Benny Golson discography

Benny Golson at 106th and Broadway, NYC, March 11, 2006

This is the discography for American jazz musician Benny Golson.

As leader

• The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1958) – recorded in 1957
• The Other Side of Benny Golson (Riverside, 1958)
• Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (United Artists, 1958)
• Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1959) – recorded in 1957
• Gone with Golson (New Jazz, 1959)
• Groovin' with Golson (New Jazz, 1959)
• Gettin' with It (New Jazz, 1959)
• Winchester Special with Lem Winchester (New Jazz, 1959)
• Gettin' with It (New Jazz, 1960) – recorded in 1959
• Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Argo, 1961) – recorded in 1960-61
• Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1962) – reconfigured and issued as Just Jazz! (1965)
• Turning Point (Mercury, 1962)
• Free (Argo, 1963) – recorded in 1962
• Stockholm Sojourn (Prestige, 1965) – recorded in 1964
• Tune In, Turn On (Verve, 1967)
• Are You Real (CBS/Sony, 1977)
• Killer Joe (Columbia, 1977)
• I'm Always Dancin' to the Music (Columbia, 1978)
• California Message with Curtis Fuller (Baystate, 1981) – recorded in 1980
• One More Mem'ry with Curtis Fuller (Baystate, 1982) – recorded in 1981
• Time Speaks with Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw (Baystate, 1983) – recorded in 1982
• This Is for You, John (Baystate, 1984) – recorded in 1983
• Stardust with Freddie Hubbard (Denon, 1987)
• Benny Golson Quartet Live (Dreyfus, 1991) – live recorded in 1989
• Benny Golson Quartet (LRC Ltd., 1990) – also released as Up, Jumped, Spring (2002)
• Domingo with Curtis Fuller (Dreyfus, 1992) – recorded in 1991
• I Remember Miles (Alfa Jazz, 1993) – recorded in 1992
• That's Funky with Nat Adderley (Meldac Jazz, 1995) – recorded in 1994
• Three Little Words (Jazz House Records 609, 1997) – recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 1965
• Up Jumped Benny (Arkadia Jazz, 1997) – live recorded in 1996
• Tenor Legacy (Arkadia Jazz, 1998) – recorded in 1996
• Remembering Clifford (Milestone, 1998) – recorded in 1997
• One Day, Forever (Arkadia Jazz, 2001) – recorded in 1996-2000
• Terminal 1 (Concord, 2004) ^[1]
• The Masquerade Is Over (Azzurra Music, 2005)
• The Many Moods of Benny Golson (Arkadia Jazz, 2007)
• New Time, New 'Tet (Concord, 2009) – recorded in 2008
• Horizon Ahead (HighNote, 2016) – recorded in 2015

With the Jazztet

• Meet the Jazztet (Argo, 1960)
• Big City Sounds (Argo, 1960)
• The Jazztet and John Lewis (Argo, 1961) – recorded in 1960-61
• The Jazztet at Birdhouse (Argo, 1961) – live
• Here and Now (Mercury, 1962)
• Another Git Together (Mercury, 1962)
• Voices All (East West, 1983) – recorded in 1982
• Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)
• V.A., Playboy Jazz Festival (Elektra/Musician, 1984)[2LP] – compilation live recorded in 1982
• Back to the City (Contemporary, 1986) – live
• Nostalgia (Baystate, 1988) – recorded in 1983
• Real Time (Contemporary, 1988) – live recorded in 1986

As arranger

With Kenny Burrell

• Both Feet on the Ground (Fantasy, 1973)

With Jimmy Cleveland

• Rhythm Crazy (EmArcy, 1964) – recorded in 1959. also as a performer.

With Art Farmer

• Brass Shout (United Artists, 1959)
• Baroque Sketches (Columbia, 1967) – recorded in 1966

With Curtis Fuller

• Sliding Easy (United Artists, 1959)

With Red Holloway

• Sax, Strings & Soul (Prestige, 1964)

With Roland Kirk

• The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (Mercury, 1963)

With Illinois Jacquet

• Bosses of the Ballad (Argo, 1964)

With Jack McDuff

• Prelude (Prestige, 1964) – recorded in 1963
• The Dynamic Jack McDuff (Prestige, 1964)
• Walk On By (Prestige, 1966)
• The Midnight Sun (Prestige, 1969) – recorded in 1964-66
• Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1969) – recorded in 1961-66

With Freda Payne

• How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore (MGM, 1966)

With Jerome Richardson

• Groove Merchant (Verve, 1968) – recorded in 1967

With Sahib Shihab

• Jazz Sahib (Savoy, 1957)

With Jimmy Witherspoon

• Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (Prestige, 1964)

As sideman

With Art Blakey 1958 - Paris Olympia (Fontana, 1958) – live Des Femmes Disparaissent (Fontana, 1958) – soundtrack Moanin' (Blue Note, 1959) – recorded in 1958 With Curtis Fuller The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (Savoy, 1959) Blues-ette (Savoy, 1960) – recorded in 1959 Imagination (Savoy1960) – recorded in 1959 Blues-ette Part II (Savoy, 1993) With Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy in Greece (Verve, 1957) – recorded in 1956–57 Birks' Works (Verve, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Verve, 1957) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Telarc, 1992) To Bird with Love (Telarc, 1992) With Quincy Jones The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959) I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965) – recorded in 1964-65 With John Lewis The Wonderful World of Jazz (Atlantic, 1961) – recorded in 1960 Essence (Atlantic, 1965) – recorded in 1960-62

With others Ahmed Abdul-Malik, East Meets West (RCA Victor, 1960) – recorded in 1959 Arkadia Jazz All Stars, Thank You, Duke! (Arkadia Jazz, 1999) Ron Carter, Stardust (Somethin' Else, 2001) Jimmy Cleveland, Cleveland Style (EmArcy, 1958) – recorded in 1957 Cass Elliot, Cass Elliot (RCA, 1972) – recorded in 1971 Art Farmer, Modern Art (United Artists, 1958) Ernie Henry, Last Chorus (Riverside, 1958) – recorded in 1956–57 Milt Jackson, Bags' Opus (United Artists, 1959) – recorded in 1958 Philly Joe Jones, Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959) Abbey Lincoln, It's Magic (Riverside, 1958) Blue Mitchell, Out of the Blue (Riverside, 1959) Lee Morgan, Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (Blue Note, 1957) Oscar Pettiford, The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (ABC-Paramount, 1957) – also composer and arranger Sarah Vaughan, Sassy Swings Again (Mercury, 1967) Meeco, Beauty of the Night (Connector, 2012)[2CD] – recorded in 2011 Gail Davies, Since I Don't Have You (Little Chickadee, 2014)

References

1. Iannelli, Eric J. (June 8, 2004). "Benny Golson: Terminal 1". All About Jazz . Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2025.