Jazz great Benny Golson has died aged 95.
The tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as Killer Joe and Along Came Betty passed away Saturday at his Manhattan home after a short illness - his longtime agent Jason Franklin confirmed.
He built much of his reputation not as a performer but from his compositions, which also included I Remember Clifford, written in 1956 after trumpeter Clifford Brown, a friend, died in a car crash at age 25.Jazz great Benny Golson has died aged 95 - pictured 2011 The Jazztet disbanded in 1962, and Golson moved on to writing music for movies and for television shows such as"Mannix,""M-A-S-H" and"Mission: Impossible." He also arranged music for performers including Peggy Lee, Lou Rawls and Dusty Springfield.
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