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Benny Golson

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Aliases
Benny Golson Funky Quintet ‎
Benny Golson and The Philadelphians
Benny Golson Quartet
Benny Golson Sextet
The International Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Benny Golson
Born
January 25, 1929
Country
United States
IPI
00053140615 31 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz tenor saxophonist who plays principally bop and hard bop. Golson is also a composer and arranger.
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Originals

Covers by Benny Golson

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1959 J.J. Johnson All Stars
i 1963 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
i 1962 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i 1988 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
i   1964 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
i 1988 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i February 1959 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i   1960 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i   1984 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i   1988 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i   1962 Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i 1960 Emilio De Marchi
i 1960 Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Host Charlie Persip's Jazz Statesmen
i 1960 Gigi Gryce
i 1981 Gigi Gryce
i November 2015 Gigi Gryce
i June 19, 1998 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 1993 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1964 Jack Buchanan
i   December 2019 Elisabeth Welch and Chorus PRF, The Ambassadors [US2] REC, Arthur Gibbs and His Gang REL
i 1961 Dizzy Gillespie
i June 19, 1998 Julie London
i   1961 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i 1961 The Modern Jazz Quartet
i 2016 Lee Morgan [US1]
i 1962 André Claveau avec André Grassi et son orchestre
i 1965 Charley Parker
July 1978 Emotions [US1]
i 2016 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1959 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
i 1960 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
i 1964 Charles Mingus
i   December 2019 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i 1983 Art Farmer Quintet
i 1987 Freddie Hubbard
i 1961 Wardell Gray
i 1961 (unknown)
i 1982 (unknown)
i 1993 Miles Davis Quartet
i July 1978 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i 1965 Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
i 1967 (unknown)
April 1977 Honk
i 1961 Randy Weston
July 1978 The Commodores
i   1963 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra REC, Russ Columbo BRD
i   1959 Ella Logan PRF, Martha Tilton - With Vocal Group and Dean Elliott and His Orchestra REC
i 1962 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF, Charlie Parker Septet
i 1958 Stan Getz
i   1959 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
i   1961 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL, Frank Sinatra BRD
i 1965 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i 1962 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i   1959 Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lily Ann Carol REC,REL, Dinah Shore BRD
i 1963 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i 1962 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette, Charley Parker
i 1962 Margaret Whiting
i 1960 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i 1981 Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce
i   1960 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i December 2019 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1959 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i   1964 Swen Swenson REL, Swen Swenson, Virginia Martin PRF
i November 2015 Duke Jordan Trio
i 1963 Lee Morgan [US1]
i   1962 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i   1963 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i   December 2019 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
i December 2019 The Tadd Dameron Sextet
i 1961 J. J. Johnson - Kai Winding
i June 19, 1998 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i   1987 (unknown performer) PRF, Don Cornell REC,REL
i   June 19, 1998 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i 1962 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC, The Horace Silver Trio
i 2016 Ted Fiorito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Muzzy Marcellino & The Fio-rettes
i   January 2000 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
i   1963 Joyce Barbour, Steffi Duna, Norah Howard and Doris Hare PRF, Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC,REL
i 1959 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i January 2000 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i November 2015 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i 2016 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i 1965 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1960 Art Farmer Quintet
i 1967 Dick Boyell and Orch.
i   1967 Al (He's the King) Hirt REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i   June 19, 1998 Mary Martin, Patricia Neway PRF,REL, Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC
i   1965 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1961 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
i 1961 Mary Martin
i June 19, 1998 Mae West with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1963 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 1958 Peter Palmer, Edith Adams
i 1967 The T-Bones
i 1965 Charlie Parker Septet
i 1965 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1962 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i   1961 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1960 Blue Mitchell
i 2004 Blue Mitchell
i 1987 Freddie Hubbard
i December 2019 Herbie Hancock
i 1965 The Horace Silver Trio
i 1993 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1961 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1962 The Thelonious Monk Trio
i 1987 The Art Farmer Quartet
i 1988 The Art Farmer Quartet
i 1960 Boston Pops Orchestra
i 1961 The J.J. Johnson Sextet
i January 2000 Lee Morgan [US1]
October 17, 1966 T. J. K. and His P. S. 13 Blues Band
i 1993 Miles Davis
i 1959 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i 1959 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i 1987 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i   1963 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i   1962 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i 1962 Prince's Band, Miles Davis All Star Sextet
i December 2019 John Coltrane
i June 19, 1998 (unknown), The Randy Weston Trio
i   1960 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i 1967 The Brass Ring featuring Phil Bodner
i   June 19, 1998 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
i 1967 Elmer Bernstein
i 1959 Lou Donaldson
i 1962 Ezio Pinza
i   1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i 1997 The Clifford Brown Ensemble
i 1961 Bill Perkins, John Lewis, Jim Hall, Percy Heath, Chico Hamilton
i 1965 Miles Davis All Star Sextet
i 1965 Bill Evans [US1]
i 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC, Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
i 1958 Lee Morgan Sextet
i June 19, 1998 Lee Morgan Sextet
i 1962 Lee Morgan Sextet
i 1981 Lee Morgan Sextet
i 1988 Lee Morgan Sextet
i 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i 1961 Jane Powell and Vic Damone
i December 2019 Coleman Hawkins and Orchestra
i January 2000 Nat Adderley
i   1959 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1983 Freddie Hubbard
i July 1978 Randy Edelman
i 1962 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1958 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)
i   1961 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD

