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Now Hear Our Meanin'

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Now Hear Our Meanin'
Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedJanuary 25–26, 1963
Cologne, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length31:30
LabelColumbia
CS 9114
ProducerGigi Campi
Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band chronology
Handle with Care
(1963)
Now Hear Our Meanin'
(1965)
Swing, Waltz, Swing
(1966)

Now Hear Our Meanin' is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1963 and released on the Columbia label in 1965.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]
Record Mirror[5]

The AllMusic review stated "Their third studio date is a swinging affair, with potent charts by Boland and a number of strong soloists... The only disappointment with this disc is the excessive use of reverb and occasional shifting of instruments back and forth between both channels".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated.

  1. "Johnny One Note" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:25
  2. "Night Lady" - 8:12
  3. "I'm So Scared of Girls When They're Good Looking" (Jack Sels) - 5:25
  4. "A Ball for Othello" - 2:32
  5. "Sabbath Message" - 5:27
  6. "Now Hear My Meanin'" - 6:29

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015
  2. ^ Bigband Paradise album entry, accessed September 20, 2016
  3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Now Hear Our Meanin' – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (15 January 1966). "The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band: Now Hear Our Meanin'" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 253. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.