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Best songs with saxophone

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I'll start with one of my favorites:

 

Born To Run by Bruce & Clarence

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Born Too Late: The Poni-Tails    The sax player (whoever he was) did a nice job adding some heft and emotion to what otherwise would have been a simple late 50's girl group tune.

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I just had to look it up @1968Hoya46 . The band that played for the song was "Al Tercek and his Orchestra" the sax player listed was "Frank Jencen".  

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Excellent piece of research. Thank-you.

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You are welcome. Thanks.

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The Logical Song - Supertramp - Sax by John Helliwell

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 INXS - Kirk Pengilly on Sax

"Never Tear Us Apart" 

 

There are more songs with sax by INXS. I just really like "Never Tear Us Apart". 

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New Orleans by Gary U.S. Bonds.

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Anything by Kirk Whalum.

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Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) - Thin Lizzy - Sax by Supertramp's John Helliwell

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Heat Wave, Quicksand by Martha and the Vandellas

 

Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) by The Four Seasons

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The **bleep** is back  Elton John,  Tower of Power horns, solo by Lenny Pickett

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Rebel Rouser -- Duane Eddy

Gil Bernal on Tenor Sax

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Same Old Song and Dance - Aerosmith

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Jazzman  Carole King  Sax by Tom Scott

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Whatever Gets You Through the Night-John Lennon

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Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings


Saxophone credits - Thaddeus Richard, Howie Casey

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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The outro sax on The Doors Touch Me, written by Robby Krieger, was novel for its time in the Rock genre with an excellent solo performance by Curtis Amy.

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"True" -- Spandau Ballet

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Glad  Traffic

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Deacon blues, Steely Dan

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A whole bunch of songs by The Dave Clark 5.

on Sax - Denis Payton.

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Waiting On A Friend - The Stones

 

Sax - Sonny Rollins

 

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Yakety Sax  Boots Randolph

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He also does a very enjoyable version of Tequila.

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Young Americans-Bowie

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So hard to list just 1 - here are my favorites:

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel

Deacon Blues – Steely Dan

Changes – David Bowie

Your Latest Trick – Dire Straits

Turn The Page – Bob Seger

Into The Mystic – Van Morrison

Jungleland – Bruce Springsteen

Baker Street – Jerry Rafferty

Careless Whisper – Wham

Who Can It Be Now – Men At Work
Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers

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In Your Time - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

 

Alto Reed, saxophone

 

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Low Spark of High Heeled Boys-Traffic 

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Yup!  Great song, great sax - louder is better!

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Long As I Can See The Light - CCR

 

John Fogerty on saxophone 

 

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