Songs written by Benny Golson

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Along Came Betty Benny Golson Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers October 30, 1958 Covered by (65 artists)
Are You Real Benny Golson Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers January 1959 Covered by (12 artists)
Blues After Dark Benny Golson Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Host Charlie Persip's Jazz Statesmen February 1957 Covered by (5 artists)
Blues March Benny Golson Gigi Gryce June 1958 Covered by (37 artists)
Blues on My Mind Benny Golson Benny Golson and The Philadelphians November 17, 1958 Covered by (2 artists)
Domingo Benny Golson Lee Morgan [US1] October 1957 Covered by (6 artists)
Fair Weather Benny Golson Art Farmer Quintet 1958 Covered by (22 artists)
Five Spot After Dark Benny Golson Covered by (26 artists)
Hasaan's Dream Benny Golson Lee Morgan [US1] October 1957 Covered by (4 artists)
I Remember Clifford Benny Golson Don Byrd - Gigi Gryce March 13, 1957 Covered by (210 artists)
Jam 'n' Boogie Benny Golson The New Jazztet November 1983 Covered by Mickey Tucker Quartet
Junction Benny Golson The Jazztet 1961 Covered by Hank Crawford
Just by Myself Benny Golson Lee Morgan [US1] 1957 Covered by (5 artists)
Killer Joe Benny Golson Art Farmer & Benny Golson February 1960 Covered by (87 artists)
Little Karin Benny Golson Benny Golson 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
Minor Rundown Benny Golson Paul Chambers Quintet April 1958 Covered by Johannes Ochsenbauer Trio
Minor Vamp Benny Golson Curtis Fuller 1959 Unverified
My Blues House Benny Golson Benny Golson 1959 Unverified
One Day Forever Benny Golson Benny Golson 1993 Covered by Art Farmer
Out of the Past Jon Hendricks, Benny Golson Benny Golson Sextet December 23, 1957 Covered by (18 artists)
Park Avenue Petite Benny Golson Blue Mitchell September 30, 1959 Covered by (13 artists)
Reggie of Chester Benny Golson Lee Morgan [US1] 1957 Covered by (3 artists)
Reunion Benny Golson Benny Golson Sextet 1958 Unverified
Sad to Say Benny Golson The Art Farmer Quartet 1983 Covered by (5 artists)
Shades of Stein Benny Golson Benny Golson Quartet December 26, 1962 Covered by Peter Leitch Quintet / Sextet
Stable Mates Benny Golson The New Miles Davis Quintet November 16, 1955 Covered by (122 artists)
Step Lightly Benny Golson Benny Golson 1958 Covered by (6 artists)
The Stroller Benny Golson Lou Donaldson 1957 Covered by (2 artists)
Turning Point Benny Golson Benny Golson 1963 Unverified
Whisper Not Benny Golson Lee Morgan Sextet December 2, 1956 Covered by (203 artists)
Yesterday's Thoughts Benny Golson Freddie Hubbard July 1975 Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Another Git Together The Art Farmer Benny Golson Jazztet 1962 Mercury
