Golson, who died Sept. 21, captured the sunny optimism of American in the late '50s and early '60s. He composed internal music for hit TV shows and appeared as himself in the 2004 film The Terminal.

FILE - Benny Golson speaks at the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Awards Ceremony and Concert held in New York, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file) NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz great ...

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 ...

Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, known for writing sophisticated songs, many of which have become jazz standards, died September 22 at his Manhattan home at the age of 95. Golson was one of the few ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The composer for TV shows including 'M*A*S*H' and 'Mission: Impossible' died on Saturday, Sept. 21 Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

Benny Golson during the Capital Jazz Festival, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, July 1982. Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer, died on Saturday, Sept. 21, at his home in Manhattan. He ...