Latin Kaleidoscope is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1968 and released on the MPS label in Europe and also released in the US on Prestige Records.Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015MPS/SABA Records listing, accessed October 14, 2015Prestige Records Catalog: 7700 series, accessed October 14, 2015Dusko Gojkovic discography, accessed September 20, 2016Bigband Paradise album entry accessed September 20, 2016
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.AllMusic listing, accessed October 14, 2015 On All About Jazz, Douglas Payne said "Latin Kaleidoscope is two suites that are more traditionally Latinate, with the band swinging on well-written parts to a panoply of well-used percussion elements".Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band: Three Latin Adventures, All About Jazz, March 1, 1998
Track listing All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated. "Un Graso de Areia" (Gary McFarland) - 4:57 "Duas Rosas" (McFarland) - 2:20 "A Rosa Negra" (McFarland) - 1:57 "Uma Fita de Tres Cores" - 4:47 "Olhos Negros" (McFarland) - 4:00 "Ramo de Flores" (McFarland) - 2:00 "Fiebre Cuban" - 2:25 "Mambo de las Brujas" - 4:09 "Strano Sueno" - 4:00 "Cara Bruja" - 2:06 "Crespusculo y Aurora" - 6:47
Personnel Kenny Clarke - drums Francy Boland - piano, arranger Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Duško Gojković, Milo Pavlovic, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier - trombone Derek Humble, Phil Woods - alto saxophone Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe - tenor saxophone Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute Jean Warland, Jimmy Woode - bass Kenny Clare - drums Shake Keane, Albert Heath, Tony Inzalaco, Sabu Martinez - percussion
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