Jazz Is Universal
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{{Infobox album
| name = Jazz Is Universal
| type = Studio
| artist = Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
| cover = Jazz Is Universal.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded = December 13, 1961
Cologne, West Germany
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:34
| label = Atlantic
SD 1401
| producer = Gigi Campi
| chronology = Kenny Clarke
| prev_title = The Golden 8 - Encore!
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Handle with Care
| next_year = 1963
}}
Jazz Is Universal is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1961 for the Atlantic label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1401 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series] accessed October 14, 2015[http://www.ne.jp/asahi/bigband/paradise/favorite/boland18.htm Bigband Paradise album entry], accessed September 20, 2016 The album was the first by the Big Band although earlier recordings by Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland's Octet had been released previously.Payne, D., [http://www.dougpayne.com/cbbbd.htm The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography] accessed October 14, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = New Record Mirror
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last= Griffiths |first= David |date=19 October 1963 |title=Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland: Jazz Is Universal |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-10-19-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=136 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224909/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-10-19-S-OCR.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=6 August 2022}}
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-is-universal-mw0000869697 Allmusic listing] accessed October 14, 2015
Track listing
All compositions by Francy Boland except where noted.
- "Box 703, Washington, D.C." - 5:06
- "The Styx" - 3:54
- "Gloria" (Bronisław Kaper) - 4:39
- "Los Bravos" - 5:03
- "Charon's Ferry" - 6:10
- "Volutes" - 6:01
- "Last Train from Overbrook" (James Moody) - 6:41
Personnel
References
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