Binker Golding

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Binker Golding (born 1985) is a British jazz musician, who has released solo albums on Gearbox Records [1] [2] [3] and is one half of the MOBO award-winning jazz duo Binker and Moses. [4] [5]

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Golding was born in 1985 [6] and comes from Enfield, London, and went to Middlesex University, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jazz in 2007. [7] He is a former member of Tomorrow's Warriors. [8]

Discography

Solo work

With Binker and Moses

With Charles Tolliver

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References

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  2. "DownBeat Reviews". downbeat.com.
  3. "The Enigmatic Jazz of Binker Golding". Bandcamp Daily. September 25, 2019.
  4. "Binker Golding | Middlesex University London". www.mdx.ac.uk.
  5. "NEWS: Binker Golding and Moses Boyd win jazz MOBO Award for Dem Ones". London Jazz News. October 27, 2015.
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  7. "Binker Golding | Middlesex University London". www.mdx.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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