Music with Saxophone

I didn't know so many people like the Sax. Is there anyone here who can play it?

EDIT: Whoops! Morphine already came up. I'm not surprised. But they are awesome so they deserve another go.

edited 20th Aug '14 2:00:46 PM by jonny0110

I have an uncle who plays tenor sax and two cousins, one of whom plays alto and the other tenor.

All of them double on other instruments.

Try some Supertramp (or specifically, John Helliwell).

edited 20th Aug '14 5:42:07 PM by Alucard

The Band has Saxophone on all of their albums. Everyone of the members play multiple instruments but Garth Hudson and Richard Manual are the only official members of The Band that plays the saxophone.

Garth plays saxophone on every single studio album except "To Kingdom Come."

edited 20th Aug '14 6:14:17 PM by Halberdier17

The Detroit sludge outfit Thoughts Of Ionesco had a live saxophonist on their final tour, but finding footage and recordings of them from that period is difficult. It's a trip though.

Holy crap, there's more than one musician named Garth?!?

Speaking of Garths and saxophones, Garth Brooks' "One Night a Day" is a good sax song.

I said Garth Hudson from The Band earlier in that post.

I might have misunderstood your post.

edited 21st Aug '14 7:00:34 PM by Halberdier17

I didn't catch that. And I was in Joking Mode regardless.

You know what's better than punks having sax? Girl punks having sax!

Take that to the Nunnery which doesn't exist anymore.

YES! X-Ray Spex ftw! Probly one of the less-talked about British Punk Rock bands of the 70s. Also the only one I can name off the top of my head who really used the saxophone extensively...

edited 14th Sep '14 9:54:50 PM by sharkcrap11

And their saxophonist Lora Logic went on to have a fine career with her own band Essential Logic and across several solo albums after being booted. Well worth a look. Also one of the few places that you can hear a teenage William Bennett put his classical guitar training to use rather than screaming about lust-murder over white noise or Ghanaian drum circles.

I've heard of Essential Logic, but never actually listened to 'em... Kinda got buried under all the other stuff I felt I had to listen to, and then I forgot. I'll take your (usually) reliable word on that, though.

Van der Graaf Generator. Basically every album from The Least We Can Do..." to "World Record" features prominent sax (often multitracked) played by the estimable David Jackson.

I know this thread is kind of dead, but "Soul Love" by David Bowie is a really great song with a good saxophone solo:

David Bowie- Soul Love

Edited by Angry_Clown on Sep 2nd 2021 at 1:08:44 PM

insane sax solo closer to the end

More sax in progressive rock