Benny Golson Jazztet
The well-known Philadelphia-born jazz saxophonist Benny Golson rose to fame through writing and arranging scores for the likes of jazz bandleaders Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie during the 1950s. In 1959 Golson decided to launch his solo career as a performer and created The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer. The Jazztet has had two distinct phases, these being its original incarnation in the early 1960s and the subsequent reunion which took place in the 1980s. The band split up in 1962 for a variety of reasons with the various members staying on good terms with each other.
Several of the original band's compositions have gone on to become jazz standards including 'Blues March', 'Killer Joe' and 'I Remember Clifford'. Golson went on to pursue a successful career as a composer and arranger for the rapidly increasing world of television and his work featured in shows such as 'M*A*S*H', 'The Partridge Family', 'Ironside', 'Mission: Impossible' and many others. In 2009 Golson was inducted into The International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame.
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7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Here and Now / Another Git Together / The Jazztet & John Lewis
Art Farmer, Benny Golson Jazztet
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 12 Dec 2012
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City Life
Art Farmer, Benny Golson Jazztet
Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 25 Nov 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tonk
Art Farmer, Benny Golson Jazztet
Bebop - Released by SINETONE AMR on 2 Sep 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Another Git Together
Art Farmer, Benny Golson Jazztet
Bebop - Released by SINETONE AMR on 20 Feb 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Jazztet at Birdhouse
Art Farmer, Benny Golson Jazztet
Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 28 Jun 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mosaic
Art Farmer, Benny Golson Jazztet
Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 25 Nov 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mox
Art Farmer, Benny Golson Jazztet
Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 25 Nov 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo