Jazz Is Universal

Jazz Is Universal
Jazz Is Universal
Studio album by Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Released	1962
Recorded	December 13, 1961; Cologne, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:34
Label	Atlantic; SD 1401
Producer	Gigi Campi
Kenny Clarke chronology

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]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
New Record Mirror	^[5]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Francy Boland except where noted.

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

Personnel[edit]

Kenny Clarke - drums
Francy Boland - piano, arranger
Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Maffy Falay, Roger Guérin - trumpet
Nat Peck, Åke Persson - trombone
Derek Humble - alto saxophone
Karl Drewo, Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone
Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute
Jimmy Woode - bass

References[edit]

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

[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

[Allmusic-4] Allmusic listing accessed October 14, 2015

[5] Griffiths, David (19 October 1963). "Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland: Jazz Is Universal" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 136. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

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v t e Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Johnny Griffin Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Ronnie Scott Carl Drewo Tony Coe Derek Humble Nat Peck Åke Persson Duško Gojković Stan Sulzmann Ack van Rooyen John Surman Jimmy Deuchar Manfred Schoof Albert Mangelsdorff Erik van Lier Ron Mathewson Fats Sadi Kenny Clare Benny Bailey Jimmy Woode Art Farmer Sahib Shihab Shake Keane Idrees Sulieman Herb Geller Phil Woods Zoot Sims Stan Getz John Bodwin Derek Watkins
Studio albums	Jazz Is Universal (1962) Handle with Care (1963) Now Hear Our Meanin' (1965) Swing, Waltz, Swing (1966) Sax No End (1967) Out of the Folk Bag (1967) 17 Men and Their Music (1967) All Smiles (1968) Faces (1968) More (1968) Latin Kaleidoscope (1968) Fellini 712 (1969) All Blues (1969) More Smiles (1969) Off Limits (1970) November Girl (1970) Change of Scenes (1971)
Live albums	Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 (1969)
Related albums	Bohemia After Dark (1955) The Golden 8 (1961) Americans in Europe Vol. 1 (1963)

v t e Zoot Sims
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	The Brothers (and Stan Getz, 1949–52) Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956) The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Zoot! (1956) Locking Horns (and Joe Newman, 1957) Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods, 1959) Down Home (1960) Two Jims and Zoot/Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall, 1964) Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt, 1965) Waiting Game (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967) Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli, Buddy Rich, 1974) Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie, 1975) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975) Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, 1975) Soprano Sax (1976) Hawthorne Nights (1976) If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles, 1977) For Lady Day (1978) Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles, 1979) The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson, 1979) Just Friends (and Harry Edison, 1980) Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper, 1981)
Recordings with Al Cohn	From A to...Z (1956) The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956) Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, 1957) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff, 1957) Al and Zoot (1957) Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac, 1959) SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral, Steve Allen, 1959) Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960) You 'n' Me (1960) Either Way (1961) Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962) Body and Soul (1973) Motoring Along (1974)
With Quincy Jones	This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956) The Birth of a Band! (1959) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1962) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
With Gerry Mulligan	California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
With others	Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Encounter! (Pepper Adams, 1968) Trigger Happy!/East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert/Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott, 1956) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner, 1973) Louis Bellson Quintet (1954) The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, 1961) Chris Connor (1956) The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960) Loose Blues (Bill Evans, 1962) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett, 1967) The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins, 1956) Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975) Profiles (Gary McFarland, 1966) Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae, 1959) Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973) Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1966) The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966) Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962) Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, 1974) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin, Bob Brookmeyer, 1963) Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith, 1952) Phoebe Snow (1974) Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt, 1965) Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan, 1958) The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953) At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)