Sax No End

Sax No End is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band with guest soloist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1967 and released on the SABA label. The album was also released in the US on Prestige Records as Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts!.

Reception

The AllMusic review called it "a powerfully swinging session, a mixture of the wallop of Count Basie and the modernism of Gil Evans and Bob Brookmeyer".

Track listing

All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated.

1. "New Box" - 6:08
2. "Sax No End" - 5:05
3. "Griff's Groove" - 5:05
4. "Lockjaw Blues" - 3:02
5. "The Turk" - 2:20
6. "Milkshake" (Kenny Clarke) - 5:02
7. "Peter's Waltz" (Sahib Shihab) - 5:01
8. "Griff'n Jaw" - 3:33

Personnel

• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Francy Boland - piano, arranger
• Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
• Shake Keane - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier - trombone
• Derek Humble - alto saxophone
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Carl Drevo, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott - tenor saxophone
• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode - bass
• Fats Sadi - bongos

References