Golden Boy (Art Blakey album)

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]

Golden Boy
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released	November 1964[1]
Recorded	1963 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Colpix CP 478
Producer	Jack Lewis
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1965)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

• Art Blakey - drums
• Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan - trumpet
• Curtis Fuller - trombone, arranger
• Julius Watkins - French horn
• Bill Barber - tuba
• James Spaulding - alto saxophone
• Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone, arranger
• Charles Davis - baritone saxophone
• Cedar Walton - piano, arranger
• Reggie Workman - bass