Benny Golson
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Benny Golson is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger renowned for penning standards like "I Remember Clifford" and co-founding the influential Jazztet.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benny Golson canonical | 7 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
arranger
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Art Blakey
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Art Farmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Benny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Curtis Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ Dizzy Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jazz Messengers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jazztet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | The Jazztet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-01-25 ⓘ |
| familyName | Golson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
arranging
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jazz composition ⓘ music ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
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jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Benny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Jazz Messengers
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The Jazztet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | hard bop ⓘ |
| name | Benny Golson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableComposition |
Along Came Betty
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Are You Real? NERFINISHED ⓘ Blues March NERFINISHED ⓘ I Remember Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ Killer Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ Park Avenue Petite NERFINISHED ⓘ Stablemates NERFINISHED ⓘ Step Lightly NERFINISHED ⓘ Whisper Not NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | co-founding the Jazztet in 1959 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Along Came Betty
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Blues March NERFINISHED ⓘ I Remember Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ Killer Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ Stablemates NERFINISHED ⓘ Whisper Not NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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