Without making any concessions to the trends of the era, Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland succeeded in creating a timeless and unique jazz orchestra, bringing together 17 European and American musicians for two dozen albums of positive swing and sophisticated melodies (featuring trumpeters Benny Bailey and Idrees Sulieman, saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Ronnie Scott...). "All Smiles," recorded in 1968, represented the peak of a Big Band that sought to revive the greatest traditions of jazz, all enhanced by Boland's avant-garde arrangements. For fans of: Count Basie - Duke Ellington - Gill Evans.
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