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The Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band was a jazz big band co-led by American drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian pianist François "Francy" Boland. They were one of the most noteworthy jazz big bands formed outside the United States, featuring top European musicians alongside expatriate and touring Americans.




History


American drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian pianist Francy Boland started the band in Paris in 1960. A sextet became an octet before expanding into a big band that combined European musicians with American jazz expatriates. The debut album, Jazz Is Universal, was released in 1962.
The band collaborated with Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Derek Watkins, and Phil Woods.




Personnel


Benny Bailey
Francy Boland
Kenny Clare
Kenny Clarke
Tony Coe
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Jimmy Deuchar
Carl Drevo
Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay
Art Farmer
Tony Fisher
Herb Geller
Dusko Goykovich
Johnny Griffin
Tootie Heath
Derek Humble
Tony Inzalaco
Shake Keane
Rick Keefer
Erik van Lier
Albert Mangelsdorff
Sabu Martinez
Ron Mathewson
Milo Pavlovic
Nat Peck
Åke Persson
Ack van Rooyen
Fats Sadi
Manfred Schoof
Ronnie Scott
Sahib Shihab
Idrees Sulieman
Stan Sulzmann
John Surman
Jean Warland
Derek Watkins
Kenny Wheeler
Jimmy Woode




Discography


The Golden 8 (Blue Note, 1961)
Jazz Is Universal (Atlantic, 1962)
Handle with Care (Atlantic, 1963)
Now Hear Our Meanin' (Columbia, 1965)
Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips, 1966)
Out of the Folk Bag (Columbia, 1967)
Music for the Small Hours (Columbia, 1967)
Sax No End (SABA, 1967)
17 Men and Their Music (Campi, 1967)
Jazz Convention Volume 1 (KPM Music, 1968)
Jazz Convention Volume II (KPM Music, 1968)
Jazz Convention Volume III (KPM Music, 1968)
My Kind Of World with Gitte (Electrola, 1969)
Live at Ronnie’s Album 1: Volcano (Rearward/Schema, 1969)
Live at Ronnie’s Album 2: Rue Chaptal (Rearward/Schema, 1969)
All Blues (MPS, 1969)
All Smiles (MPS, 1969)
More Smiles (MPS, 1969)
Latin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1969)
More (Campi, 1969)
Faces (MPS, 1969)
Fellini 712 (MPS, 1969)
At Her Majesty’s Pleasure (Black Lion, 1969)
Off Limits (Polydor, 1971)
Change of Scenes with Stan Getz (Verve, 1971)
The Second Greatest Jazz Big Band in the World (Black Lion, 1971)
November Girl with Carmen McRae (Black Lion, 1975)
Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 (Tréma, 1992)




= Video

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Live in Prague 1967 (DVD) ( mpro Jazz, 2008)




References



Sources

Clarke-Boland Big Band discography at allmusic.com
Clarke-Boland Big Band discography by Douglas Payne
Clarke-Boland Big Band discography by David H. Taylor
Kenny Clarke discography at allmusic.com
Fats Sadi discography at antiek.telenet.be
Prestige discography at www.plosin.com
SABA/MPS discography at discog.piezoelektric.org




External links


The Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: Where it all began (Report from Tony Brown in 1968, www.jazzprofessional.com )
Photo of CBBB (www.jazzprofessional.com)
Discography at jazzinbelgium.com

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