Benny Golson — Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone. Led This Is For You, John, I Remember Miles. Worked with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Art Blakey.
Benny Golson's albums
Blues-ette
Curtis Fuller · 1959
Moanin'
Art Blakey · 1958
Kelly Blue
Wynton Kelly · 1959
New York, N.Y.
George Russell Orchestra · 1959
Brought in to rebuild the Jazz Messengers in 1958, Benny Golson recruited the new lineup — Bobby Timmons on piano among them — and wrote most of Moanin'. The tune that ended up defining the record was the title track, written by the pianist he had just hired. Golson was gone within months.
