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Title: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Perandor on January 03, 2009, 09:04:17 PM
I'm looking for great saxophone solo's.  I already got Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen, Planet of New Orleans by Dire Straits, Turn the Page by Bob Seger, Who Can it Be Now? by Men at Work, Murder Inc. by the Boss, Money by Pink Floyd, Time Passages by Al Stewart.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: mecca777 on January 03, 2009, 09:20:13 PM
I like the sax solo in "Close To Me" (http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3hdytcAUjI") by the Cure. I was about to suggest Morphine, but most of their tracks are sax-heavy without having a "solo" as such.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: dave_mc on January 03, 2009, 10:05:10 PM
baker street!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: HTH AMPS on January 03, 2009, 10:43:18 PM
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MMSFX1Vb3xQ... 1.42 - 1.59

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Nd5TVmO90... 3.17 - 3.32


Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Ian Price on January 03, 2009, 11:27:18 PM
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Nd5TVmO90... 3.17 - 3.32

+1 on the Springsteen but Jungleland surely has to be Clarence's greatest sax solo:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mmz7eZ2tXWQ

Sax solo starts at 4:00 and goes on until 6:13 - it's awesome. Apparently Springsteen arranged the parts himself and Clemons didn't get to hear the finished product until after it had all been spliced back together. It is a great piece of music though.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Denim n Leather on January 04, 2009, 03:12:10 AM
Charlie Parker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: MrBump on January 04, 2009, 09:13:06 AM
I love Michael Breckers playing on "Your Latest Trick" on Brothers In Arms" - the most natural and fluent plating ever.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: maverickf1jockey on January 04, 2009, 11:06:29 AM
BLOCKHEADS!!

Hit me With Your Rhythm Stick
Reasons to be Cheerful
etc.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Ratrod on January 04, 2009, 12:41:08 PM
Nightboat To Cairo and One Step Beyond by Madness.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: HTH AMPS on January 04, 2009, 07:27:07 PM
here's another classic sax part... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bQtlrBziyzI
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Post by: Philly Q on January 04, 2009, 08:19:19 PM
I'm not really a sax fan, but this is a great song:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3UbHXSsiUnE&feature=related (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3UbHXSsiUnE&feature=related)

(Full length version, but with random video, here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NJSqcvAQ8l8&feature=related (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NJSqcvAQ8l8&feature=related) )
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: MrBump on January 04, 2009, 09:01:18 PM
Heard one in the car today on Essex FM - the Madness version if "It Must Be Love".  The sax in that is awesome.

Mark.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Perandor on January 05, 2009, 02:12:08 AM
I love Michael Breckers playing on "Your Latest Trick" on Brothers In Arms" - the most natural and fluent plating ever.

I do have this song too.  I like it, but I like Planet of New Orleans better.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: _tom_ on January 05, 2009, 10:10:12 AM
Kingston Wall - Shine on Me

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBcWl-O5b4
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Perandor on January 05, 2009, 09:26:48 PM
Kingston Wall - Shine on Me

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBcWl-O5b4

I like it, good one.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 05, 2009, 10:37:00 PM
Can't beat a good sax solo, there's something about them that's just right.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Lazy_McDoesnothing on January 05, 2009, 11:15:41 PM
Can't beat a good sax solo, there's something about them that's just right.
That's the beauty of music i guess.  I absolutely hate the way the saxophone sounds as an instrument no matter how good the player/playing is. :D
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Sjusovaren on January 06, 2009, 12:45:36 AM
I think the sax solo in the Chick Corea Elektric Band song Free Step is awesome. Can't find a video of it though.  :( Sorry.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Fourth Feline on January 06, 2009, 05:55:21 PM
As a ( brief ) essay in understated taste, tone - and atmosphere , check out the sax intro ( and subsequent fills ) on the track  'Small Change' from the Tom Waits album of the same name. 

Sublime...  8)
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Post by: Johnny Mac on January 06, 2009, 10:42:45 PM
BLOCKHEADS!!

Hit me With Your Rhythm Stick
Reasons to be Cheerful
etc.

+ 1 I used to play reasons to be cheeful sax solo on the guitar, great stuff
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Post by: Muzzzz on January 07, 2009, 06:32:21 AM
May not be what you're after, but John Zorn has some amazing avant-garde solo alto work, eg, The Classic Guide to Strategy, the Fire Book.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: bobthemerciful on January 07, 2009, 01:14:05 PM
My absolute favourite sax solo is from "will you" by Hazel O'Connor. It's from breaking glass. PLayed by Wesley McGoogan AFAIK. Beautiful solo, note choice, phrasing, everything is just perfect IMO.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Perandor on January 07, 2009, 11:40:43 PM
As a ( brief ) essay in understated taste, tone - and atmosphere , check out the sax intro ( and subsequent fills ) on the track  'Small Change' from the Tom Waits album of the same name. 

Sublime...  8)

That's awesome.  Great find, I found this video for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH2E-AUi7Eo
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Fourth Feline on January 08, 2009, 02:41:25 PM
As a ( brief ) essay in understated taste, tone - and atmosphere , check out the sax intro ( and subsequent fills ) on the track  'Small Change' from the Tom Waits album of the same name. 

