Birth Name:

Benny Golson

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Jan 25, 1929

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Age:

95

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

5°

Aqu

16'

About Benny Golson

Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) 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 re-formed the Jazztet in 1982.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official Site

• Listening In: An Interview with Benny Golson by Bob Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, February 1982 (PDF file)

• Benny Golson at IMDb

• Benny Golson Recreates His Great 'Jazztet' NPR Interview 2009 Jan 24

• Benny Golson Interview at underyourskin on YouTube

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Benny Golson: Sun 5 Aquarius, Moon 10 Leo, Mercury 23 Aquarius, Venus 21 Pisces, Mars 21 Gemini, Jupiter 2 Taurus, Saturn 26 Sagittarius, Uranus 4 Aries, Neptune 0 Virgo, Pluto 16 Cancer, Sun Sextile Uranus, Mercury Sextile Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Mars, Sun Square Jupiter, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Trine Mars, Venus Square Mars, Venus Square Saturn, Venus Trine Pluto, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Saturn Trine Neptune, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Benny Golson: Living people, American jazz composers, American male jazz composers, January 25 births, American male saxophonists, 21st-century saxophonists, Musicians from Philadelphia, Howard University alumni, Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania, African-American jazz musicians, American jazz tenor saxophonists, The Jazz Messengers members, HighNote Records artists, 1929 births, Orchestra U.S.A. members, Hard bop saxophonists, Prestige Records artists, Bebop saxophonists, Riverside Records artists, The Jazztet members

Photo attribution: Ed Newman, Benny Golson at Smoke, No. 2