Killer Joe (Benny Golson); Work Song (Nat Adderley); Body and Soul * (Johnny Green); St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins); Syeeda’s Song Flute (John Coltrane); Mood Indigo; Along Came Betty; Mack The Knife ...

Golson, who died Sept. 21, captured the sunny optimism of American in the late '50s and early '60s. He composed internal music for hit TV shows and appeared as himself in the 2004 film The Terminal.

Benny Golson is one sublime composer and tenor saxophonist. For too long, Benny (who turns 80 on Sunday) has been unfairly pegged as a glossy Los Angeles artist whose music is more closely identified ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty," has died. He was 95. Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan ...

Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, known for writing sophisticated songs, many of which have become jazz standards, died September 22 at his Manhattan home at the age of 95. Golson was one of the few ...

Benny Golson’s 1960 Gone With Golson reissued by Craft Recordings’ OJC series: 180-gram vinyl and 192/24 hi-res digital, faithfully restored. Benny Golson may not be a household name for newer ...

You got to start somewhere. For the great jazz saxophonists Benny Golson and John Coltrane, it was at Golson's house in Philadelphia in the late '40s. (SOUNBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) BENNY GOLSON ...

The composer for TV shows including 'M*A*S*H' and 'Mission: Impossible' died on Saturday, Sept. 21 Jazz Services/Heritage Images/Getty Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer, died on Saturday, ...

Benny Golson during the Capital Jazz Festival, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, July 1982. Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer, died on Saturday, Sept. 21, at his home in Manhattan. He ...