Benny Golson
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Emerging from Philadelphia’s rich musical environment, he started piano lessons at nine, turned to tenor saxophone at fourteen, and refined his technique at Benjamin Franklin High School alongside future jazz luminaries before completing studies at Howard University. After university he joined Bull Moose Jackson’s R&B group and soon entered the bebop circuit, performing with Lionel Hampton, Dizzy…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
