Francy Boland
Boland in 1961
Born François Boland
(1929-11-06 ) 6 November 1929Died 12 August 2005(2005-08-12) (aged 75) Nationality Belgian
François Boland (6 November 1929[ 1] – 12 August 2005)[ 2] was a classically trained Belgian jazz composer and pianist.
He first gained notice in 1949 and worked with Belgian jazz greats like Bobby Jaspar , and in 1955 he joined Chet Baker 's quintet.[ 1] Moving to the US, he began arranging for Count Basie , Benny Goodman , Woody Herman and Dizzy Gillespie , and set up an octet with drummer Kenny Clarke before returning to Europe and becoming Kurt Edelhagen 's chief arranger. In 1961, building from a rhythm section featuring Clarke , Jimmy Woode and himself, he founded The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band , which rapidly became one of the most noted Big Bands assembled outside the United States. After it broke up in 1972 he concentrated on composing.[ 1]
He lived in Europe, primarily Switzerland , from 1976 and did musical arrangements for Sarah Vaughan among others.[ 1] He was also part of One World, One Peace , an effort involving Pope John Paul II . He died in 2005.
Francy Boland's song "Just Give Me Time" was covered by Carola in 1966, first released on her album Carola & Heikki Sarmanto Trio , reaching the Finnish Charts in 2004.
Discography
Out of the Background (SABA, 1967)
Flirt and Dream (SABA, 1967)
With Johnny Griffin
Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band (1962-1971)
With Mark Murphy
With Sahib Shihab
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