Jazz Saxophonist and Composer Benny Golson Dies at 95

Benny Golson speaks at the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Awards Ceremony and Concert held in New York, Jan. 11, 2011. Charles Sykes/AP Photo

NEW YORK—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.