

Notes

  1. 1 2 Clive Chaman at Allmusic
  2. ↑ CBS New Releases promo sheet - (Discogs) NEW RELEASES, ROMEO Z
  3. ↑ 1960s British Beat Music Producers & Labels - Discographies - CBS Records - U.K. and European Singles Discography (1965-1969)
  4. ↑ Crescendo, July 1967 - Page eighteen Passing notes by BARRY DAWSON
  5. ↑ Kaleidoscope THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM (Amazon) - Back cover notes by Stanley Myers
  6. ↑ Cash Box, 22 October 1966 - Page 38 ALBUM REVIEWS, POP BEST BETS
  7. ↑ Internet Archive Wayback Machine (Collectors Frenzy 4 Nov 2016 – 27 Jan 2017) - ROMEO Z Kaleidoscope ONE SIDED PROMO KAL 1 Myers Fantoni MOD SOUNDTRACK POP BEAT
  8. ↑ CBS New Releases promo sheet - (Discogs) NEW RELEASES, ROMEO Z
  9. ↑ Record Mirror, Week ending March 25th, 1967 - Page 4 New Monkees disc is released next week, Romeo Z - Come Back. Baby, Come Back.
  10. ↑ 1960s British Beat Music Producers & Labels - Discographies - CBS Records - U.K. and European Singles Discography (1965-1969)
  11. ↑ Martin Roberts UK family home page - IRVING MARTINPRODUCTIONS, 60s Productions by Irving Martin on 45
  12. ↑ Melody Maker, April 1, 1967 - Page 8 The Sound of Entertainment on CBS RECORDS new hit singles
  13. ↑ New Musical Express, Week Ending April 8. 1967 - Page 4 SHOP WINDOW
  14. ↑ Disc & Music Echo, April 8, 1967 - Page 15 QUICK SPINS
  15. ↑ Record Mirror, Week ending April 8th, 1967 - Page 9 rapid singles
  16. ↑ Crescendo, July 1967 - Page eighteen Passing notes by BARRY DAWSON
  17. ↑ Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017, By Harris M. Lentz III · 2018 - Page 88 Curtis, Clem
  18. ↑ New Musical Express, Week ending October 7, 1967 - Page 4 NEW to the charts, Foundations began in the basement ! FOUNDATIONS (l to r) front TIM HARRIS, ERIC ALLENDALE, CLEM CURTIS, TONY GOMEZ, back row MIKE ELLIOT, PETER McGRATH and ALAN WARNER.
  19. ↑ Popsike - STAN CHAMAN'S U.F.O. Aint No Sunshine SOUL 45
  20. ↑ Popsike - U.F.O - Somebodys Watching You / Gotta Nice Buzz RARE DEEP FUNK GRAIL TRINIDAD
  21. ↑ Lyrics - Somebody's Watching You Sly & the Family Stone
  22. ↑ Crescendo, July 1967 - Page eighteen Passing notes by BARRY DAWSON
  23. ↑ 45Cat - Record Details, Artist: Romeo Z, Romeo Z Come Back Baby Come Back) (conga, vocals)
  24. ↑ CBS New Releases promo sheet - (Discogs) NEW RELEASES, ROMEO Z
  25. ↑ Now Hear This Junior Marvin at Allmusic
  26. ↑ Hummingbird at Allmusic
  27. ↑ Cash Box, 19 April 1975 - Page 20 for the record, BITS & PIECES:
  28. ↑ Jazz Music Archives - MORRISSEY MULLEN — BADNESS
  29. ↑ Japan Metal Indies - MARINO / マリノ_, 大谷 レイブン / RAVEN OHTANI, SWAX-310【24bitデジタル・リマスタリングW紙ジャケット仕様】 2012.06.30 SP28-5100 1984.07.21【Original】 『RAVEN EYES』

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