Im Rahmen einer Anniversary-Tour zu seinem 90. Geburtstag hat eine lebende Jazz-Legende in Österreich Station gemacht. Er ist einer der letzten verbliebenen Vertreter einer Generation, die in den 50er- und 60er-Jahren die Bebop- und Hardbop-Ära maßgeblich geprägt hat. Am 31. Mai 2019 ist er mit seinem Quartett im Wiener Porgy & Bess aufgetreten. Aus diesem Anlass hören Sie ein Audiophile über den Tenorsaxophonisten, Komponisten und Arrangeur Benny Golson.

Playlist:

Blues March – Roger Guérin/Benny Golson (1958, Columbia) 4:02
Benny Golson (ts), Roger Guerin (tp), Bobby Timmons (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Christian Garros (dm)
Recorded live in Paris on December 12, 1958

The Strut – James Moody (1956, Prestige: James Moody’s Moods) 4:02
James Moody (ts, as), Dave Burns (tp), William Shepherd (tb), Pee Wee Moore (bs), Jimmy Boyd (p), John Latham (b), Clarence Johnston (dm)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 12, 1955

Stablemates – Paul Chambers Quartet (1956, Jazz West: Chambers‘ Music) 5:53
John Coltrane (ts), Kenny Drew (p), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones (dm)
Recorded at Western Recorders, Los Angeles on March 1 or 2, 1956

Whisper Not – Lee Morgan (1957, Blue Note: Lee Morgan Sextet) 7:20
Lee Morgan (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Kenny Rodgers (as), Horace Silver (p), Paul Chambers (b), Charlie Persip (dm)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 2, 1956,

I Remember Clifford – Dizzy Gillespie (1957, Verve: At Newport) 4:48
Dizzy Gillespie, Talib Dawud, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick (tp), Chuck Conners, Al Grey, Melba Liston (tb), Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell (as), Benny Golson (ts, arr), Billy Mitchell (ts), Pee Wee Moore (bs), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul E. West (db), Charlie Persip (dm)
Recorded at Newport, Rhode Island on July 6, 1957

Out Of The Past – Benny Golson Sextet (1958, Riverside: The Modern Touch) 6:22
Benny Golson (ts), Kenny Dorham (tp), J. J. Johnson (tb), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Max Roach (dm)
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City on December 19 & 23, 1957

Are You Real? – Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (1959, Blue Note: Moanin‘) 6:08
Art Blakey (dm), Lee Morgan (tp), Benny Golson (ts), Bobby Timmons (p), Jymie Merritt (b)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on October 30, 1958

Five Spot After Dark – Curtis Fuller’s Quintet (1960, Savoy: Blues-ette) 5:18
Curtis Fuller (tb), Benny Golson (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), Al Harewood (dm)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 21, 1959

Blues On My Mind – Benny Golson (1958, United Artists: And The Philadelphians) 7:27
Benny Golson (ts), Lee Morgan (tp), Ray Bryant (p), Percy Heath (b), Philly Joe Jones (dm)
Recorded at Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City on November 17, 1958

Idee und Gestaltung: Audiophiles Collective
Produktion: Agent Orange
Sprecher: Cat Killed Dog und Hazel Stardust