Clifford Jarvis
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Clifford Jarvis (1941–1999) was an American hard bop and free jazz drummer.
After studying at Berklee in the 1950s 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.