Clarke-Boland Big Band/Western Suite

RELEASE
September 12, 2000
LABEL
Collectables

Album Review

These two very different jazz dates from the Atlantic vaults have been reissued by Collectables on a single disc. Both contain enjoyable late-'50s, early-'60s sessions led by Jimmy Giuffre and Francy Boland with Kenny Clarke. The Boland/Clarke album from 1962 contains six tracks of big band charts, four written by Boland and fueled throughout by the powerhouse drumming of Clarke, whose "Sonor" is a highlight. By comparison, the 1958 Giuffre trio date is sedate, with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and guitarist Jim Hall on the Giuffre-penned "Western Suite" (in four movements!), "Topsy," and Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk." While being a bit unclear as to the haphazard way these two sessions ended up reissued on the same disc, both albums stand on their own individual merits and are welcome reissues.
Al Campbell, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Long Notes Blue (Here Is Cecco Beppe)
  2. Get Out of Town
  3. Sonor
  4. Speedy Reeds
  5. Old Stuff
  6. Om Mani Padme Hum
  7. Pony Express
  8. Apaches
  9. Saturday Night Dance
  10. Big Pow Wow
  11. Topsy
  12. Blue Monk