Artist's albums
Django
2023 · album
The Stars of Jazz, Vol. 2
2023 · album
Moanin' (Radio version)
2023 · single
Sad To Say
2022 · single
One Day, Forever
2022 · album
Magic Moments
2022 · album
Beware
2022 · album
One Day, Forever
2022 · single
Blue Walk
2022 · single
Blues Alley
2022 · single
On Gossamer Wings
2022 · single
Are You Real?
2022 · single
The Many Moods of Benny Golson
2022 · album
Along Came Betty (Many Moods of Benny Golson)
2022 · single
KILLER JOE (Many Moods of Benny Golson)
2022 · single
Girl From Ipanema
2021 · single
Cry Me a River
2021 · single
St. Thomas
2021 · single
My Favorite Things (New Young Lions)
2021 · single
Up Jumped Benny
2021 · album
Whisper Not
2021 · single
The Stars of Jazz, Vol. 1
2021 · album
Body and Soul (Grammy Nominated)
2021 · single
Golson Plays Golson
2021 · album
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Biography
Benny Golson is a talented composer/arranger whose tenor playing has continued to evolve with time. After attending Howard University (1947-1950) he worked in Philadelphia with Bull Moose Jackson's R&B band (1951) at a time when it included one of his writing influences, Tadd Dameron on piano. Golson played with Dameron for a period in 1953, followed by stints with Lionel Hampton (1953-1954), and Johnny Hodges and Earl Bostic (1954-1956). He came to prominence while with Dizzy Gillespie's globetrotting big band (1956-1958), as much for his writing as for his tenor playing (the latter was most influenced by Don Byas and Lucky Thompson). Golson wrote such standards as "I Remember Clifford" (for the late Clifford Brown), "Killer Joe," "Stablemates," "Whisper Not," "Along Came Betty," and "Blues March" during 1956-1960. His stay with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1958-1959) was significant, and during 1959-1962 he co-led the Jazztet with Art Farmer. From that point on Golson gradually drifted away from jazz and concentrated more on working in the studios and with orchestras including spending a couple of years in Europe (1964-1966). When Golson returned to active playing in 1977, his tone had hardened and sounded much closer to Archie Shepp than to Don Byas. Other than an unfortunate commercial effort for Columbia in 1977, Golson has recorded consistently rewarding albums (many for Japanese labels) since that time including a reunion with Art Farmer and Curtis Fuller in a new Jazztet. Through the years he has recorded as a leader for Contemporary, Riverside, United Artists, New Jazz, Argo, Mercury, and Dreyfus among others. Returning once again to the spirit of the original Jazztet, Golson released New Time, New 'Tet on Concord Records in 2009. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi