The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band has historically been regarded as the best ensemble of its type based outside the US, and All Smiles is generally regarded as one of their finest recordings.

There are numerous examples of talented American jazz musicians who had long careers but were overlooked by critics, broadcasters and much of the jazz audience, often because they spent decades as ...

If Belgian pianist, composer, and arranger Francy (Francois) Boland is remembered today, it is undoubtedly as co-leader of the European big band he formed with drummer Kenny Clarke back in the '60s.

Francy Boland, a Belgian-born jazz pianist and arranger who joined with American expatriate drummer Kenny Clarke to form one of Europe’s leading all-star swing bands of the 1960s and early 1970s, has ...

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Francy Boland, 75, a Belgian-born jazz pianist and arranger who joined with drummer Kenny Clarke to form one of Europe's leading all-star swing bands of the 1960s and early 1970s, died Aug. 12 in ...

It’s not often that I encounter any real cause for excitement when combing the DVD racks in local stores, but when I saw this Clarke-Boland Big Band concert DVD, I nearly had a coronary. Despite being ...