| Killer Joe | ||||
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 55:39 | |||
| Label | Columbia PC 34678 | |||
| Producer | Bobby Martin and Benny Golson for the Tentmakers Corporation | |||
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Killer Joe is an album by Benny Golson recorded in 1977 and released by the Columbia label. [1] [2] This was Golson's first jazz album in over a decade when his career has been devoted to writing music for television and motion pictures.
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| Allmusic |   [3] |
The Allmusic review states, "This album broke Golson's long hiatus in America and reintroduced him to the domestic jazz audience, but it wasn't quite the hit for him as for Quincy Jones". [3]
All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted
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