Tenor Legacy

Benny Golson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 30, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arkadia Jazz
• ASIN: B000009NPM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #415,896 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lester Leaps In

2. Body and Soul

3. St. Thomas

4. Cry Me a River

5. My Favorite Things

6. Whisper Not

7. Girl from Ipanema

8. My Old Flame

9. Lover, Come Back to Me

10. In Memory Of

Editorial Reviews

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Tenor saxist Benny Golson was immortalized long ago by "I Remember Clifford," his paean to trumpeter Clifford Brown. Here, however, he elects to pay heed to his colleagues on the tenor sax--and to that end enlists a tenor elder, Harold Ashby, and two of the sharpest young players on the scene, Branford Marsalis and James Carter. Yes, three-plus decades separate Golson and Ashby's birthdates and those of Marsalis and Carter, and yes, this is a sax quartet fronting a rhythm section. And the quartet sounds every bit like a joyful chorus here, from their punchy take on "Lester Leaps In" to the imaginative, high-tone tenor they take up on "My Favorite Things." Probably the finest colors fly on "Lover Come Back to Me," which the group dedicates to Ashby's mentor, Ben Webster. All the smolder the ad hoc sax quartet throws into the mix with Geoff Keezer's fast-thinking piano is kept fiery by everyone's ability to jump sky-high in their note runs. So it is that this CD runs the traps from hard swinging bounce to after-hours sizzle. With all the great assets of an age-old jam session, this CD is also a flash of tenor sax brilliance. --Andrew Bartlett

Product Description

Musical mastermind Benny Golson leads this extraordinary session with fellow Tenor Saxophonists Branford Marsalis, James Carter and Harold Ashby, culminating in the historic, Grammy nominated CD Benny Golson: Tenor Legacy (also available as MP3 download). The stellar rhythm section (Geoff Keezer, Dwayne Burno, & Joe Farnsworth) provides splendid support for the four saxophonists on this album, which is dedicated to honoring the legacy of ten of the all-time greats of the tenor saxophone Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Ben Webster, and Don Byas. Most appropriately titled, this collection of compositions performed by four outstanding tenor saxophonists pays tribute to a legacy bequeathed to a global culture that cannot be overestimated. Not only do the chosen selections remain standard vehicles for the exploration of improvisatory invention, emotional projection, and the indefinable phenomenon of swing, the musicians who respectively first introduce these tunes to the musical canon are all members of the Jazz pantheon. Benny Golson: Tenor Legacy is a tribute to both these important Jazz compositions and to the influential saxophone players whose sounds inspired a new generation of musicians to explore, create, and participate in the constant reinvention of Jazz.

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