Benny Golson

Benny Golson
Benny Golson
	Golson in New York City, 2006
Background information
Born	January 25, 1929 (age 95); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Jazz; bebop; hard bop;
Occupation(s)	Musician; composer; arranger;
Instrument(s)	Saxophone
Years active	1940s–present
Formerly of	The Jazztet
Website	www.bennygolson.com

Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929)^[1] is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger.^[2] He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer re-formed the Jazztet in 1982.^[3]

Many of Golson's compositions have become jazz standards including "I Remember Clifford", "Blues March", "Stablemates", "Whisper Not", "Along Came Betty", and "Killer Joe". He is regarded as "one of the most significant contributors" to the development of hard bop jazz,^[4] and was a recipient of a Grammy Trustees Award in 2021.^[5]

^ Larkin, Colin (2006). "Golson, Benny". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 806. ISBN 9780195313734. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Benny Golson | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Benny Golson (1996)". NEA Jazz Masters: America's Highest Honour in Jazz (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts. 2004. p. 41. OCLC 1049898284. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ Fitzgerald, Michael (2017). "Whisper Not: The Autobiography of Benny Golson". ARSC Journal. 48 (1). Association for Recorded Sound Collections: 47–50, 86. ISSN 2151-4402. ProQuest 1961322977. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via ProQuest.
^ "The Recording Academy Announces 2021 Special Merit Awards Honorees: Selena, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Talking Heads, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa And More". Grammy Awards. Santa Monica, CA: The Recording Academy. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

[Larkin-1] Larkin, Colin (2006). "Golson, Benny". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 806. ISBN 9780195313734. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.

[2] "Benny Golson | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[NEA-3] "Benny Golson (1996)". NEA Jazz Masters: America's Highest Honour in Jazz (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts. 2004. p. 41. OCLC 1049898284. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.

[Fitzgerald-4] Fitzgerald, Michael (2017). "Whisper Not: The Autobiography of Benny Golson". ARSC Journal. 48 (1). Association for Recorded Sound Collections: 47–50, 86. ISSN 2151-4402. ProQuest 1961322977. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via ProQuest.

[RA-5] "The Recording Academy Announces 2021 Special Merit Awards Honorees: Selena, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Talking Heads, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa And More". Grammy Awards. Santa Monica, CA: The Recording Academy. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2022.

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