Benny Golson: From Jazz to Hollywood and Back

Benny Golson: From Jazz to Hollywood and Back Benny Golson On: Getting fired. 'I Remember Clifford,' a ballad written to commemorate his friend, trumpeter and composer Clifford Brown His recent tune, 'Terminal 1' Enlarge this image toggle caption Margot Schulman Margot Schulman Golson Recordings 'Whisper Not' - from 'Benny Golson's New York Scene' 'Moanin'' - from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' 'Moanin'' 'Blues March' - from 'Moanin'' 'Terminal 1' - from 'Terminal 1' Saxophone player Benny Golson played with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey, and wrote music for the TV shows M*A*S*H and Mission Impossible. In Gillespie's band, Golson played alongside another young Philadelphian, trumpeter Lee Morgan, with whom he'd soon make several landmark recordings — including "I Remember Clifford." During this period, Golson also recorded several albums of his own, including "Benny Golson's New York Scene" in 1957. In 1967 — three years after John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" — Golson did a record that covered the theme to "The Magnificent Seven," a Cool Whip ad, and other arrangements that echoed the bachelor pad music of Juan Garcia Esquivel.