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Renowned jazz musician Benny Golson dead at 95 | CBC News

Renowned jazz musician Benny Golson dead at 95 | CBC News

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 a short illness, said Golson’s longtime agent, Jason Franklin.

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