Benny Golson and The Philadelphians Benny Golson and The Philadelphians 1959 United Artists Records
Benny Golson's New York Scene Benny Golson 1958 Contemporary
Big City Sounds The Jazztet (Art Farmer & Benny Golson) 1961 Argo [US]
California Message Benny Golson featuring Curtis Fuller 1981 Baystate
Free Benny Golson Quartet 1963 Argo [US]
Gone with Golson Benny Golson 1960 New Jazz
Groovin' with Golson Benny Golson 1959 New Jazz
Here and Now The Art Farmer Benny Golson Jazztet 1962 Mercury
Horizon Ahead Benny Golson 2016 HighNote
I'm Always Dancin' to the Music Benny Golson July 1978 Columbia [US]
I Remember Miles Benny Golson 1993 Alfa Jazz
Just Jazz! Benny Golson 1965 Audio Fidelity
Killer Joe Benny Golson April 1977 Columbia [US]
Masters Legacy Series Volume 3 Emmet Cohen featuring Benny Golson & Albert "Tootie" Heath December 2019 (self-released)
Meet the Jazztet Art Farmer & Benny Golson 1960 Argo [US]
Moment to Moment The Jazztet (Art Farmer & Benny Golson) 1983 Soul Note
Nostalgia The New Jazztet 1984 Baystate
One More Mem´ry Benny Golson Quintet featuring Curtis Fuller 1982 Baystate
Our Father Who Art Blakey Valery Ponomarev Jazz Big Band with special guest Benny Golson November 2015 Zoho Music
Roger Guérin Benny Golson with Bobby Timmons Roger Guérin Benny Golson with Bobby Timmons 1959 Columbia [EMI]
Stardust Benny Golson / Freddie Hubbard Quintet 1987 Denon
Stockholm Sojourn The International Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Benny Golson 1965 Prestige [US]
Take a Number from 1 to 10 Benny Golson 1961 Argo [US]
Tenor Legacy Benny Golson June 19, 1998 Arkadia Jazz
Terminal 1 Benny Golson 2004 Concord Jazz
That's Funky Benny Golson Funky Quintet ‎ January 2000 Arkadia Jazz
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet The Curtis Fuller Jazztet with Benny Golson 1959 Savoy Records
The Jazztet and John Lewis The Jazztet and John Lewis, featuring Art Farmer and Benny Golson 1961 Argo [US]
The Jazztet at Birdhouse The Jazztet 1961 Argo [US]
The Jazztet - Real Time The Art Farmer / Benny Golson Jazztet featuring Curtis Fuller 1988 Contemporary
The Modern Touch Benny Golson Sextet 1958 Riverside [US]
The Other Side of Benny Golson Benny Golson February 1959 Riverside [US]
The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets The Benny Golson Orchestra 1964 Mercury
Triple Play Stereo Pop + Jazz = Swing Benny Golson 1962 Audio Fidelity
Tune In - Turn On - To the Hippest Commercials of the Sixties Benny Golson 1967 Verve Records
Turning Point Benny Golson 1963 Mercury
Up Jumped Benny Benny Golson 1997 Arkadia Jazz
Winchester Special Lem Winchester & Benny Golson 1959 New Jazz

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