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Monday, May 7, 2007

Benny Golson: From Jazz to Hollywood and back


Saxophone player Benny Golson played with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey, and wrote music for the TV shows M*A*S*H and Mission Impossible. On NPR's Morning Edition, he talks about his role in reshaping Blakey's band as well as the bit part in a Stephen Spielberg movie that helped revitalize his career.

To read the article and listen to the NPR interview, click HERE

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