Francy BOLAND starts playing the piano at the age of 8. He then moves to Liège to study at the Music Conservatory after World War II. Soon he gets in touch with the musicians of the legendary Bob Shots (Bobby JASPAR, Jacques PELZER, René THOMAS etc...). He joins the band in 1949 for its last period of activity and records in Paris a few tracks on which his piano solos already show a definite be bop phrasing. He appears on several radio shows, plays in Antwerp with another Belgian jazz legend, saxophone player Jack SELS.
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Lille Mor
Claudia
Dark Eyes
Espresso Loco
Turkish Girl
Lillemor
Clown Princess
Double Play Gal
In the Darkness the Shape Seemed Familiar
A Blue Girl In A Red Sunrise
Autumn In New York
But Supposin'
Father Klook
A Girl Mad As Birds
Pretty And Childlike
Wolf-Gang
Gloria
You Don't Know What Love Is
Dia-Bleu
Night Lady
Daffodils
You Just Hit The One You Say You Love
Rosa De Luxe
The Girl and The Turk
I'm All Smiles
Myriam Doll
Night In Warsaw
Gamal Sady'n'em
Lonely Girl
Fiebre Cuban
1st Movement: Villa Radieuse
2nd Movement: Tween Dusk and Dawn in Via Urbania
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
Dierdre's Blues
Un Graso De Areia
Mambo de las Brujas
Dancing In The Dark
Rosa DeLuxe
As Long As There Is Music
Cross Fire
Yesterdays
Everything I Have Is Yours
Stella By Starlight
3rd Movement: Rosati At Popolo Square
Hopeless
NIGHTS IN WARSAW
A Gal In Calico
Clair Obscure
Night in Warsaw (feat. Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Woode)
All The Things You Are
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