Benny Golson Biography

Benny Golson, a multitalented and globally renowned jazz icon, composer, arranger, lyricist, producer, and world-renowned tenor saxophonist, was born on January 25, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Golson was born into a musical family, having performed in the bands of world-famous musicians like Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Earl Bostic, and Art Blakey. Few jazz artists can call themselves real pioneers, and even fewer can claim a performance and recording career that practically redefines the term jazz. With jazz favorites including Killer Joe, I Remember Clifford, Along Came Betty, Stablemates, Whisper Not, Blues March, Five Spot After Dark, and Are You Real? Benny Golson has made significant contributions to the field of jazz. Benny Golson is the only surviving jazz musician who has written eight jazz standards. Over the years, these jazz standards have appeared on numerous recordings around the world, and they continue to do so. He has released over 30 albums under his own name for various recording labels in the United States and Europe, as well as countless more with other renowned musicians. Golson is a prolific writer who has penned almost 300 works. Golson has had a long and illustrious musical career, having composed and arranged music for Count Basie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Mama Cass Elliott, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Shirley Horn, David Jones, and the Monkees, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Anita Baker, and others. Scores for hit TV shows and films such as MAS*H, Mannix, Mission Impossible, Mod Squad, Room 222, and others have been written by him. He's composed music for national radio and television commercials for some of the country's most well-known advertising firms. Borateem, Canada Dry, Carnation, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Clorox, Dodge, General Telephone, Gillette, Heinz Foods, Jack in the Box, Liquid Plum's, MacDonald's, Mattel Toys, Monsanto, Nissan, Ohrbachs, Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes, Parliament Cigarettes, Pepsi Cola, Texaco, Texaco Texaco Texaco Benny Golson is a true maestro of the jazz instrument. He has not only carved a route in jazz, but he is also passionate about teaching jazz to both young and old. He has given a lecture at the Lincoln Center as part of Wynton Marsalis' special series. The musical adventure of Benny Golson has taken him all over the world. The US State Department dispatched him on a cultural trip to Southeast Asia in 1987, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, and Singapore. Later, Philip Morris International assigned him to create music for the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in Bangkok, Thailand. Benny Golson, a legendary live performer who has wowed audiences in the United States, Europe, South America, the Far East, and Japan for decades, has performed hundreds of concerts in the United States, Europe, South America, the Far East, and Japan. Benny is also working on his memoirs and a major college textbook. This modest musical titan continues to amaze reviewers, fans, and other artists with his tremendous contributions.

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