You got to start somewhere. For the great jazz saxophonists Benny Golson and John Coltrane, it was at Golson's house in Philadelphia in the late '40s. (SOUNBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) BENNY GOLSON ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty," has died. He was 95. Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan ...

Golson, who died Sept. 21, captured the sunny optimism of American in the late '50s and early '60s. He composed internal music for hit TV shows and appeared as himself in the 2004 film The Terminal.

NEW YORK — Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty," has died. He was 95. Golson died Saturday at his home in Manhattan after ...

The Associated Press reported that Golson died at his Manhattan home after a short illness. His agent did not disclose what the illness was. Golson was born and raised in Philadelphia. He started ...

FILE - Benny Golson speaks at the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Awards Ceremony and Concert held in New York, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file) (Charles Sykes, AP2011) NEW ...

The composer for TV shows including 'M*A*S*H' and 'Mission: Impossible' died on Saturday, Sept. 21 Jazz Services/Heritage Images/Getty Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer, died on Saturday, ...