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Saxophone solos in songs

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by ferrari77, Oct 27, 2016.

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  1. Cannonball

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    What's weird about that solo is that even though it's Kenny G in the video, the solo was actually played by Lenny Pickett, the guy from Saturday Night Live. Also weird that they used autotune on it for some reason.

    Speaking of Lenny, here's an outstanding solo from when he was with Tower of Power. Solo starts at 1:40. It's long, 9 minutes, but it's one of the all time great funk sax solos.

     
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  2. GIGO

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    Remember this from years ago, the kind of video that makes people happy watching it.

     
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  3. B-Bob

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    Am kinda down on the saxophone right now b/c it's tainting an otherwise phenomenal career.

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  4. Ottomaton

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    My favorite sax songs are all from before the mid 60"s. The recording gear and microphones compressed the instrument and smoothed out the sharp edges.



    Quite honestly, I can't stand high quality recordings of baritone or tenor sax. too buzzy for me. But to each his own - I know plenty of people love it.

    I can hang with alto or soprano sax - again it is smoother.

    Surprised these two haven't been mentioned:



     
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    If you really want to be cool, it's contrabass sax all the way.



    Chicks dig it.
     
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    The solo starts at 2:59 and is worth the wait! ;)







    The whole frickin song is an awesome sax solo!!!:cool:





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  8. DCkid

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    Not really a sax solo, but it was the first song I thought of. Masterpiece of an album.

     
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    Learn to play the saxophone...




    Elvis with Boots Randolph:


    Starts at 2:10:


    And of course, this classic:
     
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  10. GIGO

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    Long Live Mr. Hudson!
     
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