Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 is a live album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring a performance recorded in Paris in 1969, originally broadcast on Europe 1 and released on the Tréma label in 1992.Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed September 18, 2016Discogs album entry, accessed September 18, 2016Bigband Paradise album entry accessed September 18, 2016
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "the band is quite powerful throughout the set with Griffin generally taking solo honors. Easily recommended".
Track listing All compositions by Francy Boland except where indicated.
Disc one "Pentonville" - 7:17 "All Through the Night" (Cole Porter) - 4:13 "Gloria" (Bronisław Kaper) - 5:31 "Now Hear My Meaning" (Jimmy Woode) - 7:58 "New Box" - 7:03 "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) - 3:29 "Volcano" (Kenny Clarke) - 4:28 "Box 702" - 15:25
Disc two "The James' are Coming" (Johnny Griffin) - 7:17 "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) - 5:12 "Doing Time" - 5:47 "Evanescene" - 3:52 "Sonor" (Clarke) - 3:12 "Sax No End" - 19:15
Personnel Kenny Clarke - drums Francy Boland - piano, arranger Benny Bailey, Art Farmer, Idrees Sulieman, Derek Watkins - trumpet Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier - trombone Derek Humble - alto saxophone Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe - tenor saxophone Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone Jimmy Woode - bass Kenny Clare - drums
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