Benny Golson
USA
Born: 25 January 1929
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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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 writ...
See also
- Art Blakey (15)
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- Hank Mobley (26)
- Joe Henderson (14)
- Booker Ervin (12)
- Art Farmer (10)
- Harold Land (0)
Influenced by
- Stan Getz (185)
- Duke Ellington (169)
- John Coltrane (110)
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Dexter Gordon (51)
- Quincy Jones (44)
- Coleman Hawkins (30)
- Sonny Stitt (23)
- John Lewis (12)
- Lucky Thompson (7)
- Don Byas (4)
- Tadd Dameron (2)
- Ernie Wilkins (1)
Followers
- Dizzy Gillespie (84)
- Lee Morgan (19)
- Art Farmer (10)
- Wynton Kelly (4)
- Paul Chambers (3)
- Mulgrew Miller (3)
Performed Songs By
- Freddie Hubbard (41)
- Curtis Fuller (11)
- Cole Porter (2)
- Victor Young (0)
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