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An NEA Jazz Master saxophonist whose resume includes stints with legendary jazzmen Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Art Blakey and Lionel Hampton as well as a prolific and successful career as a composer and bandleader, Benny Golson has contributed a wealth of material to the jazz canon including the standards "I Remember Clifford" and "Killer Joe." His current quintet is a star-studded outfit featuring Nnenna Freelon, Mike LeDonne, Ray Drummond and fellow Jazz Master Jason Marsalis. Interesting sidenote: Golson's presence in the famous jazz photograph "A Great Day in Harlem" was a key plot element of the Tom Hanks movie The Terminal.
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