Saxophonist, arranger and composer, Benny Golson is known for having created
several jazz standards. Born in Philadelphia on January 25, 1929, he took piano
lessons at the age of nine and switched to the saxophone at fourteen. He rubbed
shoulders with several musicians in high school including John Coltrane and
accompanied the rhythm'n'blues singer Bull Moose Jackson, then the pianist Tadd
Dameron in 1953 and other names of the jazz scene like Clifford Brown, Johnny
Hodges and Lionel Hampton, for whom he arranged several scores. Hired in the
Dizzy Gillespie orchestra, he then joi...