Golden Standards Vol.1, by Benny Golson

Golden Standards Vol.1

by Benny Golson

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	1.	Blues Alley 03:51
	2.	Whisper Not 08:14
	3.	Sad to Say 04:36
	4.	Blue Walk 05:28
	5.	Gypsy Jingle Jangle 06:48
	6.	Blues March 06:02
	7.	In Memory Of 06:09
	8.	Killer Joe 07:37
	9.	Out of the Past 05:50

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Announcing an EXCLUSIVE release available ONLY on Bandcamp prior to the official release on 5/20/24!

Benny Golson: tenor saxophone;

Art Farmer: trumpet; Curtis Fuller: trombone; Geoff Keezer: piano; Dwayne Burno: upright bass;

Carl Allen: drums; Ray Drummond: upright bass; Marvin “Smittty” Smith: drums; Shirley Horn: vocals; Ron Carter: upright bass;

Mulgrew Miller: piano; Monty Alexander: piano; Kevin Hays: piano; Joe Farnsworth: drums;

James Carter: tenor saxophone; Nat Adderley: trumpet;

“In my experience of some thirty years of writing about and recording musicians, Benny Golson stands out as a man whose musical skills and capacities are extraordinarily wide-ranging. He is consistently resourceful in terms of creativity, as well as being a thorough professional. His conscientiousness, the high standards he always sets for himself, and his total reliability are qualities that account for the prominence he has attained along with, of course, his prodigious musicianship as a composer, arranger and performer. Benny Golson continually impresses me with the freshness of his musical conceptions. But I am never surprised that they always work exactly as he says they will, because they always do.”
– John S Wilson, Jazz Critic, The New York Times

At the peak of his musical powers, Benny Golson recorded a number of projects for Arkadia Records. Among those recording sessions, he performed 17 of his original compositions, including his most famous songs, many of which became Jazz Standards.This commemorative release presents a retrospective of his historic career starting 70 years ago when he joined the Tad Dameron band in 1953, then forming The Jazztet with Art Farmer in 1959 Inspired by his friend, noted trumpeter Clifford Brown, who died in a car accident in 1956 at the age of 25, he wrote one of his most famous songs, I Remember Clifford, followed by numerous standards including Stablemates, Killer Joe, Blues March, Whisper Not, Along Came Betty and Are You Real?.

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released March 6, 2024

Benny Golson: tenor saxophone;

Art Farmer: trumpet; Curtis Fuller: trombone; Geoff Keezer: piano; Dwayne Burno: upright bass;

Carl Allen: drums; Ray Drummond: upright bass; Marvin “Smittty” Smith: drums; Shirley Horn: vocals; Ron Carter: upright bass;

Mulgrew Miller: piano; Monty Alexander: piano; Kevin Hays: piano; Joe Farnsworth: drums;

James Carter: tenor saxophone; Nat Adderley: trumpet;

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Benny Golson New York, New York

Multi-talented and internationally famous jazz legend, – a composer, arranger, lyricist, producer – and tenor saxophonist of world note, Benny Golson was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 25, 1929.

Raised with an impeccable musical pedigree, Golson has played in the bands of world famous Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Earl Bostic and Art Blakey. ... more