Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band

The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band was a jazz orchestra formed in Paris in 1960 by the American drummer Kenny Clarke and the Belgian pianist and arranger Francy Boland. It started as a small group and grew into a full big band. Its lineup mixed European players with American musicians living in Europe, and Boland was its main writer and arranger. The band recorded its debut Jazz Is Universal for Atlantic in 1962, followed by Handle with Care (1963).