Fellini 712 is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1969 and released on the MPS label.Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015SABA/MPS Records listing, accessed October 14, 2015Johnny Griffin Catalog, 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 "Boland's Fellini 712 suite is an ambitious, slightly more avant-garde take on Latin themes that is a testament to Boland's substantial abilities as a writer and arranger. This suite, named for Italian director Federico Fellini and a reference to Rome's 712-kilometre distance from the French border, was the result of an invitation for the band to perform in Rome during 1968. Boland was inspired by the band's "dolce vita" Roman holiday and named his three movements after their hotel, the location of the studio where they performed and a café popular among musicians and artists. During this suite, it's as if the band coalesces before your ears into one brilliant entity, each individual providing light and shadow to the collective whole. It is the magic Boland works in his pieces, but it's brought alive by the enthusiastic playing of the band members".Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band: Three Latin Adventures, All About Jazz, March 1, 1998
Track listing All compositions by Francy Boland. "1st Movement: Villa Radieuse" - 11:36 "2nd Movement: Tween Dusk and Dawn in Via Urbania" - 6:52 "3rd Movement: Rosati at Popolo Square" - 15:20
Personnel Kenny Clarke - drums Francy Boland - piano, arranger Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Duško Gojković, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier - trombone Derek Humble - alto saxophone Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe - tenor saxophone Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute Jean Warland - bass Kenny Clare - drums
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