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Golden Boy is the 1963 album recorded in New York City by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. The full title is Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Play Selections From the New Musical Golden Boy.
The musical starred Sammy Davis Jr. and all the selections on the album were written and composed by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse for the Broadway musical. The LP was originally released on the Colpix label and produced by Jack Lewis.
Of the eleven-member band, three were also arrangers ~ Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, and Cedar Walton. This is a musically short album only running 30:11.
Tracks- “Theme from Golden Boy” – 5:35
- “Yes I Can” – 5:25
- “Lorna’s Here” – 5:09
- “This Is the Life” – 5:56
- “There’s a Party” – 5:00
- “I Want to Be with You” – 4:03
- Art Blakey – drums
- Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Curtis Fuller – trombone
- Julius Watkins – French horn
- Bill Barber – tuba
- James Spaulding – alto saxophone
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
- Cedar Walton – piano
- Reggie Workman – bass
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