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Benny Golson: Two New CDs

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Marc Myers
Jan 20, 2009
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Benny Golson is one sublime composer and  tenor saxophonist. For too long, Benny (who turns 80 on Sunday) has been unfairly pegged as a glossy Los Angeles artist whose music is more closely identified with the jazz of TV ads and movies than the jazz of art and meaning. This is absurdly shortsighted. Listen to Benny's compositions and performances (today…

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