I have really enjoyed Benny Golson and his music, and I was fortunate to see him live very later-career. I won't say it was a renaissance period...I mean did he ever have a down period as player, composer, arranger, band leader?
I turned several people on to his "Gypsy Jingle Jangle." They loved it. For many of them, jazz was the last thing they would listen to.
R.I.P., Benny.