Jazz Is Universal

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Jazz Is Universal
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Studio album by
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Released1962
RecordedDecember 13, 1961
Cologne, West Germany
Genre Jazz
Length37:34
Label Atlantic
SD 1401
Producer Gigi Campi
Kenny Clarke chronology
The Golden 8 - Encore!
(1961)		Jazz Is Universal
(1962)		 Handle with Care
(1963)

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. [1] [2] The album was the first by the Big Band although earlier recordings by Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland's Octet had been released previously. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
New Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland except where noted.

  1. "Box 703, Washington, D.C." - 5:06
  2. "The Styx" - 3:54
  3. "Gloria" (Bronisław Kaper) - 4:39
  4. "Los Bravos" - 5:03
  5. "Charon's Ferry" - 6:10
  6. "Volutes" - 6:01
  7. "Last Train from Overbrook" (James Moody) - 6:41

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed October 14, 2015
  2. ↑ Bigband Paradise album entry, accessed September 20, 2016
  3. ↑ Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015
  4. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed October 14, 2015
  5. ↑ Griffiths, David (October 19, 1963). "Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland: Jazz Is Universal" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 136. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
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