by Cullinan, P, Harris, JM, Taylor, AJ Newman, Hole, AM, Jones, M, Barnes, F, Jolliffe, G
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (02.12.2000)

by Barnes, M., Cullinan, P., Athanasaki, P., MacNeill, S., Hole, A. M., Harris, J., Kalogeraki, S., Chatzinikolaou, M., Drakonakis, N., Bibaki-Liakou, V., Newman Taylor, A. J., Bibakis, I.
Published in Clinical and experimental allergy (01.12.2001)

by Hole, A M, Draper, A, Jolliffe, G, Cullinan, P, Jones, M, Taylor, A J Newman
Published in Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) (01.12.2000)

by Golson, Benny, a preeminent tenor saxophonist who was also the composer of such elegant jazz standards as I Remember Clifford, Along Came Betty, Not, Whisper, died Sept 21 at his home in Manhattan He was 95His daughter, Golson, Brielle, confirmed the death but did not provide a specific causeOver a seven-decade career, Golson exhibited a combination of grace, warmth, technical virtuosity influenced in part his Philadelphia childhood friend John ColtraneIn 1959, Golson, trumpeter Art Farmer founded the Jazztet, one of the premier hard bop jazz groups of the era He appeared in perhaps the most famous photograph of jazz musicians ever made, A Great Day in Harlem, taken Art Kane in 1958, was featured in an Oscar-nominated 1994 documentary about the photo, directed Jean Bach He was one of the last two surviving musicians, the other is Sonny Rollins, among the 57 in the pictureGolson was without question jazz's most significant living composer, music journalist Marc Myers wrote in 2008 Golson began writing, arranging music in the 1940s, as a student at Howard University, first attracted wide notice a decade later when other musicians started to record his compositions Stablemates, Whisper Not'I Remember Clifford'His best-known tune was I Remember Clifford, a tribute to trumpeter Clifford Brown, Friend, A, onetime bandmate who died, at 25, in a car accident in 1956 Golson, then on tour with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's band in California, spent two weeks crafting the poignant, slow-moving melody, which evokes both sadness, the buoyant tone of Brown's trumpetTrumpeter Donald Byrd, Gillespie separately recorded the song the next year Singer, composer Jon Hendricks later wrote lyrics to I Remember Clifford, which has been recorded more than 300 musiciansIn 1958, Golson joined drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, a group that embodied muscular, blues-driven hard bopGolson brought several fellow Philadelphia-bred musicians into the band, BobTimmons, pianist, Merritt, bassist Jymie, giving the Messengers a cohesive, dynamic sound Golson also encouraged Timmons to write one of the ensemble's most memorable songs, the gospel-drenched Moanin'Blakey gave Golson a bandstand lesson that he never forgot, playing loud rolls or shots on the drums during Golson's sax solosFinally, he hollered over at me, 'Get up out of that hole' Golson told Myers's JazzWax blog I said to myself, 'Man, I guess I am in a hole Nobody can hear me' So I started playing harder, with more biteAlthough Golson was with Blakey for only a year, in that time he composed several pieces that have become jazz classics, Are You Real, the brisk Blues Marchthat time, Golson had a solo career underway, having released eight albums as a leader between With Farmer, a group that also featured McCoy Tyner on piano, Curtis Fuller on trombone Golson reprised earlier tunes, wrote new ones, such as Killer Joe, while recording with the Jazztet before he stepped away the bandstand in 1962 to concentrate on writingWhile living in Los Angeles, he wrote for TV shows including Mannix, Mission Impossible, Room 222, MASH, he arranged music for singers as diverse as Peggy Lee, Rawls, Lou, Dusty Springfield'That day my life changed'Bennie Golson was born Jan 25, 1929, in Philadelphia He was a toddler when his father left the family, he was raised his mother, who worked as a seamstress, had boarders living at the houseSeveral uncles, aunts were musical, young, Bennie, who later legally changed the spelling of his name to Benny, began taking piano lessons at 9 When he was 14, he saw Lionel Hampton's band, featuring Arnett Cobb on tenor saxophone, at Philadelphia's Earle TheaterThat day my life changed, Golson told the Newark Star-Ledger in 2004 I told Arnett that years later, he had tears in his eyes I guess it was the sound of the horn, the bright lights glittering on this piece of gold plumbing, the reaction of the audience going wild I just got caught up in that I loved it, I told my mother I wanted to play the saxophoneDespite her meager income, Golson's mother came home one day with a new tenor saxophone for her son As he became more skilled, he met a slightly older budding saxophone player, Coltrane, who visited the Golson home to practice, listen to records Both were strongly influenced the bebop revolution of the 1940s, Gillespie, led, alto saxophonist Charlie ParkerColtrane, who died in 1967, went on to become one of the most influential tenor saxophonists in jazz history Golson, meanwhile, enrolled at Howard University, which at the time taught only Classical music He sneaked off campus at night to play in jazz clubs along Washington's U Street corridor, had to climb over a wall to return to his dormitoryIn 1996, Golson was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, the country's highest honor for jazz musicians Golson's presence in the Great Day in Harlem photograph led to a speaking role in the 2004 Steven Spielberg film The Terminal Tom Hanks plays an Eastern European stuck at JFK International Airport for months while hoping to complete his father's quest getting the autographs of all 57 musicians in the Great Day in Harlem photo The only signature missing is Golson's
Published in Newsday (25.09.2024)