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Benny Golson |
In ‘The Terminal’, Tom Hanks character traveled to USA to fulfilled his father’s dream. After being stuck in the airport for so long, finally he achieved what he set out to do. That was to get the autograph of Benny Golson – the living and breathing Jazz legend.
Today, at the age of 80, Benny Golson is still energetic as ever. He just released his latest album, he tours regularly, and this will be the first time for his official show in Thailand. ‘Benny Golson Live in Bangkok’ – a genuine Jazz concert that jazzlovers can’t afford to miss!!!
Only a handful of Jazz musicians can claim that they’re the real pioneer of Jazz. And even fewer musicians have a long and amazing career that influenced Jazz world. Benny Golson is one of the Jazz legend with his standard compositions, such as Killer Joe, I Remember Clifford, Along Came Betty, Stablemates, Whisper Not, Blues March, Five Spot After Dark, Are You Real?
Benny Golson is the only living Jazz artist who composed Standard Jazz tracks as much as 8 tracks. Those tracks were covered regularly. Golson himself has recorded more than 30 albums with various labels. He composed more than 300 songs so far.
His musicianship has given him the chance to travel around the world. In 1987, USA has appointed him as cultural ambassador to perform in South East Asia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore. Afterwards, Philip Morris International brought him to Bangkok, Thailand to compose with Bangkok Symphony Orchestra as well.
With his skills as musician and showman, his performance always entertains his audiences. Apart from performing around the world, he also writes books and textbooks and doing lectures for many universities.
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Multitalented and internationally famous jazz legend, - a composer, arranger, lyricist, producer - and tenor saxophonist of world note, Benny Golson was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 25, 1929. |
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Raised with an impeccable musical pedigree, Golson has played in the bands of world famous Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Earl Bostic and Art Blakey. |
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Few jazz musicians can claim to be true innovators and even fewer can boast of a performing and recording career that literally redefines the term "jazz". Benny Golson has made major contributions to the world of jazz with such jazz standards as: Killer Joe, I Remember Clifford, Along Came Betty, Stablemates Whisper Not, Blues March, Five Spot After Dark, Are you Real? |
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Benny Golson is the only living jazz artist to have written 8 standards for jazz repertoire. These jazz standards have found their way into countless recordings internationally over the years and are still being recorded. |
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He has recorded over 30 albums for many recording companies in the United States and Europe under his own name and innumerable ones with other major artists. A prodigious writer, Golson has written well over 300 compositions. |
For more than 55 years, Golson has enjoyed an illustrious, musical career in which he has not only made scores of recordings but has also composed and arranged music for:
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Count Basie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Mama Cass Elliott, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Shirley Horn, David Jones and the Monkees, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee, Carmen McRae, Anita O'Day, Itzhak Perlman, Oscar Peterson, Lou Rawls, Mickey Rooney, Diana Ross, The Animals (Eric Burden), Mel Torme, George Shearing, Dusty Springfield |
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His prolific writing includes scores for hit TV series and films: |
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M*A*S*H, Mannix, Mission Impossible, Mod Squad, Room 222, Run for Your Life, The Partridge Family, The Academy Awards, The Karen Valentine Show, Television specials for ABC, CBS and NBC
Television specials for BBC in London and Copenhagen, Denmark
Theme for Bill Cosby's last TV show, A french film 'Des Femmes Disparaissent" (Paris) |
He has written music for national radio and television spots for some of the major advertising agencies in the country. Some of these commercials were for:
Borateem, Canada Dry, Carnation, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Clorox, Dodge, General Telephone, Gillette, Heinz Foods, Jack in The Box, Liquid Plum'r, MacDonald's, Mattel Toys, Monsanto, Nissan, Ohrbachs, Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes, Parliament Cigarettes, Pepsi Cola, Texaco
Benny Golson has absolute mastery of the jazz medium. He has not only blazed a trail in the world of jazz but is passionate about teaching jazz to young and old alike. He has lectured at the Lincoln Center through a special series by Wynton Marsalis. He has lectured to doctoral candidates at New York University and to the faculty at National University at San Diego.
Honored with doctorates from William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ and Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA, Dr. Golson has also conducted workshops and clinics at :
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Appalachian University, Boone, NC |
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Berklee School fo Music, Boston, MA |
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Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY |
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Howard University, Washington, DC |
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Julliard School of Music, New York, NY |
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Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY |
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New England Conservatory |
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Paris Conservatory, Paris, France |
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Rutgers University, New Orleans, LA |
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Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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University of Denver, Denver, CO |
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University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
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University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, WI |
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William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ |
Golson's musical odyssey has taken him around the world. In 1987 he was sent by the US State Department on a cultural tour of Southeast Asia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore. Later, Philip Morris International sent him on an assignment to Bangkok, Thailand to write music for the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.
A live performer who consistently knocks audiences off their feet, Benny Golson has given hundreds of performances in the USA, Europe, South America, the Far East and Japan for decades.
Benny is also working on a major college textbook and his autobiography
This humble musical giant continues to impress critics, fans and fellow musicians with his prodigious contributions to the world of jazz.
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Denny Euprasert
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• Biography
Denny Euprasert started his musical training at Bangkok Christian College, Yamaha Music School, and Interlake High School, Bellevue, Washington, USA. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Jazz Piano Performance from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington (1992), a Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from University of North Texas (1998), and a Doctor of Arts degree in Music Theory and Composition with a secondary emphasis in Jazz Pedagogy from University of Northern Colorado (2004), USA. Denny studied jazz piano Dan Haerle, Dana Landry, Dave Peck, and Randy Halberstadt, studied conducting with Dr. Kenneth Singleton and Neil Slater, and studied composition with Manrat Srikaranonda, Dr. Evan Copley, Dr. Gene Aitken, Paris Rutherford, Ralph Towner, and James Knapp. He has performed with David Liebman, Nicholas Payton, Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, Deborah Brown, Kenny Wheeler, Mike Stern, Chris Minh Doky, Cornish Jazz Orchestra, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, UNC Jazz Lab Band I, and Bangkok Symphony Orchestra. Always much in demand as a sensitive accompanist for singers, he was also the pianist and/or music director for several musical theatre productions including Grease, the Boyfriend, the Fantasticks, Cabaret, and 42nd Street.
In August 2007, he was appointed the music director and conductor for the 24th Universiade Bangkok 2007. He received numerous awards and scholarships including Louis Armstrong Jazz Award (1988), IAJE Outstanding Piano Soloist Award from San Diego City College Jazz Festival (1988) and Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (1990), Jacobsen Scholarships (1988-1990), Jazz Studies Scholarship from University of North Texas (1996-98), IAJE Outstanding Musicianship Award from Wichita Jazz Festival (1997) and Greeley Jazz Festival (2001), Del Dykins Composition Award (2003), and the Downbeat Student Awards (2003, 2004). He was the Director of Jazz Studies and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Mahidol University College of Music (1994-1996, 1998-2000), and he has taught at the University of Northern Colorado School of Music (2001-2004).
Denny is currently the Dean of Rangsit University Conservatory of Music and is the conductor of Rangsit Philharmonic Orchestra. He has received honorably awards “Silaphatorn” in music which is presented to outstanding young Thai artists each year. |
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