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I'm looking for songs which have a saxophone line. Do you know some interesting ones? Until now I have these two:

Shame on me...how could I forget about my beloved Pink Floyd:

Agnieszka 7 July 7
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Gerry Rafferty YOU'RE CRYING NOW sax cannot be excelled 1978 Baker Street

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I always loved this one. I used to play myself.

Nice!

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Turn the Page; Bob Seger

Sina Level 6 July 7, 2019
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Somewhere in the middle (around 3 mins) there is a nice sax solo

Good to see other Steven Wilson fans about.

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"Se eu não te amasse tanto assim".

@Agnieszka you're welcome 😉

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Wow, I scanned all the way down to see if anyone had said Steely Dan and/or Donald Fagen! Much to my surprise, it appears not. ANYTHING by Donald Fagen, be it with Walter Becker or not, is just about some of the tastiest damn music I've heard. And I recognized 95% of the songs/musicians that were named. Seger, Springsteen, etc., check out Deacon Blues, or Janie Runaway! We're talking major badass saxophone! The guys don't mess around!

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There's this, Aretha and The Big Man:

A great sax solo here, but I just love this song, period:

Another solo here, and another favorite song:

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BAKER STREET - GERRY RAFFERTY - (1978)

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Everything by Morphine

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Ever see The Benny Hill Show?

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This entire album. It was unfortunate that the singer died of a massive heart attack on stage shortly after they made this.

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Some of the most iconic sax lines I can think of are:

Take 5 by Dave Brubeck

Careless Whisper by George Michael

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

Who can it be now? by Men at Work

And of course there’s the solo in Pink Floyd’s Money, Foreigner’s Urgent

Some of the most beautiful use of a full horn line period has gotta be this performance by Maceo Parker and James Brown’s hornline:

And another really sultry awesome outro sax solo by modern funk band Vulfpeck:

@Agnieszka yes, I love Vulfpeck. Every one of them is a world class virtuoso but you’re right their bassist Joe Dart is the most face meltingly insane of them all. 😧

@Agnieszka oh damn I forgot probably my favorite use of sax solos of all time, the themesong to Sanford n Son, a 70s junkyard sitcom. Most people have heard the first min or so but it really breaks down in to all manner of funkiness after that:

@Agnieszka thanks! And if you like that, back atcha! 😉

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Anything John Coltrane!

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  1. Mix - The Pink Panther Theme Song (Original Version)

The two differing versions of the Sax tone are fun to compare. Here is different glamorized saxophone cover of the theme. If anybody else was partial to Monsieur Pink Panther, may you have fun remembering how it made you feel ! Do you have a favorite version of the sax melody.

  1. La Pantera Rosa ''PINK PANTHER THEME'' Saxophone Cover -- Daniele Vitale (Sax)
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Here are a few saxophone solos or with instrumentals.

HONKY TONK with Jimmy Smith on organ, Herman Riley on sax, Billy Butler on guitar.

Tequila - Saxophone Music and Backing Track by Johnny Ferreira

Billy Cobham's classic "Red Baron" with Everette Harp on saxophone

갈무리 - 임유리 (버든색소폰)

ZAPPA - Bolero
with Paul Carman (alto/soprano sax), Albert Wing (tenor sax), Kurt McGettrick (baritone sax)

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How could I forget this one, a classic:

@Agnieszka When I think of "In the Mood" I associate it with Glenn Miller, but this is a pretty good recording.

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As with the floyd, my suggestions are mostly tenor sax.

Check The Rolling Stones, particularly around the era of the album Exile on Main Street. That's Bobby Keys on sax. If you search the web for a list of songs he's on in the 1970's, it'll lead you to alot more.

And, in memory of Joao Gilberto's recent passing...check the first album of "Getz / Gilberto". That's Stan Getz, playin some sweet smooth shit!

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Candy Dulfer

UUNJ Level 8 July 7, 2019
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Almost anything with Springsteen and the E Street Band.

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Kate Bush, "The Saxophone Song"

Billy Joel, "Christie Lee"

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Tequila....

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