Benny Golson

Walkin'

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Benny Golson (arr), Freddie Hubbard, Bill Hardman (tp), Curtis Fuller, Graham Moncur (tb), Eric Dolphy (as), Wayne Shorter (ts), Bill Evans (p), Ron Carter (b), Charles Persip (d)

Reference: FSRCD 302

Bar code: 8427328603027

Tracklisting:
01. Moten's Swing (B.Moten) 4:16
02. Out Of Nowhere (Green-Heyman) 4:05
03. Grooving High (D.Gillespie) 3:14
04. Autumn Levaes (Kosma-Prevert) 4:37
05. Donna Lee (C.Parker) 2:30
06. Quicksilver (H.Silver) 3:50
07. Stella By Starlight (Young-Washington) 4:16
08. Ornithology (B.Harris-C.Parker) 3:42
09. If I Should Lose You (Ranger-Robin) 3:00
10. Walkin' (R.Carpenter) 3:47

Recorded in New York City, 1957

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Benny Golson is a talented composer/arranger whose tenor playing has continued to evolve with time. After attending Howard University (1947-50) he worked in Philadelphia with Bull Moose Jackson's R&B band (1951) at a time when it included one of his writing influences, Tadd Dameron on piano. Golson played with Dameron for a period in 1953 and this was followed by stints with Lionel Hampton (1953-54), Johnny Hodges and Earl Bostic (1954-56). He came to prominence while with Dizzy Gillespie's globetrotting big band (1956-58), as much for his writing as for his tenor playing (the latter was most influenced by Don Byas and Lucky Thompson). Golson wrote such standards as "I Remember Clifford" (for the late Clifford Brown), "Killer Joe," "Stablemates," "Whisper Not," "Along Came Betty" and "Blues March" during 1956-60. His stay with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1958-59) was significant and during 1959-62 he co-led the Jazztet with Art Farmer. From that point on Golson gradually drifted away from jazz and concentrated more on working in the studios and with orchestras including a couple years (1964-66) in Europe. When Benny Golson returned to active playing in 1977, his tone had hardened and sounded much closer to Archie Shepp than to Don Byas. Other than an unfortunate commercial effort for Columbia (1977), Golson has recorded consistently rewarding albums (many for Japanese labels) since that time including a reunion with Art Farmer and Curtis Fuller in a new Jazztet. Through the years he has recorded as a leader for Contemporary, Riverside, United Artists, New Jazz, Argo, Mercury and Dreyfus among others.

Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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