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Benny Golson

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

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

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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 career. Golson was known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959.

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