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Benny Golson
Composer, Additional CreditsBorn January 25, 1929 (96 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2021 | Buster Williams Bass to Infinity · as Himself |
| 2021 | Samadhi Road · as Benny Golson |
| 2018 | It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story · as Self |
| 2018 | Harlem to Hollywood · as Self |
| 2016 | Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary · as Self - Musician |
| 2014 | Brownie Speaks · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2006 | Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3 · as Self - Tenors |
| 2004 | The Terminal · as Himself |
| 2003 | Imagine... (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1997 | CBS Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | A Great Day in Harlem · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Jazztet Member |