Kenny Clarke

• 180 GRAM VINYL

This reissue is great news for the jazz-loving community. The multi-national Golden Eight ensemble assembled by Gigi Campi featured Kenny Clarke and Jimmy Woode (USA), Francy Boland and Chris Kellens (Belgium), Dusko Gojkovic (Yugoslavia), Raymond Droz (Switzerland), Derek Humble (UK) and Karl Drevo (Austria). And it was the forerunner of the legendary Clarke-Boland Big Band. Seven of the eleven pieces in the album are distinctive originals by Boland, the remaining four tracks being devoted to classic standards

PERSONNEL:

• Francy Boland - piano
• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Dusko Gojkovic - trumpet
• Raymond Droz - alto horn
• Chris Kellens - bariton horn
• Derek Humble - alto sax
• Karl Drevo - tenor sax
• Jimmy Woode - bass
• Fat Sadi - percussion

Recorded in Cologne, Germany , May 23th & 24th, 1961

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. You Dig It
• A2. Alone Together
• A3. Beautiful
• A4. Invitation
• A5. Autumn Leaves

• SIDE B
• B1. Pape Satan Aleppe
• B2. Free wheel
• B3. Dia Blue
• B4. Miriam Doll
• B5. A Ball For Othello
• B6. La Campimania