All Smiles (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band album) explained

All Smiles
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Cover:	All Smiles (album).jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	May 13–14, 1968
Studio:	Lindström Studios, Cologne, Germany
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	MPS MPS 15 214
Producer:	Gigi Campi
Chronology:	Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band
Prev Title:	17 Men and Their Music
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Faces
Next Year:	1968

All Smiles is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1968 and released on the MPS label.^{[1] [2] [3]} The album was also released in the US on Prestige Records as Let's Face the Music.^[4]

Reception

The AllMusic review says "One of the qualities that set apart this aggregation from others of the same mettle was the smoothness of the playing. Smoothness here means sensuous and bluesy, not lifeless in the sense the term is used in contemporary jazz. There's a bounce to the up-tempo tunes, but the ostentatious playing other bands were noted for is shunned. A fine performance".

Track listing

1. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) – 3:23
2. "I'm All Smiles" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 3:25
3. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 3:03
4. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 3:29
5. "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) – 4:47
6. "By Strauss" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:35
7. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 4:16
8. "Gloria's Theme (from "Butterfield Eight")" (Bronisław Kaper, David Mack) – 4:21
9. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 3:36
10. "High School Cadets" (John Philip Sousa) – 2:05

Personnel

• Kenny Clarke – drums
• Francy Boland – piano, arranger
• Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Sonny Grey, 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
• Jimmy Woode – bass
• Dave Pike – vibraphone
• Kenny Clare – drums

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#15214 SABA/MPS Records listing
3. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/boland2.htm Bigband Paradise album entry
4. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7600-series/#pr-7699 Prestige Records Catalog: 7600 series