DER US-AMERIKANISCHE TENORSAXOFONIST, KOMPONIST UND ARRANGEUR BENNY GOLSON IST GESTORBEN
23.09.2024 Der am 25. Januar 1929 in Philadelphia geborene US-amerikanische Tenorsaxofonist, Komponist und Arrangeur Benny Golson (Bild) ist am 21. September 2024 in New York City gestorben. Golson gehörte zu den stilbildenden Vertretern des Hardbop und betonte dessen lyrische Seite. Er wurde bekannt durch sein Spiel bei Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers und seine langjährige Mitwirkung im Art Farmer/Benny Golson-Jazztet. Seine Kompositionen wie "Blues March", "Whisper Not" oder "I Remember Clifford" gehören zu den meistgespielten des Hardbop-Repertoires. (*)
Bild: Benny Golson, 2014 - Foto: Hreinn Gudlaugsson,
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Benny Golson, Saxophonist and Composer of Jazz Standards, Dies at 95
Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer who played with some of the biggest names in jazz and was a founder of one of the leading groups of the hard bop era, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan.
A number of his compositions are regarded as jazz standards, among them “I Remember Clifford” (written in memory of the trumpeter Clifford Brown, shortly after he died in a car accident in 1956), “Whisper Not,” “Blues March” and “Killer Joe.” Quincy Jones recorded a memorable version of “Killer Joe” in 1969, and Miles Davis recorded “Stablemates,” which Mr. Golson wrote after John Coltrane, a close friend, told him that Mr. Davis had been looking for new material.
Mr. Golson wrote or co-wrote four of the six tracks on “Moanin’,” a celebrated 1958 album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
Leonard Benardo
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/arts/music/benny-golson-dead.html
Benny Golson, jazz saxophonist and composer of surpassing grace, dies at 95
Benny Golson, a preeminent tenor saxophonist who was also the composer of such elegant jazz standards as “I Remember Clifford,” “Along Came Betty” and “Whisper Not,” died Sept. 21 at his home in Manhattan. He was 95.
Matt Schudel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/09/22/jazz-composer-benny-golson-dies/
In Memoriam: Benny Golson, 1929–2024
On stage, Golson played with a tone, tenor and intelligence that thrilled audiences throughout his eight-decade career. After graduating from Howard University, he emerged on the New York scene during the post-Charlie Parker bebop era, performing with the likes of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie. A stint with Tadd Dameron heavily influenced him to compose. In less than a year with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, he began to write intensely, with three of his future jazz standards — “Are You Real,” “Along Came Betty” and “Blues March” — appearing on Blakey’s 1958 Blue Note album Moanin’. He then came to another level of prominence co-leading the Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer, which recorded and performed from 1959 to 1962, then regrouped for reunions in the 1980s and 1990s prior to Farmer’s death in 1999.
Frank Alkyer
https://downbeat.com/news/detail/in-memoriam-benny-golson-1929-2024
Le velours de Golson s’est envolé
Le saxophoniste ténor Benny Golson, l’un des derniers témoins de l’épopée des années 1950, est mort à l’âge de 95 ans.
Musicien accompli, Benny Golson avait enregistré en leader dès 1958 et composé de nombreux morceaux au long cours comme «I Remember Clifford», à la mort du fameux trompettiste Clifford Brown, ou «Blues March», dédiée à Art Blakey dans la formation duquel – les Jazz Messengers – il évolua. Le saxophoniste a aussi épaulé Dizzy Gillespie et Lionel Hampton. Même ceux qui n’écoutent pas trop de jazz l’auront peut-être entendu, pour autant qu’ils aient regardé les séries des années 1960 comme «MASH», «Mannix» ou «Mission
Boris Senff
https://www.24heures.ch/deces-dun-jazzman-historique-le-velours-de-golson-sest-envole-920069417846
Feeling fürs Besondere
Sein Lächeln überstrahlte alles! Eleganter Charme lag darin, ein feinsinniger Humor, Neugier und ehrliche Offenheit seinen Mitmenschen gegenüber. Benny Golson war ein Gentleman alter Schule, aber auch ein Denker mit Witz und Ironie. Und er war einer der größten Jazzkomponisten aller Zeiten! Seine Kompositionen sind ein Spiegelbild seines Lächelns, genau dieselben Attribute kann man auch für seine zu Jazzstandards gewordenen Werke finden.
Ulrich Habersetzer
https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/nachruf-jazz-saxophonist-benny-golson-100.html
Wir erinnern uns an Clifford
Benny Golson war ein Pionier des Hardbop und einer der originellsten Jazzmusiker seit den Fünfzigern. Er komponierte Klassiker wie „Moanin’“ und „I Remember Clifford“.
Wolfgang Sandner
Mit seinen ungewöhnlichen Stücken inspirierte er die Jazzsolisten
Der afroamerikanische Saxofonist und Komponist hat die Jazzgeschichte mitgeschrieben.
Ueli Bernays
https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/zum-tod-von-benny-golson-ld.1849651
Audios / Videos:
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messangers - Live in Belgium 1958 (Jazz Icons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-Y-6kw8HU
I Remember Clifford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QzZZRflVz8
Whisper Not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NMBRzxbXrs
Blues March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnYiQ0Mb6Xk
Killer Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5aC0G3JBKA
Miles Davis - Stablemates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPNPyoKNBK4
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsJ3JjpZyoA&list=PLMNMmvIC2uGYzD05aNB5I1E5Omz90fAcr
BENNY GOLSON & FREDDIE HUBBARD - Stablemates (Jazzfestival Bern, 1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVnVYa_x0AY
Jazz Masters All Stars - Killer Joe, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js0MSOVvmMI
BENNY GOLSON QUARTET @BLUE NOTE TOKYO (2016 5.1sun.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQ5NCOZebg
Benny Golson Interview & Live, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O1tdOmJ194
A Master Class in Playing Jazz with Saxophonist Benny Golson: a Performance of "Along Came Betty“, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGyXDR4Z0YU
R.I.P. Benny Golson 1929 - 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk-WYoivbo8
Mehr:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/benny-golson-mn0000135391#biography
https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/185752-Benny-Golson
https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/benny-golson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0326680/
http://huje.org/benny-golson-award/
https://www.bobrosenbaum.com/transcripts/golson1.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Golson
(*) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Golson
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