Sublime...  8)

That's awesome.  Great find, I found this video for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH2E-AUi7Eo

I'm really pleased you liked that, but the album version is much better , same player - but tighter and better structured. The delicious thing is that the Sax is so close miked - that you can even hear the reed clicking open and shut. 


The only danger of listening to the uber cool 'Small Change ' era Tom Waits on your P.C. - is the risk of permafrost on the keyboard...  8)

That sax intro is Aural sex ..
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Johnny Mac on January 08, 2009, 09:07:56 PM
As a ( brief ) essay in understated taste, tone - and atmosphere , check out the sax intro ( and subsequent fills ) on the track  'Small Change' from the Tom Waits album of the same name. 

Sublime...  8)

That's awesome.  Great find, I found this video for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH2E-AUi7Eo

I'm really pleased you liked that, but the album version is much better , same player - but tighter and better structured. The delicious thing is that the Sax is so close miked - that you can even hear the reed clicking open and shut. 


The only danger of listening to the uber cool 'Small Change ' era Tom Waits on your P.C. - is the risk of permafrost on the keyboard...  8)

That sax intro is Aural sex ..

+1

I know that tune, i first heard it about 12 years back after a few peculiar cigarettes and melted  8)
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Fourth Feline on January 08, 2009, 09:28:04 PM
Nice one Johnny ,  :)

I think listening to Tom Waits in a state of dis-repair and / or moral decline is the 'standard' way to first get introduced to his work.  :)
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: shaman on January 09, 2009, 03:13:44 AM
rONNIE rOSS..."Walk on the Wild Side"-Lou Reed...could be one of those youtube links, so If I posted in error, my apologies-this is classic, IMo
...seems like another cool one is "Cool Change", by Little River BAnd....(footnote:I have been drinkin' heavily...I may be wayyy off on these!!)
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Fourth Feline on January 09, 2009, 01:18:58 PM
rONNIE rOSS..."Walk on the Wild Side"-Lou Reed...could be one of those youtube links, so If I posted in error, my apologies-this is classic, IMo
...seems like another cool one is "Cool Change", by Little River BAnd....(footnote:I have been drinkin' heavily...I may be wayyy off on these!!)

Yes, the sax in " Walk On The Wild Side" - is another great example of playing to fit the song perfectly.

Another I like from the more 'mainstream' use of the sax, is the way this short sax solo follows the guitar nicely at about 1:41 onwards:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu_DCV84TiU

  The obvious gems are the Pink Floyd ( Dick Parry ? ) tunes, where the sax 'melts' off the end of the vocals. The Pink Floyd albums 'Dark Side Of The Moon' and 'Wish You Where Here are also good examples of sax interaction.  :)
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Mark66 on January 10, 2009, 08:29:22 PM
Junior Walker's solo on "Urgent" by Foreigner is the best ever for my money. That deep growl followed by the
highest scream blows me away.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Perandor on January 11, 2009, 02:58:26 AM
rONNIE rOSS..."Walk on the Wild Side"-Lou Reed...could be one of those youtube links, so If I posted in error, my apologies-this is classic, IMo
...seems like another cool one is "Cool Change", by Little River BAnd....(footnote:I have been drinkin' heavily...I may be wayyy off on these!!)

Yes, the sax in " Walk On The Wild Side" - is another great example of playing to fit the song perfectly.

Another I like from the more 'mainstream' use of the sax, is the way this short sax solo follows the guitar nicely at about 1:41 onwards:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu_DCV84TiU

  The obvious gems are the Pink Floyd ( Dick Parry ? ) tunes, where the sax 'melts' off the end of the vocals. The Pink Floyd albums 'Dark Side Of The Moon' and 'Wish You Where Here are also good examples of sax interaction.  :)


Yeah, like in Us and Them, Dogs of War- amazing, and a couple others I can't think of right now
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: d1dsj on January 26, 2009, 11:01:39 PM
INXS - never tear us apart (i think).... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXwXfc7ajuI      about 2mins 20 secs.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: warpthrone on January 28, 2009, 09:59:00 PM
Its not so much solos but there is some good sax work on Courtney Pines album "resistance"
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Post by: LazyNinja on January 29, 2009, 12:07:31 AM
Don't know many sax solos but I like the solo in Brown Sugar.
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 30, 2009, 05:56:53 PM
Pink Floyd ones have already been mentioned, but another one (for the heavier catagory) is Dream Theater - Another Day

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzfEbW7NJw&feature=channel_page

Also has an epic guitar solo
Title: Re: good sax solo's- refer to me some songs please
Post by: Perandor on January 31, 2009, 08:42:50 PM
Pink Floyd ones have already been mentioned, but another one (for the heavier catagory) is Dream Theater - Another Day

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SmzfEbW7NJw&feature=channel_page

Also has an epic guitar solo

I like it, good find!
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Post by: PhilKing on January 31, 2009, 11:43:26 PM
Try to find Maxine by Raf Ravesncroft (he was the sax player on Baker Street, on Pink Floyd's Final Cut, and many many other 70's and 80's releases).
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Post by: Spitfire on January 31, 2009, 11:44:29 PM
capdown - cousin cleotis