Best Saxophone Song Ever

ZombieCake

ZombieCake

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One of those late night driving things.  I'll vote for Hazel O'Connor and Will You? I reckon it is way much better than Baker Street. There maybe others as well to consider.  As ever grateful for views. I just love her voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou96vLl--e4
 
Yeah - it?s an amazing song and the one I?d have suggested first! Instead, I?ll suggest almost anthing by X-Ray Spex.....
 
I was lucky enough to be stood right in front of Wesley McGoogan when he played the sax solo on Will You at the Phoenix Building (later Nelson Mandella building) in Sheffield in 1980. Very memorable.

I've seen her since then but most of her more recent tours have been her complaining about how badly the music industry treated her over the Breaking Glass tour.

Another classic is 'Lily Was Here' by Dave Stuart and Candy Dulfer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SfSQ3lQmJw

Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is another classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwyZC68s0OA

Mark
 
Still bloody excellent. Make your own minds up.  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM
 
Candy Dulfer? Pink Floyd?

Here are just a few of the great jazz saxophonists whose music is simply on another level. Charlie Parker. John Coltrane. Cannonball Adderley. Booker Ervin. Sonny Stitt. Stan Getz.

And a contemporary heir to their incredible legacy: Kamasi Washington, seen here at Glastonbury in 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIZC2vFpTns

 
I'm kinda with Prahja on this one.

Some people say that X Ray Spec was an early fusion of punk meets jazz, others that you can't add a badly played saxophone to a racket and call it music, but I say oh bondage up yours..... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcwdUXZkfTw
Raw version or

2008 live version performed with her daughter.  RIP Poly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slx_X5hLRtQ

Punk spits down the end of your saxophone solos..  ;D
 
Anything by the late Matthew Coe (aka Xero Slingsby). Very active caver and digger; was one of the Skipton-based Coe family, several of whom were involved in caving; Randy Coe was co-editor of the first Northern Caves guide and Pete Coe (Matthew's father) did some of the very early cave diving in the Dales. Matthew was one heck of a character, the likes of which some younger folk probably just wouldn't believe these days.

Try this (note the Skipton accent):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-27TDM5LdA

and here's some information about him:

http://www.solomonrobson.com/xintro-new-writing.htm

https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?116642-Does-anyone-remember-Xero-Slingsby-(UK)
 
I'm quite partial to a bit of Eddie Harris. Listen Here! is a good one.

Jazz musicians are sometimes overly concerned with playing "outside" (and congratulating themselves on their funny scale over imaginary chord subsititutions) and forget tuneful and thoughtful improvisation. Eddie Harris was pretty good at this. I find people like John Coltrane a noise like shrieking lorry brakes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vn0w-zHwFw

Got to love a bit of Maceo

 
Probably doesn't count since it's not really a song, but rather a musical piece, but I find Amy Dickson's playing sublime and captivating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdUWPA_AX6o
 
Disgusted from Cornwall. said:
I find people like John Coltrane a noise like shrieking lorry brakes.
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Go and give a copy of 'Trane's "Ballads" a listen. Or his work on Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue". Shrieking lorry brakes it most certainly is not.
 
Disgusted from Cornwall. said:
I find people like John Coltrane a noise like shrieking lorry brakes.
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Indeed. Wonderful wonderful stuff.  :thumbsup:

I'm not certain whether the Lost Boys performance ever made it to record so I'll go for Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman. A relatively obvious choice but I think one of the most evocative tracks ever recorded.
https://youtu.be/OIIyCOAByDU
 
Not content with playing 1 saxophone, Davey Payne manages 2 at the same time with this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuR1cZB1UHk

Mark
 
Mark you may just have it there with Ian Dury, but what about madness...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M02572lQTJg

I'm loving these tunes..
 
Remember Sade - Smooth Operator - smooth... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95UuA93k18
 
I love Sade, but what about The Waterboys. We are showing our ages now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypPrKnUew44

Mark
 
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