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Benny Golson

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger

dead

no longer with us. rest easy.

born
1929
died
2024
age at death
95
known for
composer, jazz musician, saxophonist

1929 – 2024

Portrait of Benny Golson

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