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with the Jazztet, 7/21/1985 While in high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Golson played with several other promising young musicians, including John Coltrane , Red Garland , Jimmy Heath , Percy Heath , Philly Joe Jones , and Red Rodney . After graduating from Howard University Golson joined Bull Moose Jackson 's rhythm and blues band; Tadd Dameron , whom Golson came to consider the most important influence on his writing, was Jackson's pianist at the time.
From 1953 to 1959 Golson played with Dameron's band and then with the bands of Lionel Hampton , Johnny Hodges , Earl Bostic , Dizzy Gillespie , and Art_Blakey#The_Jazz_Messengers|Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with whom he recorded the classic Moanin in 1958.
Golson was working with the Lionel Hampton band at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York|Harlem in 1956 when he learned that Clifford Brown , a noted and well-liked jazz trumpeter who had done a stint with him in Hampton's band, had died in a car accident. Golson was so moved by the event that he composed the threnody " I Remember Clifford (song)|I Remember Clifford ", as a tribute to a fellow musician and friend.
Golson has composed several other jazz standard s, such as " Stablemates (song)|Stablemates ", " Killer Joe (song)|Killer Joe ", " Whisper Not (song)|Whisper Not ", " Along Came Betty (song)|Along Came Betty " and " Are You Real? ", that have gone on to be performed and recorded by many musicians.Citation | last = Bailey | first = Phil | author-link = | last2 = Hancock | first2 = Benny | author2-link = | title = Benny Golson: Eight Jazz Classics | place = | publisher = Jamey Aebersold Jazz | origyear = | year = 1979 | month= | volume = 14 | edition = | chapter = | chapterurl = | page = iii | pages = | url = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | doi = | id = | isbn =
From 1959 to 1962 Golson co-led the Jazztet with Art Farmer . Golson then left jazz to concentrate on studio and orchestral work for 12 years. During this time he composed music for such television shows as Ironside (TV series)|Ironside , Room 222 , M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H , and Mission: Impossible . During the mid-1970s Golson returned to jazz playing and recording. In 1983 he re-organized the Jazztet.
In 1995 Golson received the NEA Jazz Masters Award of the National Endowment for the Arts .
Golson made a cameo appearance in the 2004 movie The Terminal , related to his appearance in the A Great Day in Harlem photo. As of 2007, he tours regularly.
In October 2007 Golson received the Mellon Living Legend Legacy Award presented by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation at a ceremony at the Kennedy Center . Additionally, during the same month, he won the University of Pittsburgh International Academy of Jazz Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award at the university's 37th Annual Jazz Concert in the Carnegie Music Hall.
In November 2009, Benny was inducted into the International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame during a performance at the University of Pittsburgh's annual jazz seminar and concert.
Discography
As leader
'' Benny Golson's New York Scene (Fantasy Records, 1957)
Out of the Blue (Blue Mitchell album)|Out of the Blue (1959)
With Arkadia Jazz All Stars
Thank You, Duke!
With Sarah Vaughan
Sassy Swings Again (1967)
References
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External links
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http://www.bennygolson.com/ Official Site
http://www.bobrosenbaum.com/transcripts/golson1.pdf Listening In: An Interview with Benny Golson by Bob Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, February 1982 (PDF file)
IMDb name|0326680|Benny Golson
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=99814711 Benny Golson Recreates His Great 'Jazztet' NPR Interview 2009 Jan 24
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php? id=42548 Benny Golson Interview at Allaboutjazz.com
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