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Nov 17, 2021 · Golson was playing in Hampton’s band at the Apollo Theater in June 1956, when he heard between sets that his friend and former bandmate Clifford Brown had died in a car crash. Golson immediately began work on a tribute to Brown, resulting in the now oft-performed standard “I Remember Clifford.” Looking back on the tune, Golson recalled:
Feb 27, 2009 · Benny Golson, whose 80th birthday was celebrated with a concert at Washington's Kennedy Centre last month, might well feel Allison's message is still working for him, too.
: 47 It featured two more songs which would become Messengers classics, and jazz classics as well: "Blues March" and "Along Came Betty" by Benny Golson. [4] [15] [31] Golson left the band in 1959 after a European tour (which produced live albums and a film soundtrack on Fontana Records and French RCA ) [32] [33] [34] to be replaced, briefly, by ...
Mar 22, 2012 · Benny Golson: Bringing The Hits Golson, who recorded his first album as a bandleader 55 years ago, is responsible for some of the most memorable songs in the jazz canon. Watch the tenor-sax legend ...
Mar 19, 2013 · Benny Golson wrote the arrangements and contributed four of the album's six tracks. The title track, "Moanin,'" composed by pianist Bobby Timmons, became the greatest hit of Blakey's lengthy career. Despite being only twenty years old at the time of the recording, Lee Morgan had already spent two years touring with Dizzy Gillespie 's band.
