Kenny Clarke & Francy Boland - Jazz Is Universal (1961) [2012 Japan 24-bit Remaster] CD-Rip

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Some big bands started outside the U.S. One notable example was the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band—which was formed in '60 by American expatriate drummer Clarke, Belgian pianist Boland and former Ellington bassist Jimmy Woode. The band lasted just over 10 years and recorded more than 20 albums. Solos were spread among the 13 all-star musicians, and the band's charts were often intricate and laced with European flavor.

Charts were most often written by Boland, a classically trained composer who spent a chunk of the '50s in the U.S. The band's first album was Jazz Is Universal (Atlantic), recorded in December 1961 in Cologne, Germany. As the Atlantic album's liner notes by public relations maven Bob Altshuler point out, musicians from seven countries were in the band—six from the U.S., two from England while one each from France, Belgium, Sweden, Turkey and Austria.


Tracks:

01 - Box 703, Washington, D.C
02 - The Styx
03 - Gloria
04 - Los Bravos
05 - Charon's Ferry
06 - Volutes
07 - Last Train From Overbrook

Personnel:

Ahmed Muvaffak Falay, Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Roger Guerin - trumpet
Pat Peck, Ake Persson - trombone
Derek Humble - alto sax
Carl Drevo, Zoot Sims - tenor sax
Sahib Shihab - baritone sax or flute
Francy Boland - piano, arrangements
Jimmy Woode - bass
Kenny Clarke - drums