Benny Golson

Benny Golson (born on January 25th 1929) is a saxophonist tenor states-unien, Compositeur and arranger as well as important representing Hard bop.

When one speaks about the saxophonists one seldom evokes Benny Golson and yet… This large musician with his heat and the permanent invention was one of the pillars of the combo of Art Blakey, " Jazz Messengers " , in its first version, best. Type-setter of talent, one owes him one of the most beautiful topics of the jazz: " Whisper Not" who comes for me just after " 'Midnight" Round;. He is also the author of a remarkable homage composition to regretted Clifford Brown: " I Remember Clifford" , homage to perhaps the larger trumpet player of the history of the jazz sublimates. One owes him also celebrates it " March" blues; who was during years the code of the emission " For those which like the jazz" of Frank Tenot and Daniel Filipacchi. It is probably purest going down from Coleman Hawkins, in the measurement also where its music, as inventive as modest, is never caught with the serious one. Just like its Master, who had been able to dialog with a Sony Rollins besides respectful on the famous album " Sony meets Hawk" (their exchanges on " Yesterdays" force the respect!), Benny Golson succeeded with the wire of time to adapt its language to accents more free without to erase the deep components of its style.

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