Benny Golson, one of the most accomplished tenor saxophonists and composers of the 1950s hard bop era, passed away1.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came ...
Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer, died on Saturday, Sept. 21, at his home in Manhattan. He was 95. Jason ...
Golson formed his best-known group, the six-member Jazztet ... They shared the bill with the radically innovative alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, who was also making his New ...
Lugging my saxophone in circles around a sweltering central Cambridge made me want to quit before I’d even started” After all ...
His best-known tune was “I Remember Clifford ... playing loud rolls or shots on the drums during Mr. Golson’s sax solos. “Finally, he hollered over at me, ‘Get up out of that hole!’ ...
Andrew “Andy” Ennis, a jazz saxophonist and member of a celebrated musical family, died of cancer Aug. 30 at his Northwest Baltimore home. He was 86. Mr. Ennis, popularly known as Andy ...