''Horizon Ahead'' is an album by saxophonist/composer

Benny Golson Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a p ...

that was recorded in 2015 and released on the HighNote label the following year.

Reception

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's Jack Bowers stated "At age eighty-seven, saxophonist Benny Golson is one of the last surviving links to the Golden Age of modern jazz... If time has dulled Golson's razor-sharp mind or degraded his admirable technique, it's certainly not apparent on ''Horizon Ahead'', on which Golson is in total command of a much-more-youthful rhythm section ... Benny Golson not only keeps working but showing a younger generation that when it comes to contemporary jazz, maturity and experience are dependable allies in the ongoing battle with Father Time. It is, of course, a battle that can never be won, but Golson proves on ''Horizon Ahead'' that when his time comes, he'll definitely go down swinging".Bowers, J.
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' Evan Haga observed "Neither blowing session nor conceptual work, ''Horizon Ahead'' is simply terrific".Haga, E.
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Track listing

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, Bob Russell) – 6:16 # "Jump Start" – 3:10 # "Horizon Ahead" – 6:03 # "

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) – 4:16 # "Domingo" – 8:41 # " Lulu's Back In Town" (

Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...

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) – 4:40 # "Night Shade" – 5:28 # " Three Little Words" (

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) – 5:57 # ''Spoken introduction'' – 2:39 # "Out of the Darkness, and Into the Light" (Carl Allen) – 7:43

Personnel

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

Mike LeDonne Michael Arthur LeDonne (born October 26, 1956) is an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and educator. Having played with Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, and Benny Golson in various stages of his career, he now leads several of his own groups ...

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piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

Buster Williams Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams (born April 17, 1942) is an American jazz bassist. Williams is known for his membership in pianist Herbie Hancock's early 1970s group, as well as working with guitarist Larry Coryell, the Thelonious Monk reperto ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Production

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executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the production of media. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In film ...

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References

{{Authority control Benny Golson albums 2016 albums HighNote Records albums