Jazz Is Universal is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1961 for the Atlantic label.Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed October 14, 2015Bigband Paradise album entry , accessed September 20, 2016 The album was the first by the Big Band although earlier recordings by Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland's Octet had been released previously.Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed October 14, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Francy Boland except where noted. "Box 703, Washington, D.C." - 5:06 "The Styx" - 3:54 "Gloria" (Bronisław Kaper) - 4:39 "Los Bravos" - 5:03 "Charon's Ferry" - 6:10 "Volutes" - 6:01 "Last Train from Overbrook" (James Moody) - 6:41
Personnel Kenny Clarke - drums Francy Boland - piano, arranger Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Maffy Falay, Roger Guérin - trumpet Nat Peck, Åke Persson - trombone Derek Humble - alto saxophone Karl Drewo, Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute Jimmy Woode - bass
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