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Jun 27, 2018 · Benny Golson was born on January 25, 1929, in Philadelphia. Despite hard times brought on by the Depression, his mother owned an upright piano that inspired Golson to take up the instrument at age nine — and to dream of becoming a concert pianist. “ That was aberrational in my neighborhood, ” he told Down Beat.
Lee Morgan, a leading trumpeter and composer, recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972. Originally interested in the vibraphone, he soon showed a growing enthusiasm for the trumpet. When Benny Golson left the Jazz Messengers, Morgan persuaded Blakey to hire Wayne Shorter, a young tenor saxophonist, to fill ...
1987–present. Member of. Saturday Night Live Band. James Genus (born January 20, 1966) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. He also occasionally fills in for Mark Kelley of the hip hop band The Roots. Genus has performed as a session musician and ...
Jul 12, 2016 · Tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson’s remarkable life in jazz has been captured in a new autobiography. Golson, now 87, also describes how he came to write extensively for television, on ...
Domingo: 1992: Dreyfus > listen / tracklist / buy . Groovin' with Golson: 1992: Original Jazz Classics > listen / tracklist / buy. Original release 1959 on New Jazz Benny Golson Quartett: 1990: LCR (see 2005 Groove Merchant Records re-release under 'Up, Jumped, Spring') Benny Golson's New York Scene (re-release) 1988: Original Jazz Classics ...
Benny Golson pointing at himself in the 1958 Art Kane photograph Watch a great CBS piece and interview with Benny Golson about the famous photograph, its creation and Benny's first visit to the original stoop 60 years later. Also, read an insightful essay from the Wall Street Journal about this iconic moment in jazz history.
HCD 7288. Producer. Benny Golson. Benny Golson chronology. New Time, New 'Tet. (2008) Horizon Ahead. (2016) Horizon Ahead is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Golson that was recorded in 2015 and released on the HighNote label the following year.
