This is the discography for American jazz musician Benny Golson.
As leader
The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1958) – recorded in 1957
The Other Side of Benny Golson (Riverside, 1958) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (United Artists, 1958) Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1959) – recorded in 1957 Gone with Golson (New Jazz, 1959) Groovin' with Golson (New Jazz, 1959) Gettin' with It (New Jazz, 1959) Winchester Special with Lem Winchester (New Jazz, 1959) Gettin' with It (New Jazz, 1960) – recorded in 1959 Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Argo, 1961) – recorded in 1960-61 Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1962) – reconfigured and issued as Just Jazz! (1965) Turning Point (Mercury, 1962) Free (Argo, 1963) – recorded in 1962 Stockholm Sojourn (Prestige, 1965) – recorded in 1964 Tune In, Turn On (Verve, 1967) Are You Real (CBS/Sony, 1977) Killer Joe (Columbia, 1977) I'm Always Dancin' to the Music (Columbia, 1978) California Message with Curtis Fuller (Baystate, 1981) – recorded in 1980 One More Mem'ry with Curtis Fuller (Baystate, 1982) – recorded in 1981 Time Speaks with Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw (Baystate, 1983) – recorded in 1982 This Is for You, John (Baystate, 1984) – recorded in 1983 Stardust with Freddie Hubbard (Denon, 1987) Benny Golson Quartet Live (Dreyfus, 1991) – live recorded in 1989 Benny Golson Quartet (LRC Ltd., 1990) – also released as Up, Jumped, Spring (2002) Domingo with Curtis Fuller (Dreyfus, 1992) – recorded in 1991 I Remember Miles (Alfa Jazz, 1993) – recorded in 1992 That's Funky with Nat Adderley (Meldac Jazz, 1995) – recorded in 1994 Three Little Words (Jazz House Records 609, 1997) – recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 1965 Up Jumped Benny (Arkadia Jazz, 1997) – live recorded in 1996 Tenor Legacy (Arkadia Jazz, 1998) – recorded in 1996 Remembering Clifford (Milestone, 1998) – recorded in 1997 One Day, Forever (Arkadia Jazz, 2001) – recorded in 1996-2000 Terminal 1 (Concord, 2004) The Masquerade Is Over (Azzurra Music, 2005) The Many Moods of Benny Golson (Arkadia Jazz, 2007) New Time, New 'Tet (Concord, 2009) – recorded in 2008 Horizon Ahead (HighNote, 2016) – recorded in 2015
With the Jazztet
Meet the Jazztet (Argo, 1960) Big City Sounds (Argo, 1960) The Jazztet and John Lewis (Argo, 1961) – recorded in 1960-61 The Jazztet at Birdhouse (Argo, 1961) – live Here and Now (Mercury, 1962) Another Git Together (Mercury, 1962) Voices All (East West, 1983) – recorded in 1982 Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983) V.A., Playboy Jazz Festival (Elektra/Musician, 1984)[2LP] – compilation live recorded in 1982 Back to the City (Contemporary, 1986) – live Nostalgia (Baystate, 1988) – recorded in 1983 Real Time (Contemporary, 1988) – live recorded in 1986
As arranger
With Kenny Burrell
Both Feet on the Ground (Fantasy, 1973)
With Jimmy Cleveland
Rhythm Crazy (EmArcy, 1964) – recorded in 1959. also as a performer.
With Art Farmer
Brass Shout (United Artists, 1959) Baroque Sketches (Columbia, 1967) – recorded in 1966
With Curtis Fuller
Sliding Easy (United Artists, 1959)
With Red Holloway
Sax, Strings & Soul (Prestige, 1964)
With Roland Kirk
The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (Mercury, 1963)
With Illinois Jacquet
Bosses of the Ballad (Argo, 1964)
With Jack McDuff
Prelude (Prestige, 1964) – recorded in 1963
The Dynamic Jack McDuff (Prestige, 1964) Walk On By (Prestige, 1966) The Midnight Sun (Prestige, 1969) – recorded in 1964-66 Steppin' Out (Prestige, 1969) – recorded in 1961-66
With Freda Payne
How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore (MGM, 1966)
With Jerome Richardson
Groove Merchant (Verve, 1968) – recorded in 1967
With Sahib Shihab
Jazz Sahib (Savoy, 1957)
With Jimmy Witherspoon
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (Prestige, 1964)
As sideman
With Art Blakey
1958 - Paris Olympia (Fontana, 1958) – live
Des Femmes Disparaissent (Fontana, 1958) – soundtrack
Moanin' (Blue Note, 1959) – recorded in 1958
With Curtis Fuller
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (Savoy, 1959) Blues-ette (Savoy, 1960) – recorded in 1959 Imagination (Savoy1960) – recorded in 1959 Blues-ette Part II (Savoy, 1993)
With Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy in Greece (Verve, 1957) – recorded in 1956–57
Birks' Works (Verve, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957) The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Verve, 1957) Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Telarc, 1992) To Bird with Love (Telarc, 1992)