''Sax No End'' is an album by the
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
The Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band was a jazz big band co-led by American drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian pianist François "Francy" Boland. They were one of the most noteworthy jazz big bands formed outside the United States, featuring top ...
with guest soloist
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" (later shortened in "Jaws"): it is either said that ...
featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1967 and released on the
SABA Saba may refer to:
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* Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea
* Åžaba (Romanian for Shabo), a town of the Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
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* Saba (river) ...
label. The album was also released in the US on
Prestige Records
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as ''Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts!''.
Prestige Records Catalog: 7600 series
accessed October 14, 2015
Reception
The AllMusic
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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.''
# "New Box" - 6:08
# "Sax No End" - 5:05
# "Griff's Groove" - 5:05
# "Lockjaw Blues" - 3:02
# "The Turk" - 2:20
# "Milkshake" (Kenny Clarke) - 5:02
# "Peter's Waltz" (Sahib Shihab) - 5:01
# "Griff'n Jaw" - 3:33
Personnel
*Kenny Clarke
Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-h ...
- drums
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*Francy Boland
François Boland (6 November 1929 – 12 August 2005) was a classically trained Belgian jazz composer and pianist.
He first gained notice in 1949 and worked with Belgian jazz greats like Bobby Jaspar, and in 1955 he joined Chet Baker's quintet. M ...
- piano
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, arranger
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* Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar
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, Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002) was an American bebop, bop and hard bop trumpeter.
Biography
He was born Leonard Graham in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after converting ...
- trumpet
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*Shake Keane
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- trumpet, flugelhorn
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*Nat Peck
Nathan Peck (January 13, 1925 – October 24, 2015) was an American jazz trombonist.
Early life
Peck was born in New York City on January 13, 1925. His father was a cinema projectionist. Peck began playing the trombone as a teenager.
Later life a ...
, Ã…ke Persson
Åke Persson (February 25, 1932 – February 5, 1975) was a Swedish bebop jazz trombonist.
Biography
Persson was born in Hässleholm, southern Sweden and started his music career by playing valve trumper in school.
Persson, known as "the Comet" ...
, Eric van Lier - trombone
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*Derek Humble
Derek Humble (March 1930 – 22 February 1971) was an English jazz alto saxophonist.
Humble was born in Livingston, County Durham, England, and played professionally from his teenage years. He was working with Kathy Stobart by 1950 and played ...
- alto saxophone
*Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Edward F. Davis (March 2, 1922 – November 3, 1986), known professionally as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
It is unclear how he acquired the moniker "Lockjaw" (later shortened in "Jaws"): it is either said that ...
, Carl Drevo, Johnny Griffin
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, Ronnie Scott
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- tenor saxophone
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*Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, Tad ...
- baritone saxophone
*Jimmy Woode
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- bass
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*Fats Sadi
"Fats" Sadi Pol Lallemand (23 October 1927, Andenne, Belgium – 20 February 2009, Huy) was a Belgian jazz musician, vocalist, and composer who played vibraphone and percussion. He chose the name "Sadi" because he disliked his last name, which mea ...
- bongos
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References
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1967 albums
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band albums
MPS Records albums
Prestige Records albums