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Benny Golson

Jazz
Jazz

Benny Golson is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Curtis Fuller, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey, BRAHMS and Thelonious Monk. Those roots explain a lot about how Benny Golson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Horace Silver and Thad Jones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ross Mintzer, Albert Heath, Jimmy Owens, John Coltrane and Jimmy Heath, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Benny Golson, reaching back through Curtis Fuller and forward to Ross Mintzer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Benny GolsonCurtis FullerArt Blakey & The Jaz…Art BlakeyBRAHMSThelonious MonkClifford BrownJohn ColtraneCedar WaltonRoss MintzerAlbert HeathJimmy OwensJohn ColtraneJimmy HeathPercy HeathPhilly Joe JonesArt FarmerHank MobleyWayne ShorterFreddie HubbardHorace SilverThad JonesArt FarmerDizzy GillespieLee Konitz

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Benny Golson connections

Benny Golson grew out of Curtis Fuller, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey and BRAHMS, shares an orbit with Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Horace Silver, went on to shape Ross Mintzer, Albert Heath, Jimmy Owens and John Coltrane. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Benny Golson

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