Sax No End Explained

Sax No End
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Cover:	Sax No End.jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	June 18, 1967
Studio:	Rhenus Studios, Cologne, West Germany
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:16
Label:	SABA SB 15 138
Producer:	Gigi Campi
Chronology:	Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band
Prev Title:	Swing, Waltz, Swing
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Out of the Folk Bag
Next Year:	1967

Sax No End is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band with guest soloist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1967 and released on the SABA label.^{[1] [2] [3]} The album was also released in the US on Prestige Records as Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts!.^[4]

Reception

The AllMusic review called it "a powerfully swinging session, a mixture of the wallop of Count Basie and the modernism of Gil Evans and Bob Brookmeyer".

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated.

1. "New Box" - 6:08
2. "Sax No End" - 5:05
3. "Griff's Groove" - 5:05
4. "Lockjaw Blues" - 3:02
5. "The Turk" - 2:20
6. "Milkshake" (Kenny Clarke) - 5:02
7. "Peter's Waltz" (Sahib Shihab) - 5:01
8. "Griff'n Jaw" - 3:33

Personnel

• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Francy Boland - piano, arranger
• Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
• Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier - trombone
  • • Derek Humble - alto saxophone Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Carl Drevo, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott - tenor saxophone Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode - bass
• Fats Sadi - bongos

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#15138 SABA/MPS Records listing
3. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/boland9.htm Bigband Paradise album entry
4. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7600-series/#pr-7634 Prestige Records Catalog: 7600 series