Binker Golding

Binker Golding (born October 31, 1985 in London ) is a British jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , composition ).

Live and act

Golding grew up in North London. He began taking classical saxophone lessons at the age of eight. He discovered jazz through his parents 'record collection, but was also influenced by Guns n' Roses . At the age of 15 he decided to become a professional musician. He studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama . He learned from saxophonists like Steve Williamson , Jason Yarde , Denys Baptiste and Gilad Atzmon and played alongside them.

Golding joined Gary Crosby's Tomorrow’s Warriors ; There he met the drummer Moses Boyd , with whom he had worked since 2014. In 2015 they recorded their debut Dem Ones live with the duo Binker & Moses and won the British MOBO award for “best jazz act”. In the same year Golding joined the band Exodus von Boyd , initially for the EP Footsteps of Our Fathers . Binker & Moses have recorded several albums as a duo and with guests such as Evan Parker , Byron Wallen , Tori Handsley, Sarathy Korwar and Yussef Dayes, including the award-winning Journey to the Mountain of Forever (2017) and Alive in the East . Golding also recorded Ex Nihilo in a duo with pianist Elliot Galvin .

Golding founded his own quartet in 2019 with Joe Armon-Jones on piano, double bass player Daniel Casimir and drummer Sam Jones . With this line-up he released his album Abstractions of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers on Gearbox that same year , which received international attention. In addition to his own recordings as a soloist and duo with Binker & Moses , he has played on recordings by Charles Tolliver ( Connect , 2020), Sarah Tandy, Zara McFarlane , Ashley Henry , Armon-Jones and Joy Ellis. He is the musical director of Tomorrow's Warriors Youth Orchestra and has composed and directed the concert repertoire for the Nu Civilization Orchestra .

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personal data
SURNAME	Golding, Binker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	London

[1] Review (Jazzthing)

[2] Review (AllAboutJazz)

[3] Youth without Pop (Süddeutsche Zeitung)