17 Men and Their Music

17 Men and Their Music
Live album by Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Released	1968
Recorded	November and December 1967 Cologne, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Label	Campi SJG 12004
Producer	Gigi Campi
Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band chronology
Open Door (1967) 17 Men and Their Music (1967) All Smiles (1968)

17 Men and Their Music is a live album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in West Germany in 1967 and first released on producer Gigi Campi's personal label.^[1][2][3][4] The albums title phrase was added as a subtitle / "sticker" to re-issues of four Clarke-Boland Big Band albums: Faces: Gigi Campi Presents 17 Men and Their Music 1; All Smiles: Gigi Campi Presents 17 Men and Their Music 2; Latin Kaleidoscope: Gigi Campi Presents 17 Men and Their Music 3; Fellini 712: Gigi Campi Presents 17 Men and Their Music 4

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland except as indicated

1. "Resurrection" (Kenny Clarke)
2. "Woody Nightshade"
3. "New Eye"
4. "Mauve"
5. "The 18th Man" (Clarke)
6. "Klook's Report" (Clarke)
7. "Personeske"
8. "Hopeless"
9. "Shihab, Humble & Co."
10. "You Dig It"
11. "The Griffin"
12. "Kenny and Kenny"

Personnel

• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Francy Boland - piano, arranger
• Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Shake Keane, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
• Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier - trombone
• Derek Humble - alto saxophone
• Johnny Griffin, Don Menza, Ronnie Scott, - tenor saxophone
• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute
• Jimmy Woode - bass
• Kenny Clare - drums
• Fats Sadi - percussion

References