Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson has died. He was 95. The Associated Press reported that Golson died at his Manhattan home after a short illness. His agent did not disclose what the illness ...

NEW YORK – Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty," has died. He was 95. Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan after ...

GROSS: The great composer and saxophonist Benny Golson died last month at the age of 95. Many of his works became almost instant jazz classics in the late '50s. And he composed internal music for hit ...

Up Jumped Spring; Stablemates; Talk Intro; Tiny Capers; Talk Intro; I Remember Clifford; For Old Time’s Sake; Whisper Not; Gypsy Jingle Jangle. “Saxophonist/composer Benny Golson, supported by ...

Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, known for writing sophisticated songs, many of which have become jazz standards, died September 22 at his Manhattan home at the age of 95. Golson was one of the few ...

Killer Joe (Benny Golson); Work Song (Nat Adderley); Body and Soul * (Johnny Green); St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins); Syeeda’s Song Flute (John Coltrane); Mood Indigo; Along Came Betty; Mack The Knife ...

Benny Golson’s latest Arkadia release, One Day, Forever, arose from a taping of some of Golson’s previous band members from the Jazztet: Art Farmer and Curtis Fuller. At the end of a European tour, ...

Art Blakey was a teacher... He was a teacher and didn' know that he was a teacher... He had such a penchant for swinging. He didn't know how not to swing and that really left a mark on me. So much so, ...

The Associated Press reported that Golson died at his Manhattan home after a short illness. His agent did not disclose what the illness was. Golson was born and raised in Philadelphia. He started ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz great Benny Golson, a ...