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Benny Golson is an American bebop/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 is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer reformed the Jazztet in 1982.
Born
Friday, 25 January 1929
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Buster Williams Bass to Infinity | Self / Himself | 2019 |
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story | Self | 2019 |
Harlem to Hollywood | Self | 2018 |
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | Self / Self - Musician | 2016 |
Brownie Speaks | Self | 2014 |
CBS Saturday Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2011 |
The Terminal | Benny Golson / Himself | 2004 |
Imagine | Self - Musician | 2003 |
A Great Day in Harlem | Self | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Buster Williams Bass to Infinity | Self / Himself | 2019 |
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story | Self | 2019 |
Harlem to Hollywood | Self | 2018 |
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | Self / Self - Musician | 2016 |
Brownie Speaks | Self | 2014 |
CBS Saturday Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2011 |
The Terminal | Benny Golson / Himself | 2004 |
Imagine | Self - Musician | 2003 |
A Great Day in Harlem | Self | 1994 |
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts | Self - Performer | 1958 |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Jazztet member | 1956 |