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Now Hear Our Meanin'

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Released
  
1965

Length
  
31:30

Producer
  
Gigi Campi

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Columbia CS 9114

Recorded
  
January 25-26, 1963 Cologne, West Germany

Now Hear Our Meanin' is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1963 and released on the Columbia label in 1965.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review stated "Their third studio date is a swinging affair, with potent charts by Boland and a number of strong soloists... The only disappointment with this disc is the excessive use of reverb and occasional shifting of instruments back and forth between both channels".

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland except where noted.

  1. "Johnny One Note" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:25
  2. "Night Lady" - 8:12
  3. "I'm So Scared of Girls When They're Good Looking" (Jack Sels) - 5:25
  4. "A Ball for Othello" - 2:32
  5. "Sabbath Message" - 5:27
  6. "Now Hear My Meanin'" - 6:29

Personnel

  • Kenny Clarke - drums
  • Francy Boland - piano, arranger
  • Edmund Arnie, Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Maffy Falay, Roger Guérin, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
  • Keg Johnson, Erich Kleinschuster, Nat Peck, Åke Persson - trombone
  • Derek Humble - alto saxophone
  • Carl Drevo, Billy Mitchell, Ronnie Scott - tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute
  • Jimmy Woode - bass
  • Joe Harris - timpani

    • References

    Now Hear Our Meanin' Wikipedia
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