Benny Golson - Killer Joe Legends of Jazz A live performance of his composition Killer Joe from Benny Golson. Personnel include: Benny Golson, tenor sax Willie Pickens, piano Benny Golson was born in Philadelphia, PA where he played with other up and coming musicians, including Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy & Percy Heath, and John Coltrane. An absolute master of the jazz medium Golson has played in the prestigious bands Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey, and Dizzy Gillespie. Killer Joe is among the most popular of his compositions along with Whisper Not, Along Came Betty, I Remember Clifford, Five Spot After Dark, Stablemates, and Are You Real? Golson was co-leader of the Jazztet with Art Farmer from 1959 to 1962. For a twelve year period left jazz to concentrate on studio and orchestral composing scores for numerous TV shows most prominently M*A*S*H, Mannix, Mission Impossible, Ironside, and Mod Squad. Benny Golson returned to playing jazz in the mid-1970s and in 1982 reassembled his Jazztet - See more at: jazzonthetube/videos/benny-golson/killer-joe-1.html#sthash.qfDTAvQG.dpuf
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