Sax No End

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Sax No End
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Studio album by
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Released1967
RecordedJune 18, 1967
StudioRhenus Studios, Cologne, West Germany
Genre Jazz
Length35:16
Label SABA
SB 15 138
Producer Gigi Campi
Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band chronology
Swing, Waltz, Swing
(1966)		Sax No End
(1967)		 Out of the Folk Bag
(1967)
Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts! cover
Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts!.jpg

Sax No End is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band with guest soloist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1967 and released on the SABA label. [1] [2] [3] The album was also released in the US on Prestige Records as Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts!. [4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review called it "a powerfully swinging session, a mixture of the wallop of Count Basie and the modernism of Gil Evans and Bob Brookmeyer". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated.

  1. "New Box" - 6:08
  2. "Sax No End" - 5:05
  3. "Griff's Groove" - 5:05
  4. "Lockjaw Blues" - 3:02
  5. "The Turk" - 2:20
  6. "Milkshake" (Kenny Clarke) - 5:02
  7. "Peter's Waltz" (Sahib Shihab) - 5:01
  8. "Griff'n Jaw" - 3:33

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015
  2. ↑ SABA/MPS Records listing, accessed October 14, 2015
  3. ↑ Bigband Paradise album entry, accessed September 20, 2016
  4. ↑ Prestige Records Catalog: 7600 series, accessed October 14, 2015
  5. 1 2 Keresman, Mark. Sax No End – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2015.
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