More Smiles is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1969 and released on the MPS label.Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015SABA/MPS Records listing, accessed October 14, 2015Johnny Griffin Catalog, accessed October 14, 2015Dusko Gojkovic discography, accessed September 20, 2016Bigband Paradise album entry accessed September 20, 2016
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.AllMusic listing, accessed October 14, 2015
Track listing "Johnny One Note" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:38 "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere) - 4:14 "Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schön" (Theo Mackeben) - 4:19 "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:52 "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 4:24 "All Through the Night" (Cole Porter) - 3:01 "November Girl" (Francy Boland) - 5:51 "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) - 2:39 "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 2:37
Personnel Kenny Clarke - drums Francy Boland - piano, arranger Benny Bailey, Tony Fisher, Duško Gojković, Idrees Sulieman - trumpet Nat Peck, Åke Persson, Eric van Lier - trombone Derek Humble - alto saxophone Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe - tenor saxophone Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone Jimmy Woode - bass
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