Arrangers on Blakey's Golden Boy?

[bertrand]

Could anyone who has access to an original LP of Art Blakey's Golden Boy please tell me who the arrangers are for each piece (I know it's mentioned in the liner notes)? I only have a French reissue without notes. I know the arrangements are by Shorter, Walton and Fuller but I don't think that the breakdown in the Lee Morgan discography I have is correct.

Thanks,

Bertrand.

[couw]

Theme from Golden Boy - Curtis Fuller

Yes I can - Cedar Walton

Lorna's here - Cedar Walton

This is the life - Wayne Shorter

There's a party - Wayne Shorter

I want to be with you - n.m.

[Guest ariceffron]

is yes i can the same tune as is on THE GIGALO from the same timeframe

[couw]

no

[bertrand]

Couw,

Thanks a bunch! That was fast. My discography has the Walton and Shorter tracks swapped. I knew something was afoot - the arrangement on 'There's A Party' sounds like the kind of stuff Wayne is up to now.

The mystery of the recording data for Golden Boy is still out there. Mike Fitzgerald has the details in his Blakey chronology. Curiously, I found an interview with Wayne in Jazzman from 2002 where Wayne is asked about his first experience writing arrangements for large ensemble. The interviewer suggest Freddie Hubbard's The Body and The Soul, but Wayne says that it is Golden Boy. This just doesn't make sense, though, because that would make Golden Boy from early 1963?

Aric,

'Yes I Can' is from the Strouse/Adams score for the musical Golden Boy. 'Yes I Can, No You Can't' is an unrelated Lee Morgan original that appears on the Gigolo. To make things more confusing, though, Lee did later record 'This Is The Life' from Golden Boy in his 1967 session that was issued in 1999 as Standards (with Wayne on board!). However, the arrangement on Standards is by Duke Pearson, not Wayne Shorter.

Bertrand.

[couw]

Curiously, I found an interview with Wayne in Jazzman from 2002 where Wayne is asked about his first experience writing arrangements for large ensemble. The interviewer suggest Freddie Hubbard's The Body and The Soul, but Wayne says that it is Golden Boy. This just doesn't make sense, though, because that would make Golden Boy from early 1963?

don't the liners to Body & Soul also mention that this is Shorter's debut as an arranger for large group?

[Chuck Nessa]

FWIW

Colpix 438 Zoot Sims - Oct 62

446 Jimmy Rushing - Jan 63

456 Randy Weston - April 63

476 Chet Baker - May 64

478 Art Blakey

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Yes, the Body & Soul notes do mention this as Shorter's "debut as a big band arranger" - but certainly that could be wrong, or we could be talking apples and oranges since Golden Boy isn't really a "big band" - just larger than a sextet.

Mike