Sound · Music · Original Music Composer · Conductor
Born Jan 25, 1929 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Active 1966–2024 · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, NEA Jazz Masters
Benny Golson was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. 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…