Handle with Care (Clarke-Boland Big Band album)

Handle with Care
Studio album by Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Released	1963
Recorded	January 25 & 26, 1963 Cologne, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:25
Label	Atlantic SD 1404
Producer	Gigi Campi
Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band chronology
Jazz Is Universal (1962) Handle with Care (1963) Now Hear Our Meanin' (1965)

Handle with Care is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1963 for the Atlantic label. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated: "Although pretty brief by CD standards at just 34 minutes 26 seconds, there's absolutely no filler in this highly recommended CD". ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated.

1. "Long Note Blues (Here Is Cecco Beppe)" - 6:38
2. "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) - 5:50
3. "Sonor" (Kenny Clarke) - 3:11
4. "Speedy Reeds" - 5:39
5. "Old Stuff" - 4:37
6. "Om Mani Padme Hum" - 8:30

Personnel

• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Francy Boland - piano, arranger
• Edmund Arnie, Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Maffy Falay, Roger Guérin, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
• Keg Johnson, Erich Kleinschuster, Nat Peck, Åke Persson - trombone
• Derek Humble - alto saxophone
• Carl Drevo, Billy Mitchell, Ronnie Scott - tenor saxophone
• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute
• Jimmy Woode - bass
• Joe Harris - timpani
• Fats Sadi - bongos

References

1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed October 14, 2015
2. Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015
3. Bigband Paradise album entry Archived 2016-10-08 at the Wayback Machine , accessed September 20, 2016
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 255. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Dryden, Ken. Handle with Care – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2015.