Jazz composer ("I Remember Clifford", for the late jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown), conductor, saxophonist and arranger, educated at Howard University. He was a saxophonist in the orchestras of "Bull Moose" Jackson, Tadd Dameron, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Hodges, Earl Bostic, Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey,then formed his own quartet in 1959, then ...
Berklee College of Music, Howard University, William Paterson University
Nationality
American
Spouse
Bobbie Golson
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Music Groups
The Jazz Messengers, The Jazztet
Movies
The Terminal, Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary, Where It's At, Ed's Next Move, We Spin Around the Night Consumed by the Fire, Benny Golson: The Whisper Not Tour, Ski Fascination, Lionel Hampton & the Golden Men of Jazz, Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: Vol. 3
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
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Jazz composer.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ed's Next Move
1996
The Creative Spirit
1992
TV Mini-Series documentary
The Boss
1991
Short
The Sophisticated Gents
1981
TV Series 3 episodes
The Six Million Dollar Man
1975
TV Series 1 episode
M*A*S*H
1973-1975
TV Series 5 episodes
If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?
1974
TV Movie
Pomroy's People
1973
TV Movie
Roll Out
1973
TV Series 1973
Mannix
1972
TV Series 1 episode
Room 222
1969-1972
TV Series 52 episodes
Longstreet
1971-1972
TV Series 3 episodes
Mission: Impossible
1970-1971
TV Series 4 episodes
Mod Squad
1971
TV Series 1 episode
The Partridge Family
1970
TV Series 4 episodes
The Young Lawyers
1970
TV Series 1 episode
It Takes a Thief
1968-1969
TV Series 8 episodes
Where It's At
1969
Skifascination
1966
Documentary short
Stop Driving Us Crazy
1961
Short
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cosby
1996-1998
TV Series composer - 8 episodes
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
arranger - uncredited
Roll Out
1973
TV Series composer - 1 episode
Longstreet
1971-1972
TV Series conductor - 3 episodes
Room 222
1971
TV Series composer - 2 episodes
Mission: Impossible
1970-1971
TV Series conductor - 3 episodes
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1964
TV Series musician - 1 episode
The Road to Shame
1959
musician: tenor sax
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pawn Sacrifice
2014
writer: "Along Came Betty"
Bi no tsubo
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
More Than a Game
2008
Documentary writer: "Jamboree"
Grand Theft Auto IV
2008
Video Game writer: "Whisper Not Big Band" - as B. Golson
The Simpsons
2006
TV Series 1 episode
Where the Truth Lies
2005
writer: "Whisper Not" 1967
The Terminal
2004
performer: "Something in B-Flat", "Killer Joe" / writer: "Killer Joe"
Crime Story
1986
TV Series writer - 1 episode
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
1978
Documentary music: "Whisper not"
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1964
TV Series 1 episode
The Road to Shame
1959
performer: "Générique Main Theme" / writer: "Générique Main Theme"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Terminal
2004
Benny Golson
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
My Main Man. Appunti per un film sul jazz a Bologna
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