KENNY CLARKE - FRANCY BOLAND
Hear Our Meaning
Johnny One Note
This was my introduction to the Clarke, Boland big band. There were a couple of jazz stations going in Chicago at the time and everyone was knocked out by this cut.
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, which consisted of a combination of American expatriates and some of Europe's best jazz musicians, regularly recorded under the sponsorship of producer Gigi Campi, typically in Cologne, Germany. Their third studio date is a swinging affair, with potent charts by Boland and a number of strong soloists, including Sahib Shihab (on both flute and baritone sax), trombonist Ake Persson, and drummer Clarke ("A Ball for Othello.") Aside from the brief opener, the standard "Johnny One Note," only "Now Hear My Meanin'," a piece composed by bassist Jimmy Woode, made much of a lasting impression, as it was recorded at least twice more by the band. The only disappointment with this disc is the excessive use of reverb and occasional shifting of instruments back and forth between both channels. Long out of print, this Columbia LP was finally reissued on CD by Collectables in 2002.
Artist
Credit
Trumpet
Trumpet
Composer, Keyboards, Piano
Drums, Primary Artist
Trumpet
Sax (Tenor), Saxophone
Trumpet
Trumpet
Percussion
Sax (Alto), Wind
Trombone
Trombone
Trombone
Sax (Tenor)
Trombone
Trombone
Wind
Sax (Tenor)
Flute, Sax (Baritone), Wind
Trumpet
Bass
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