Clark-Boland Big Band was insanely good. Kenny Clarke was one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time. He literally played with everyone. Francy Boland was an impeccable arranger, working with Count Basie, Dizzie Gillespe and Duke Ellington and Chet Baker to name a few. He was the band leader, principal arranger and pianist. Jimmy Woode also played with Ellington, playing bass an occasionally singing. The finest players from Europe and American played with the band over the years. Sahib Shihab was an original member and played with band throughout its entire existence. He was also one of the first jazz musicians to convert to Islam and changed his name in 1947.
The Cool jazz of Chet Baker, Latin-leanings of Dizzy Gillespie and swinging arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie can be heard in the band, which was a sort of murder's row of jazz players.
Other notable members of the band included Dusko Goykovich, Johnny Griffin, Eddie "Lockjaw" Jimmy Deuchar, Davis, Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, Ronnie Scott, Carl Drewo, Tony Coe, Derek Humble, Nat Peck, Ake Persson, Dusko Goykovich, Stan Sulzmann, Ack van Rooyen, John Surman, Manfred Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Erik van Lier, Ron Mathewson, Fats Sadi, Kenny Clare, Benny Bailey, Jimmy Woode, Art Farmer, Shake Keane, Idrees Sulieman, Herb Geller, and were joined on occasions by Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz and many others.
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