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Golden Boy
Studio album by
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
ReleasedNovember 1964 [1]
Recorded1963
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Colpix
CP 478
ProducerJack Lewis
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Indestructible
(1964) 		Golden Boy
(1964) 		'S Make It
(1965)

Golden Boy (full title Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections From the New Musical Golden Boy) is a 1963 [2] album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, performing compositions by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse written for the Broadway musical Golden Boy. The LP was originally released on the Colpix label. [3] [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [5]

Allmusic awarded the album three and a half stars. [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse

  1. "Theme from Golden Boy" - 5:35
  2. "Yes I Can" - 5:25
  3. "Lorna's Here" - 5:09
  4. "This Is the Life" - 5:56
  5. "There's a Party" - 5:00
  6. "I Want to Be with You" - 4:03

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Billboard". November 14, 1964.
  2. ^ Art Blakey discography, accessed June 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Art Blakey chronology, accessed June 21, 2013.
  4. ^ Nate Chinen, "Giving a Great 1960s Jazz Album Its Groove Back", The New York Times, December 4, 2009.
  5. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed July 28, 2023.
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