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Benny Golson

1929 - 2024

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Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson was known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer re-formed the Jazztet in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benny Golson is the 627th most popular musician (up from 674th in 2019), the 3,550th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,450th in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Benny Golson ranks 627 out of 3,175. Before him are Tommy Lee, Anton Karas, Laurie Anderson, Shinichi Suzuki, Carl Flesch, and Henri Herz. After him are Duane Allman, Edgar Froese, Ian Hill, Dido, Alan Wilder, and Jason Newsted.

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Among people born in 1929, Benny Golson ranks 178. Before him are Vic Morrow, Jeremy Thorpe, Anne Ramsey, Ferenc Mohácsi, Whitey Bulger, and David Doyle. After him are David Kelly, Nargis, Zeca Afonso, Fred Sinowatz, Claude Rich, and Bernard Williams. Among people deceased in 2024, Benny Golson ranks 182. Before him are Brian Mulroney, Daniel Revenu, Abdulah Sidran, Jacques Roubaud, Ethel Kennedy, and Christoph Daum. After him are Sjoukje Dijkstra, Eric Carmen, Donald Adamson, Irene Camber, Kees Rijvers, and Humberto Maschio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benny Golson ranks 3,550 out of 20,380. Before him are Philip Sheridan (1831), Charles Napier (1936), Andrew Garfield (1983), Edward Weston (1886), Thelma Ritter (1902), and William Cranch Bond (1789). After him are Paul Robeson (1898), Rebbie Jackson (1950), Brooke Adams (1949), Halton Arp (1927), Charlotte Cushman (1816), and James F. Byrnes (1882).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Benny Golson ranks 189. Before him are James Taylor (1948), Chet Atkins (1924), Ace Frehley (1951), Carla Bley (1936), Carl W. Stalling (1891), and Laurie Anderson (1947). After him are Duane Allman (1946), Jason Newsted (1963), John Frusciante (1970), Freddie King (1934), Wes Montgomery (1923), and Van Cliburn (1934).

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