Gone with Golson

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Gone with Golson
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedJune 20, 1959
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length40:33
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8235
Producer Esmond Edwards
Benny Golson chronology
Benny Golson and the Philadelphians
(1958)
Gone with Golson
(1959)
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet
(1959)

Gone with Golson is the fifth album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in 1959 and originally released on the New Jazz label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow described the album as "a fine example of hard bop of the late '50s". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson, except where noted.

  1. "Staccato Swing" (Ray Bryant) – 4:49
  2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 6:48
  3. "Soul Me" – 6:37
  4. "Blues After Dark" – 8:37
  5. "Jam for Bobbie" – 9:21
  6. "A Bit of Heaven" (Curtis Fuller) – 4:21 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

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References

  1. Benny Golson discography accessed June 25, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 25, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 568. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.