After forming a lauded band and writing tunes like “I Remember Clifford,” “Whisper Not” and “Killer Joe,” he had a second career composing and arranging music for television.
Over his seven-decade musical career, Golson worked with some of the biggest luminaries in jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and John Coltrane.
Jazz great Benny Golson has died aged 95. The tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as Killer Joe and Along Came Betty passed away Saturday at his Manhattan home after a short illness - his ...