| The Golden 8 | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland |
| Cover: | The Golden 8.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1961 |
| Recorded: | May 18 & 19, 1961 |
| Venue: | Café Campi |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 48:25 |
| Label: | Blue Note |
| Producer: | Pierluigi "Gigi" Campi |
| Chronology: | Kenny Clarke |
| Prev Title: | Plays Andre Hodeir |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | Jazz Is Universal |
| Next Year: | 1961 |
The Golden 8 is an album by American jazz drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian jazz composer and pianist Francy Boland recorded live in Gigi Campi's 'gelateria' in Cologne in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album established the relationship which led to the formation of the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band.
The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2]
All compositions by Francy Boland, except as indicated