Gone With Golson

Benny Golson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z9O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,333 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: GOLSON,BENNY
Title: GONE WITH GOLSON
Street Release Date: 01/26/1995
Domestic
Genre: JAZZ

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get "Gone" Before It's Gone, September 5, 2000

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gone With Golson (Audio CD)

Benny Golson's albums from the late 50s are all jazz classics. Obviously, a lot of people are not aware of this fact as I am now writing a first time review for a fourth Golson CD! "Gone With Golson," made for the Prestige label in 1959, finds Benny in top form with trombonist Curtis Fuller, shortly less than a year before the two would join Art Farmer to become the great Jazztet group. Golson, the author of the now standards "Blues March" and "I Remember Clifford," contributes three tunes on this occasion, "Soul Me," "Blues After Dark" and "Jam For Bobbie." Pianist Ray Bryant (who is joined in the rhythm section by brother Tommy on bass and Al Harewood on drums) penned the appropriately titled "Staccato Swing," and the album's remaining track is a sublime version of the standard "Autumn Leaves." The CD adds one track not issued on the original vinyl -- Fuller's "A Bit of Heaven." Finally, it should be noted that "Gone With Golson" is a limited edition CD, so interested parties should get it before it's gone.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutly beautiful Jazz from the fifties, October 18, 2004

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Jazzcat "stef" (Genoa, Italy Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gone With Golson (Audio CD)

This limited edition OJC is another really splendid Golson album. By the way it is really an hard thing to do finding a fifties jazz album that doesn't work. "Gone with Golson" make justice of Benny Golson's genius. The balance between Golson's delicate charts and his aggressive tenor playing is quite unique. Here we see the collaboration between Benny and Curtis Fuller a highly interesting trombone player that is often forgotten. The sound that this front line deliver is the sound of a perfect fifties jazz solo duo. Modern and elegant. The Bryant rhythmn team (piano and double bass) deliver a great comping. Tis combo swings effortlessy. The tune list is balanced. A standard, some originals and a couple of blues tunes (Blues after dark and Jam for Bobbie). A truly fantastic tune it is the opener "Staccato swing" from Ray Bryant's pen. It's a kind of modal tune in its beginning which anticipate the modal Jazz which began to appear just that year with Miles Davis "Kind of Blue". The closing tune is a medium tempo number from Curtis Fuller which sports a contrapuctual line. This tune was not comprehend in the original issue of the album but it's a very nice addiction. I suggest to every Jazz enthusiast to buy this record without any esitation. It is a great gem to add to your collection.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Severely Underrated Jazz Musician, November 28, 2008

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J. Rich - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gone With Golson (Audio CD)

Saxophonist Benny Golson is one of the finest jazz musicians to ever stand on a bandstand. Not only was he a killer player, but he was also a gifted composer/arranger. He also, with trumpeter Art Farmer, formed one of the most swinging groups in jazz: The Jazztet. He is probably best known, to those unfamiliar with his own work, as sideman on Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' recording "Moanin." Anyone new to Golson should start with this 1959, which is still one of the biggest years in jazz, album "Gone With Golson."

Golson is joined by a stellar group of musicians: Curtis Fuller on trombone, Ray Bryant on piano, Tom Bryant on bass, and Al Harewood on drums. This group is absolutely cookin' from start to finish. The opening tune "Staccato Swing" is what hooked me into Golson's music and I'm sure it will do the same for you.

Anyone into bebop should own this album.