Clive Stevens was a saxophonist, composer, session player, producer and author from Bristol, England. He recorded under his own name and Mandorla, and worked with a wide variety of international jazz, pop, rock, and world music acts. Stevens formed the studio-only Atmospheres in the early 1970s that included John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner in its lineups -- both were his classmates at the Berklee College of Music. He issued two seminal, oft-reissued star-studded fusion dates for Capitol in 1974: Voyage to Uranus and the self-titled Atmospheres (sub-billed to Clive Stevens & Friends). He cut Semjase and New York Street Walk during the '80s with soul-jazz and funk ensemble Brainchild, and the global rock outing Language of Secret Hearts in 1992. In 2005 he issued Invisible Intelligence, his debut as Mandorla for Planet 8, followed by Bacana Beat Club in 2010.