The late Benny Golson was rare in jazz. Among his many gifts were original songs with catchy melodies, glamorous harmony and romantic sophistication, His improvisational style was both fluid and ...

You got to start somewhere. For the great jazz saxophonists Benny Golson and John Coltrane, it was at Golson's house in Philadelphia in the late '40s. (SOUNBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) BENNY GOLSON ...

NEW YORK – Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty," has died. He was 95. Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan after ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty," has died. He was 95. Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan ...

GROSS: The great composer and saxophonist Benny Golson died last month at the age of 95. Many of his works became almost instant jazz classics in the late '50s. And he composed internal music for hit ...