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Benny Golson: Setting Standards
by C. Andrew Hovan
Great jazz artists have always set themselves apart in two areas: They display a highly developed degree of instrumental prowess, coupled with an unmistakably individual voice. Far more elusive, however, is that proverbial needle in the haystack: the jazz player who not only speaks with 'lan, but also composes his own distinctive material. One of the ...
Benny Golson Quintet: That's Funky
by AAJ Staff
Looking back past the rule of Parliament to the age of Horace Silver, Benny Golson’s That's Funky pays tribute to Louis Armstrong through two renditions of his popular favorite “Mack the Knife." While the opening “funky version" starts off a bit sluggish and includes some pinched soloing by Nat Adderley, Monty Alexander’s firm comps make it ...
One Day, Forever
By Benny Golson
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: One Day Forever, Blue Walk, Killer Joe, Are You Real?, Sad To Say, Out Of The Past,
Blues Alley, Along Came Betty, On Gossamer Wings.
Benny Golson: One Day, Forever
by AAJ Staff
Benny Golson’s latest Arkadia release, One Day, Forever, arose from a taping of some of Golson’s previous band members from the Jazztet: Art Farmer and Curtis Fuller. At the end of a European tour, they were so rushed they that they didn’t record long enough to fill an entire CD. Arkadia owner Bob Karcy kept the ...
Benny Golson Funky Quintet: That’s Funky
by C. Michael Bailey
Part 1: Way Back When. I had a colleague that always insisted that the Creedence Clearwater Revival’s recording Green River sounded better on vinyl than remastered for compact disc. I compared the two and I found this to be true, but probably not for any sonic reasons. Analog recordings are almost always warmer and rounder than ...
The Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note Editions
by C. Andrew Hovan
As far as jazz goes from the hard bop era, two names are synonymous with their groundbreaking work of the period-Blue Note Records and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. Blue Note released a canon of recordings that have been revered by collectors and musicians alike over the years and Van Gelder was the man behind the ...
I Remember Miles
By Benny Golson
Label: Evidence Music
Released: 1998
Track listing: Four, Heartstrings, 'Round Midnight, Bye Bye Blackbird, One Day, Forever, Autumn Leaves, So What, Uptown Afterburn.
Benny Golson And The Philadelphians
By Benny Golson
Label: United Artists
Released: 1958
Track listing: You're Not the Kind; Blues on My Mind; Stablemates; Thursday's Theme; Afternoon in Paris; Calgary;
Blues March"; I Remember Clifford; Moanin'; Stablemates.
The Jazz Messengers: The Legacy Of Art Blakey
By Benny Golson
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: One by One; A La Mode; Whisper Not; Oh, By the Way; Plexus; Blues March.
