All Blues (Clarke-Boland Big Band album) explained

All Blues is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1969 and released on the MPS label.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated.

1. "The Wildman" (Kenny Clarke) - 6:19
2. "The Jamfs are Coming" (Johnny Griffin) - 5:55
3. "At Ronnie's" (Benny Bailey) - 4:23
4. "All Blues 1st Movement: Open Door" - 5:18
5. "All Blues 2nd Movement: Dia Blue" - 9:22
6. "All Blues 3rd Movement: Total Blues" - 2:58

Personnel

• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Francy Boland - piano, arranger
• Benny Bailey, Tony Fisher, Duško Gojković, Idrees Sulieman - 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, flute
• Jean Warland (tracks 1 & 6), Jimmy Woode (tracks 2-5) - bass

Notes and References

1. Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015
2. http://discog.piezoelektric.org/saba/saba-mps.html#15288 SABA/MPS Records listing
3. http://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-griffin/catalog/#mps-mps-15288 Johnny Griffin Catalog
4. http://www.duskogojkovic.com/music/kenny-clarke-francy-boland-big-band-%E2%80%8E-blues/ Dusko Gojkovic discography
5. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/boland1.htm Bigband Paradise album entry
6. http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-blues-mw0000336273 AllMusic listing