Benny Golson Filmography

The Jazz Master Class Series From Loyola: Benny Golsun

2007
Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis: The Tenors

2006
The Terminal

Actors: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna

Synopsis: Shot almost entirely on a two-and-a-half-story recreation of a full-size operating airport terminal, this romantic comedy from director Steven Spielberg revolves around an Eastern European man by the name of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), whose plans of immigrating to New York were hastened by a Read More

6/18/04
Detour Ahead: An Afternoon with Herb Ellis

Synopsis: The life and career of Jazz guitarist Herb Ellis is explored in this documentary that takes its title from one of Ellis' most famous compositions. From his birth in Farmersville, Texas to his work with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald and his career-defining partnership with the Oscar Peterson Trio Read More

1998
Benny Golson: The Whisper Not Tour

Actors: Benny Golson

1996
Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger

1989
The Sophisticated Gents

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: Paul Winfield, Bernie Casey, Roosevelt Grier

Synopsis: The three-part TV miniseries The Sophisticated Gents covers 25 years in the lives of a group of close friends. Nine African-American members of a sports club gather for a quarter-century reunion. As they reminisce over the high and low points of their lives, some of the members await the arrival Read More

1981